Electronic Design

So...Analog Computers Turn THAT Lorenz Attractor into Child’s Play (Part 3)

As requested by readers, editor Andy Turudic demonstrates that it’s child’s play to set up an Analog Computer to compute a Lorenz Attractor. Anabrid’s THAT Analog Computer provides a flexible, ...
Electronic Design

So…Use of Analog Computers is “A Question of Time” (Part 1)

Our new tech editor for Analog looks at the evolution of “analog” and how it inadvertently spun off a pop music genre. Operational Amplifiers are exactly that—amplifiers that can perform mathematical ...
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New Study Questions Whether A 2,000+ Year Old Analogue Computer Ever Actually Functioned

Computers are a modern invention, right? Well, not exactly. In 1901 a device called the Antikythera Mechanism was found in a shipwreck, and after extensive study, it was determined that it was an ...
Hackaday

Analog Optical Computer For Inference And Combinatorial Optimization

Although computers are overwhelmingly digital today, there’s a good point to be made that analog computers are the more efficient approach for specific applications. The authors behind a recent paper ...