Electronic Design

So... What if THAT Analog Computer was Cheaper than a Smartphone? (Part 1)

A “cheap as chips” open-source Analog Computer can run circles around a Raspberry Pi in solving differential equations and for simulating natural phenomena. To keep costs down, the Anabrid team ...
Hackaday

Building An Analogue Computer To Simulate Neurons

The rapidly-improving speed and versatility of digital computers has mostly driven analogue computers out of use in modern ...
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, ...
ExtremeTech

DARPA thinks we still need analog computers -- here's why we don't

In 1961, the best general purpose desktop computer money could buy was the Pace TR-48. At just 400 pounds and $25K, the only downside was that it was a little tough to program. That's because the ...
ExtremeTech

MIT constructs synthetic analog computers inside living cells

Early computers could perform fairly complex calculations just by arranging a few analog circuits. By choosing appropriate resistor and capacitor values, arithmetic summers, integrators, and ...