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> Analog computers like this are virtually useless unless you have some particularly applied use-case for them. I'd be interested to hear some user testimony if
by louthy 5y ago
> Analog computers like this are virtually useless unless you have some particularly applied use-case for them. I'd be interested to hear some user testimony if anyone owns one of these!
You've already highlighted a clear use-case. The Neutron is a semi-modular analogue synth. The whole modular-synth scene is based on this kind of analogue computing, when I look over at my eurorack modules, I have:
* Function generators
* Gates
* AND/ OR / NOR / XOR / NAND / XNOR
* Summing
* Multipliers
* Comparitors (generate a signal based on conditions)
* And more!
That pretty much covers everything in 'The Analog Thing' computer.
- spicybright 5y agoHow do logic gates work? Does that just use a threshold for T/F, then turn it "digital" with a high and low value?
- denton-scratch 5y agoGates are built using transistors that are designed and biased so that they "threshold" themselves. You can just-about rig a gate so that it's output will be uncertain; but in general, gates are not amplifier circuits with some kind of threshold on the output. They are intrinsicaly electronic switches.
- munificent 5y agoYes. Logic gates are essentially the bridge between the analog and digital world. Your digital computer is ultimately based on analog components that use thresholds and high-low voltages.