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Mitchell Richling
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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.
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So...Analog Computing Hits a Bump in the Road and All THAT (Part 2)

Analogue Computing hits the road as editor Andy Turudic uses THe Analog Thing Analog Laptop Computer to simulate an automobile suspension encountering a pothole.
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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.
Andy Turudic
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So…LTspice of the K2-W Op Amp Reveals the Mad Scientists’ Fingerprints (Part 3)

LTspice simulation of the K2-W Vacuum Tube Op Amp’s design reveals the mad science that created a commercial revolution in 1950s and 1960s analog computing.
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So…The First Stage of the K2-W Op Amp is Neither Balanced Nor Differential (Part 2)

Design analysis of the K2-W Vacuum Tube Op Amp’s design and operation reveals the mad science that created a commercial revolution in 1950s and 1960s analog computing.
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So…The K2-W Analog Computer Op Amp Has Mad Scientists’ Fingerprints on It (Part 1)

In the first of three parts, Andy hypothesizes that the K2-W Analog Computer Op Amp’s design has some unrevealed mad science in its input-stage design.