Analog computing is one of the main pillars of Unconventional Computing. Almost forgotten for decades, we now see an ever-increasing interest in electronic analog computing because it offers a path to high-performance and highly energy-efficient computing. These characteristics …
1 Introduction; 1.1 Outline; 1.2 The notion of analog computing; 1.3 Direct and indirect analogies; 2 Mechanical analog computers; 2.1 Astrolabes; 2.2 The Antikythera mechanism; 2.3 Slide rules; 2.4 Planimeters; 2.5 Mechanical computing elements; 2.5.1 Function generation; 2.5.2…
This book is a comprehensive introduction to analog computing. As most textbooks about this powerful computing paradigm date back to the 1960s and 1970s, it fills a void and forges a bridge from the early days of analog computing to future applications. The idea of analog comput…
