Difference between revisions of "Hybrid Computer"

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This section describes a simple yet quite powerful hybrid computer consisting of THE ANALOG THING and an attached Arduino Mega 2650 micro controller board. Since THE ANALOG THING features a dedicated connector for attaching an external digital computer, only a few connections between this HYBRID connector and the Arduino are required to setup the hardware:
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! HYBRID pin !! description !! destination on Arduino
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| 2 || analog x output || AnalogIn 0
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| 4 || analog y output || AnalogIn 1
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| 6 || analog z output || AnalogIn 2
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| 8 || analog u output || AnalogIn 3
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| 9+10 || GND || GND
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| 13 || enable hybrid mode || D2
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| 14 || MOP || D3
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| 16 || MIC || D4
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Revision as of 10:01, 14 October 2021

A hybrid computer is a computer consisting of an analog computer and a digital computer. The two worlds are connected with ADCs/DACs (analog to digital/digital to analog converters).

This section describes a simple yet quite powerful hybrid computer consisting of THE ANALOG THING and an attached Arduino Mega 2650 micro controller board. Since THE ANALOG THING features a dedicated connector for attaching an external digital computer, only a few connections between this HYBRID connector and the Arduino are required to setup the hardware:

Caption text
HYBRID pin description destination on Arduino
2 analog x output AnalogIn 0
4 analog y output AnalogIn 1
6 analog z output AnalogIn 2
8 analog u output AnalogIn 3
9+10 GND GND
13 enable hybrid mode D2
14 MOP D3
16 MIC D4