Op-amp analog computer
Realizes: ODE integration via Kirchhoff's laws
Operational amplifiers configured as integrators, adders, and multipliers solve differential equations in real-time. Voltages represent variables, circuit topology encodes the equation structure. Classical electronic analog computation. Speed: real-time (microseconds to seconds). Capacity: systems of ODEs (~10-100 variables typical).
Examples
Default Op-amp analog computer implementation
Basic implementation
INTEGRATE
ADD
MULTIPLY
DIFFERENTIATE
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