Analog and hybrid computing recently have gained much interest as analog computers can outperform classical stored-program digital computers in some areas by orders of magnitude. This book gives a thorough introduction to analog and hybrid computer programming by means numerous worked examples from various areas. It is based on a number of introductory and advanced lectures on this topic delivered by the author at several universities.

• Acknowledgments and disclaimer
• Contents
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Computing elements
• 3. Analog computer operation
• 4. Basic programming
• 5. Special functions
• 6. Examples
• 7. Hybrid computing
• 8. Summary and outlook
• APPENDIX A. Solving the heat equation with a passive network
• APPENDIX B. The Laplace transform
• APPENDIX C. Mikusinski’s operational calculus
• APPENDIX D. An oscilloscope multiplexer
• APPENDIX E. A log() function generator
• APPENDIX F. A sine/cosine generator
• APPENDIX G. A simple joystick interface
• APPENDIX H. The Analog Paradigm bus system
• APPENDIX I. HyCon commands
• Bibliography
• Index