APE II...A modern analog/hybrid computer for laboratory instruction

The APE (Arizona PEdagogical) II computer system com prises a 12-amplifier solid-state analog computer (iterative differential analyzer) capable of both real-time and repeti tive operation, and a digital-logic module with patchable digital logic. A flexible digital clock generates computer- reset an...

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Published in:Simulation (San Diego, Calif.) Calif.), 1967-02, Vol.8 (2), p.97-104
Main Author: Korn, Granino A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analog computers
Cards
COM
Computer simulation
Digital
Logic
Mathematical models
Noise generators
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Summary:The APE (Arizona PEdagogical) II computer system com prises a 12-amplifier solid-state analog computer (iterative differential analyzer) capable of both real-time and repeti tive operation, and a digital-logic module with patchable digital logic. A flexible digital clock generates computer- reset and sampling pulses. Random and pseudo-random noise generators and digital readout counters permit a wide variety of statistical studies as well as simulation ex periments with sampled-data control systems, automatic optimization, boundary-value problems, and simple com bined analog-digital computation at minimum cost. Special experiments can be stored on removable patchboards. Perhaps the most interesting technical feature of the new computer is its novel packaging technique: amplifier and integrated-circuit logic cards plug directly into the rear of the inexpensive patchbay receivers, which serve, thus, as card cages and save much inter-unit wiring.
ISSN:0037-5497
1741-3133
DOI:10.1177/003754976700800208