2 Dec
2016
2 Dec
'16
4:17 a.m.
You don't really find many examples of discrete states, anywhere in the
natural world. Just not a whole lot of quantization out there, unless you
reduce to the subatomic level - and while you'll find discrete states
(quanta) there, they are by nature indeterminate.
Have to admit, we did get an interesting universe.
On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 8:34 PM, W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com> wrote:
Not only are they made of analog devices, but at the
speeds things have
been running at for the last 20 (maybe 30) years, they often behave like
analog devices. Things like transmission line theory, crosstalk,
oscillation, etc are all important design considerations.
Eugene
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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Noel
Chiappa
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2016 9:31 PM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Cc: jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu
Subject: Digital circuits and analog devices
So I have this memory of a set of law promulgated by an engineer at DEC,
one of which was something to the effect that 'all digital circuits are
made out of analog devices'. However, my memory doesn't recall where I saw
this, and my Google-fu is not strong enough to turn it up. Can anyone help?
Noel