Engineering What are the best books for learning about analog computing?

[haider]

I'm not sure if this is the right sub-forum for this question but I've been reading online about solving differential equations with analog circuits for a while now and I wanted to get started by making my own circuits. So far I've found some DIY articles and cursory guides but I'd rather get started by reading a somewhat comprehensive text. What books do you recommend?

 

[Baluncore]

Welcome to PF.

Take a look here to identify available books.
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=analog+computers

I would suggest you start by simulating analog computer circuits, rather than by physically building them. Get a free copy of LTspice from AD.
https://www.analog.com/en/design-center/design-tools-and-calculators/ltspice-simulator.html

 

[bob012345]

I would recommend the latest book by Dr. Bernd Ulmann though he is oriented towards using Analog Computers more than building individual circuits but the circuit is the same;

https://www.google.com/books/editio...omputer_Programming/a3nnDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

I concur with @Baluncore about simulating analog circuits in LTSpice first. I have done this with different physics problems including QM wave functions.

 

[bob012345]

There are also older resources such as these books from the Golden Age of Analog Computing;

http://www.analogmuseum.org/library/handbook_of_analog_computation.pdf

http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/eai/EAI_Handbook_of_Analog_Computation_1967.pdf

These have the same title but are different manuals.