Topics Covered: Why we can’t have our cake and eat it too As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent – Socrates If you’re looking for a shootout you’ve come to the right place. Here’s the challenge: A kid hits a piano note, and […]
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Topics Covered: The decimal system The binary system The hexadecimal system A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers – Plato Since humans don’t seem to get along too well with each other, scientists had to find symbols that are ‘almost’ universally agreeable to all. These groups of symbols are called numbers […]
Topics Covered: Introduction to sampling Discrete units and digitization ADC and DAC He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has – Epictetus Some dude thousands of years ago found a way to put down his thoughts on rock. Historians call […]
Topics Covered: Definition of an analog device and system The two major disadvantages of analog systems Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god, but a great rock, and the sun a hot rock – Anaxagoras If everything around us is analog in nature, are there any disadvantages to analog systems? Only […]
Topics Covered: Wave-particle duality Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle Wave function Function vs Equation God does not play dice – Einstein Einstein, stop telling God what to do – Niels Bohr If you feel you have a solid footing on all things science, you feel exactly like every other scientist did before the terrifying prospects of quantum […]
Topics Covered: Definition of a wave Wavelength Frequency Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion – Democritus A wave is a disturbance. Since everything is in motion constantly, waves are everywhere. Anything that moves displaces another thing. This ‘thing’ can be objects, particles or even spacetime. It’s one of those phenomena […]
Topics Covered: Definition of a signal Electrons as signals One can never step into the same river twice – Heraclitus A signal is an attempt by human beings to communicate with one another. If one person throws a ball to another person, that ball can be said to be a signal. The Iliad can be […]
Topics covered: Definition of a continuous system Definition of Analog Systems An object is the same as itself – Aristotle’s law of Identity All physical messages (or things, or signals) are analog in nature. The key feature of anything analog is that it is continuous. Our vision is an example of an analog signal. The […]
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Introduction
This is the story of how Analog Bob did everything impossible to win the hand of Cathy Digital, the prettiest dame to ever walk through the mean streets of Wolfcrow, a rough town whose citizens wrote, shot, edited and got paid. The story of their union is the stuff of legend, and like all stories […]
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Analogue is Analog
Professor Sampler was as old as tape, and Bob reluctantly stepped into his study, fearing the beginning of a long and tedious lecture on the evils of digital. “Change is inevitable, and you should embrace digital.” That’s the last thing Bob expected him to say. “Of course, one needs to be careful about expressing one’s […]