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Cursed circuits #3: true mathematics

https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/cursed-circuits-3-true-mathematics
14•zdw•3h ago

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LiamPowell•1h ago
What's cursed about this? Operational amplifiers were specifically designed to perform mathematical operations. If anything all the other uses today are the cursed ones (especially as comparators).
atoav•1h ago
I was wondering about this as well. Now I would like about the performance of that multiplier and what kind of multiplication to expect from it (4-quadrant?), but the summing, subtraction and integrator circuits are bog-standard and the first present in most analog signal mixing.

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