HELP : EAI 1000 Manuals?

"analog" computer?? You are 35 years out of date.....

How do you teach your students to use a computer to control a "real" system with nonlinearities/drift etc. without actually bulding a mechanical/hydraulic/electrical system?

Perhaps by building small real systems, and analyze their behavior? An analog computer is the same as a digital one, you assume a model, which is then programmed into either one of your computers, and if your model is wrong/inaccurate, both computers will give you wrong/inaccurate answers.

He's talking about this :

They used to be in NJ USA but long gone I would guess.

JC

I can't use the link. I'm not a member of IEEE. Was that the EAI that was convicted of fraud against the US government, in several defense contracts?

That is exactly what I want! I will design the dynamics with all the faults and problems and inaccuracies that you may find in a real system. They have to design a digital controller for the system that the analog computer is modeling. I may be able to set up experiment quickly and I do not have to wait for the mechanical workshop delays. I am not trying to solve differential equations! I am trying to teach them the rudiments of system identification and control in presence of well controlled traps/imperfections. I have the system, I may as well use it.

If my aim was modeling or simulation, then I'll teach them how to use Matlab or even better, I'll teach them the numerical methods for solving differential equations alongside with some advanced dynamics.