Scanalog - Interactive Design and Debugging of Analog Circuits with Programmable Hardware

Explore an innovative tool for interactive analog circuit design and debugging in this 21-minute conference talk from the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. Dive into Scanalog, a system built on programmable analog hardware that revolutionizes the circuit design process. Learn how this tool enables rapid exploration of different circuit designs through direct manipulation, providing immediate feedback on resulting behaviors without manual assembly, calculation, or probing. Discover how users can interactively tune modular signal transformations on hardware with real inputs while observing real-time changes throughout the circuit. Gain insights into creating custom unit tests and assertions for detecting potential issues. Examine three interactive applications showcasing Scanalog's expressive potential, and hear about the results of an informal evaluation where users successfully conditioned analog sensors and found the tool enjoyable and easy to use.