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Ceci N'est Pas un CPU Load

Talkat SREcon21 · 2021-10-12..10-14· [computing-history]
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Claim: digital systems lose the clean, probeable input→output plumbing of analog electronics, so common observability tools mislead. Shows a relay punch‑card duplicator and contrasts oscilloscope probe visibility with a JTAG debug circuit that exports an interpreted representation of memory. Uses ADC/DAC and microcontroller examples like Arduino/FPGA to show programmable convenience but broken composability. Demonstrates that fixes can appear to fail because the debugger’s inverse model, not the hardware or code, is wrong.

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  1. 0:00Intro
  2. 2:10Transform
  3. 4:40In the bag
  4. 4:57Why not
  5. 5:22Noise
  6. 6:09Complexity
  7. 7:27Reusable Components
  8. 7:59Digital Digital Programmable Electronics
  9. 8:45Digital Transformation
  10. 10:17Composition Function
  11. 10:52Translation Function
  12. 11:15Digital
  13. 15:09Conclusion
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