Re: MC1495's

CLay Wrote:
> As for what it does...
>
> What the multipliers are doing is basically squaring the y-input and
> multiplying against a constant to scale the result. That value is then
> multiplied against the x-input (which can be positive or negative) which
> results in a sort of inverse linear function-- values close to "center"
> on the Y axis make the X-axis stretch out, values closer to the limits
> of the Y axis result in the X axis having very little expansion.

So technically you don't need any 4 quadrant multipliers. You need a
squaring circuit (do they make such things?) and a 2 quadrant multiplier
since Y squared is never negative.

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