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I'd go even further and say that you can increase the complexity of digital systems exponentially, and create functionality that just can't even be imagined in the analog realm.

But another feature, not inherent to all digital circuits but certainly prevalent, is the ability to reprogram them. For me to change an analog circuit might take hours with a soldering iron. You can load a whole new "circuit" into a digital system at the push of a button. This in turn changes how products are designed. Analog functionality is used sparingly where needed, and gotten working early in a project. The digital system is left with some flexibility, e.g., allowing changes to made later in the project without drastic hardware revision. The mantra of the analog team, at the 11th hour of the project, is: "Can we fix this in the firmware?"




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