Chua's circuit


Leon Chua's circuit uses an operational amplifier to simulate a negative resistor (in a small range). This is the nonlinear element necessary for chaos.

The SMU Physics version was designed and constructed by Ken Ueda as part of our Undergraduate Research. It includes a speaker to hear the period doubling, chaos (noise), and period 3.


Randall J. Scalise       SMU Physics       Quarknet Workshop August 2008