[crispyambulance]

The concept of a field-programmable-ANALOG-array (FPAA) bubbles up to the surface every once in a while. I think it's a neat idea with some interesting use-cases.

Motorola had an FPAA product back in the 90's, but it never gained market traction and was aimed primarily at education.

I wonder now that FPGA's have gotten so powerful and large if it isn't possible to just simulate specific analog parts and "wire" them together into "analog circuits" to rapidly prototype analog designs? This would be different from simulation on a computer because the simulated analog FPGA circuit could actually be used, evaluated and tweaked in the field. Then, when the design is mature one could realize it using actual analog components.