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Electronic test equipment is the heart of the electronics industry, the bleeding edge of electronic innovation and quality. No manufacturer demonstrates that better than Hewlett-Packard, whose test equipment is generally considered the benchmark of engineering quality, a standard which has never been met by another company.
| Analogic Panel Meter Module | |
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No mere decoder circuit, this compact module is an entire voltmeter. 3.5 digit B5750 display, TTL drivers. |
| Hewlett-Packard 1640A Serial Data Analyzer | |
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The 1640A Serial Data Analyzer is a specialized computer, designed
to be inserted inline between two serial devices, where it can
be used to display and monitor the data being transmitted across
the serial line. The unit can also transmit serial data, and has
limited simulation functions that allow it to send and record
data in response to strings of characters sent down the serial
line by other devices. |
| Hewlett-Packard 4955A Protocol Analyzer | |
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The Hewlett-Packard 4955A is an obscure cousin of the
HP 9825 desktop calculator, a minicomputer-class system used extensively in scientific and engineering fields. Instead of being built for arithmetic and programming, the 4955A is optimized for network analysis. The 4955A is based on the HP 5061-3011 16-bit hybrid microprocessor, equivalent to an enhanced HP 2100-series minicomputer on three NMOS dies. 4955A Datasheet (PDF) |
| Fluke 887AB Differential Voltmeter | |
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The Fluke 887AB AC/DC differential voltmeter functions like a comparator. Instead of displaying the voltage of the object being tested, the user selects a voltage on the large numeric and the meter tells the user how close it is to the actual voltage of the tested device. Though unwieldly, the 887AB can measure voltage increments as small as 0.01mV. This is far more precise than most of its contemporaries, perhaps making it worth dealing with the comparator-style operation. |
| Heathkit 10-12 Oscilloscope | |
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The Heathkit 10-12 is a single-trace vacuum tube oscilloscope. The 10-12 has horizontal and vertical inputs on the front panel, as well as a place to connect an external trigger. The 10-12 also has a z-axis input, though it is well concealed. The user must unscrew a small metal hatch from the back of the unit to gain access to the z-axis connector. All connecters are the banana plug style common on older scopes, instead of more modern BNC connectors. The screen diameter is an ample five inches, and rotary knobs are used for all front panel operations. The horizontal frequency scale has two user presets, which can be set by inserting a screwdriver into a pair of holes on the right of the timebase control. |
| Hewlett-Packard 130C Oscilloscope | |
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The 130C is a single-trace vacuum tube oscilloscope with identical X and Y circuits for true XY performance. The 130C contains 17 tubes, not counting the CRT and a half dozen neon glow lamps. Among the tubes are two RCA 7586 Nuvistor triodes and a host of specially aged, high performance Amperex and Telefunken diodes, triodes and pentodes. |
| Hewlett-Packard 410B Vacuum Tube Voltmeter | |
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The Hewlett-Packard 410B has been called the Caddilac of vacuum tube voltmeters, and is universally hailed as the finest ever made. |
| Hewlett-Packard 8010A Pulse Generator | |
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Serial Number 0994G00384. |
| Hewlett-Packard 8016A Word Generator | |
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Serial number 1903G00811. Unit has been fully tested and works perfectly. Includes HP-IB interface (Option 001). This unit was originally owned by NCR; last calibrated 6/1990. |
| Hewlett-Packard 43114A Digital Delay Generator | |
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According to the available documentation, the Hewlett-Packard 43114A digital delay generator does not exist. Like most HP equipment, the unit is built to survive a land war in Asia. A machined aluminum frame and a complex tongue-and-groove enclosure protect the internals. The primary point of interface is a five-digit BCD encoder, which is used to set the amount of delay applied to the source signal in units of microseconds. At its maximum setting, the unit can delay a signal by 99,999 microseconds. The unit also has a knob to set the threshold for triggering; a value between zero and 90 volts can be selected. There are two outputs: a TTL output located on the front panel, and a +90V output on the rear of the unit. An interior inspection reveals that most of the internals of the device are powered by generic TTL chips. |
| Serfass RCM 15B1 Conductivity Bridge | |
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The Serfass RCM 15B1 conductivity bridge functions as a comparator. The component to be tested is attached to the device, and the user manipulates the controls to match the internal configuration of the device to that of the tested component. The eye tube provides visual feedback to this process: as the device is brought closer to matching the value of the tested component, the illuminated wedge on the tube becomes narrower. When the wedge of light in the eye tube is at its minimum width, the comparator has been successfully tuned to the component and the component's value can be read from the state of the controls. Comparators of are little use to the modern electronics engineer, as modern equipment can provide much faster and more accurate measurements.
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| Supreme 546 Oscilloscope | |
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The Supreme 546 is a military-issue vacuum tube oscilloscope built in the 1930s and 1940s. The 546 is notable for its 3" display, three times the diamater of many scopes from the same era. Internally, the 546 is exactly what one would expect from a piece of equipment of this age. The underside is a mass of tar and wax paper capacitors; topside there is nothing but tubes. |
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