Engineering:Decade box
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Short description: Electronic test equipment
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A resistance decade box, made in East Germany
A decade box is a piece of test equipment that can be used during prototyping of electronic circuits to substitute the interchanging of different values of certain passive components with a single variable output.[1][2] Decade boxes are made for resistance, capacitance, and inductance, the values of which can be adjusted incrementally by the turning of a knob or switch, with the contacts of the switch moving along a series of the respective components.[3] The interface for these devices usually consists of dials or adjustable tape counters, and they are operated in-circuit and without any external power source.[4]
References
- ↑ "Dictionary and Thesaurus | Merriam-Webster". https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decade%20box.
- ↑ Graf, Rudolf F. (1973). Modern Dictionary of Electronics (4th ed.). Howard W. Sams & Co., Inc.. pp. 139.
- ↑ "More About Decade Boxes". https://www.instrumart.com/MoreAboutCategory?CategoryID=5983.
- ↑ "Decade Resistance Box Hookup Guide - learn.sparkfun.com". https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/decade-resistance-box-hookup-guide.
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