[vcf-midatlantic] Semi-OT: Old Test Equipment

[Jeff]

So what does one do with a pulse generator, and how is it any different 
from a signal generator?

Jeff

On 2015-11-03 21:14, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> On 11/03/2015 11:05 PM, Systems Glitch via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>> Fired up my GenRad 1217-B Pulse Generator, which is mostly tubes (I
>> think there's transistors in there somewhere, haven't had it apart in
>> a long time), and set the pulse width to 1 mS:
>> 
>> http://imgur.com/X1KwZ8e
>> 
>> Automeasure on the Tek 2432A says 1.04 mS, not bad! Especially since
>> 1 mS is the range select, and the actual width is set with a vernier
>> dial!
> 
>   Very cool.
> 
>> Unfortunately it's probably worth more for the tubes than as a
>> pulse generator, nowadays.
> 
>   Nonsense.  Those look like pulses to me.  And have you priced good
> pulse generators lately?
> 
>             -Dave