ROTAN

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History

One of the people who developed ROTAN was Walt Phelps, in 1957 or 1958. Development took place either in Building 86 or in Building 81, most likely Building 86.

The November 26, 1959 issue of TekTalk states that:

[ George Edens ] is largely responsible for developing the Rotan transducer system for velocity and acceleration systems.

Links

• Patent US 2924712A

Documents Referencing ROTAN

Document	Class	Title	Authors	Year	Links
Tek rotan 500-series.pdf	Article	A Dynamic Angular Transducer for Oscilloscope Display of Rotation-Related Phenomena	George Edens	1958	ROTAN • 535 • 32TU

Pictures

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  Modified 535, 32TU, rotational transducer, and 50 kV 10,000:1 capacitive divider probe