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{{Instrument Sidebar | {{Instrument Sidebar | ||
|class=Accessory | |class=Accessory | ||
|manufacturer=Tektronix | |manufacturer=Tektronix | ||
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|introduced=1959 | |introduced=1959 | ||
|discontinued=(?) | |discontinued=(?) | ||
|designers=Walt Phelps | |designers=Walt Phelps;George Edens; | ||
|manuals= | |manuals= | ||
* [[Media:Tek rotan 500-series.pdf|ROTAN: A Dynamic Angular Transducer for Oscilloscope Display of Rotation-Related Phenomena | * [[Media:Tek rotan 500-series.pdf|ROTAN: A Dynamic Angular Transducer for Oscilloscope Display of Rotation-Related Phenomena]] | ||
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'''ROTAN''' refers to an early ROTational ANalyzer device developed in the late 1950s. | |||
''What was the commercial status of ROTAN?'' | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
One of the people who developed ROTAN was [[Walt Phelps]], in 1957 or 1958. | One of the people who developed ROTAN was [[Walt Phelps]], in 1957 or 1958. | ||
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The November 26, 1959 issue of TekTalk [[Media:GeorgeEdens TekTalk 11261959.jpg|states that]]: | The November 26, 1959 issue of TekTalk [[Media:GeorgeEdens TekTalk 11261959.jpg|states that]]: | ||
<blockquote> | <blockquote> | ||
[[George Edens]] is largely responsible for developing the Rotan transducer system for velocity and acceleration systems. | |||
velocity and acceleration systems. | |||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
In the early 1960s, still under the ROTAN label, the [[183|183 Rotational Analyzer]] with its [[182|182 optoelectronic encoder]] allowed up to 20,000 rpm. | |||
In 1967, ROTAN was superseded by the [[Engine Analyzer System]]. | |||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* [[Patent US 2924712A]] | * [[Patent US 2924712A]] | ||
* [[Patent US 3495451A]] | |||
* [[Engine Analyzer System]] | |||
{{Documents|Link=ROTAN}} | {{Documents|Link=ROTAN}} | ||