Card, drive motor

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OBJECT TYPE: PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD
DATE: 1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1993.0305.001

MANUFACTURER: SUPERIOR ELECTRIC CO.
MODEL: SLO-SYN TRANSLATOR STM1800CV
LOCATION: Bristol, Connecticut, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 8
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC & METAL COMPONENTS.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 20.3 cm
Width: 14.7 cm
Height: 3.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: Conversion
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: SECO
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Connecticut
City: Bristol

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: PRESUMABLY THESE CIRCUIT BOARDS WERE USED BETWEEN C. 1970- 1992.
Canada: USED AT THE OTTAWA RIVER SOLAR OBSERVATORY (ORSO). USED TO DRIVE STEPPING MOTORS ON TELESCOPE 930297, AN INSTRUMENT UNIQUE TO CANADA AND THE WORLD. THE 1992 RETIREMENT OF ORSO SIGNIFIED THE END OF OPTICAL SOLAR PHYSICS RESEARCH AS CONDUCTED BY CDN GOV'T SCIENTISTS- AN AREA OF STUDY CONCENTRATED IN OTTAWA SINCE 1905.
Function: POSSESSING LOGIC CAPIABILITIES, IT IS USED FOR DRIVING A STEPPING MOTOR.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF PRINTED CIRCUIT CARDS USED TO DRIVE A HIGH SPEED STEPPER MOTOR..1 CARD USED SPECIFICALLY WITH MAIN CAMERA (930298), CONTROLLING THE RATE OF THE STEPPER MOTOR GOVERNING THE CAMERA'S OPERATION.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1-.8 various model, mfr and other markings appear on component pieces/.1-.2 mfr's decal reads " THE SUPERIOR ELECTRIC CO./ BRISTOL, CONN. U.S.A./ TYPE NO. STM1800CV/ U.S. PAT. 3,280,395 ". " EM145448G1E " printed in silver solder on back of card; "107989" stamped in red ink./.1 Handwritten note taped to card reads " FUNCTIONING DRIVE CARD/ FOR C-1 HI-SPEED SLO-SYN./ REMOVED 25 JULY/ 83- OK./ PROBLEM IN TAKE-UP BELT. " " STM1800CV" printed on box; " C-1 DRIVE MOTOR CARDS " and " CAMERA C1/ SPARE DRIVER CARD " handwritten on box./.3-.4 " SLO-SYN/ TRANSLATOR/ STM1800/ THE SUPERIOR ELECTRIC COMPANY/ BRISTOL, CONN " printed on card. "E 1451 1" printed with silver solder on card back. By hand "WEAK/ 15 MAY 1991"/ .5 "D.C. DRIVER K 658 A/ 2- 70" printed in silver on card back/. .6-.7 as per .5, except "6- 70"./ .8 "K614D ISOLATED AC SWITCH" in silver solder on card back. "DIGITAL/ K614" & numbers 1-9 printed in black.
Missing: UNKNOWN. EACH CARD PRESUMED TO BE COMPLETE.
Finish: CIRCUIT BOARD PROPER IS PALE GREEN; SILVER METAL SOLDER CONNECTIONS; VARIOUS BROWN, YELLOW AND RED ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS.
Decoration: N/A

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