General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

synthetic board/ metal & synthetic components

Dimensions

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

Length

9.5 cm

Width

9.2 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

1.9 cm

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Energy-electric

Category

Electricity & electronics

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Texas Instruments

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1967 to circa 1972

Canada

Acquired from Ottawa firm Hayley Equipment Ltd. in 1972.

Function

Insulating board on which are mounted electronic components such as transistors or integrated circuits, which allow computing process to occur.

Technical

An example of a circuit board made in the late 1960s by American manufacturer Texas Instruments. Formed in 1951 from electronics manufacturer Geophysical Service Inc., Texas Instruments Inc. was an innovative manufacturer of semiconductors and other electronic components in the 1950s & 1960s. The company also invented the hand-held calculator in 1967, the single-chip microcomputer in 1971 and was assigned the first patent on a single-chip microprocessor in 1973. Today TI is still makes semiconductors & other electronic equipment. From the 1950s Texas Instruments established subsidiary companies around the world; in 1964 TI Canada was incorporated (Ref. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

raised Texas Instruments logo, black handwritten "13" & raised "96214-/ 552305-1" on one side/ black "A1" on metal end piece

Missing

appears complete

Finish

green board/ multicoloured synthetic & metal parts

Decoration

N/A