The Vacuum Tube’s Forgotten Rival
Cars That Think
MARCH 27, 2022
V-2 rockets it used to rain destruction on London. An old-fashioned triode vacuum tube does that using a voltage applied to its grid electrode. Mag amps thus found many applications in demanding environments, especially military, space, and industrial control. So here I’ll offer the little-known story of the mag amp.
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