Stepping switch
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stepping-switch-232-8168466
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Stepping switch
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In electrical engineering, a stepping switch or stepping relay, also known as a uniselector, is an electromechanical device that switches an input signal path to one of several possible output paths, directed by a train of electrical pulses. The major use of stepping switches was in early automatic telephone exchanges to route telephone calls. Later, they were often used in industrial control systems. During World War II, Japanese cypher machines, known in the United States as CORAL, JADE, and P
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Electromechanical multi-pole switch controlled by a chain of pulses
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepping_switch
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2024-04-17T16:15:41Z
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