A Dekatron is a cold-cathode tube with multiple electrodes that is used for counting.
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The CMOS 4017 decade counter could be considered a solid-state equilavent of the dekatron.
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When a dekatron is first powered up, an orange neon-glow dot will appear.
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The dekatron fell out of practical use when transistor-based counters became reliable and affordable.
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The museum uses the computer's visual, dekatron-based memory to teach schoolchildren about computers.
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Internal designs vary by the model and manufacturer, but generally a dekatron has ten cathodes and one or two guide electrodes.
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A signal could be derived from one of the ten cathodes in a dekatron to send a pulse, possibly for another counting stage.
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Internal designs vary by the model and manufacturer, but generally a dekatron has ten cathodes and one or two guide electrodes plus a common anode.
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This technology was fairly robust and cost effective; the Dekatron counter tube being the equivalent of an integrated circuit Sharp CS-10A among electronic calculators.
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A Dekatron ( or Decatron ) is a gas-filled decade counting tube used in various applications before they were replaced by solid-state counters.