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Front-facing photo of the HP 200A oscillator, Hewlett-Packard's first product.
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HP’s First Product: The 200A
The 200A oscillator used a design breakthrough Bill Hewlett had developed at Stanford to offer a greater level of accuracy than the best oscillators then available on the market for a fraction of the ...
The front face of the HP 300A harmonic wave analyzer.
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Making Waves in the Industry: HP 300A
Among Hewlett-Packard’s first products after the 200 series oscillator, the 300A harmonic wave analyzer was a highly sophisticated instrument suitable for both laboratory and production work. It could ...
Schematic for the HP 200A audio oscillator.
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Schematic for Success: The HP200A
Bill Hewlett drew this schematic for Hewlett-Packard’s first product by hand. It is dated January 26, 1939.
Photo of the HP 200CD oscillator (front/left).
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The 200AB and 200CD: Always Improving
Even as Hewlett-Packard branched out into countless new avenues, it continued to thrive on the oscillator market that had first put it on the map. In 1952, the company released the 200AB and the 200CD ...
The HP 200A audio oscillator prototype developed by Bill Hewlett at Stanford.
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The HP 200A: From Prototype to Product
Bill developed this audio oscillator while doing postgraduate research at Stanford in 1938. On the basis of this prototype, Bill and Dave developed their first product, the HP 200A audio oscillator. ( ...
Three lightbulbs like the ones that Bill Hewlett may have used as a variable resistor.
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The Lightbulb that Lit the Way to HP
On July 27, 1938, while working as a researcher at Stanford, Bill Hewlett had an idea that would revolutionize oscillator technology and lead directly to the founding of Hewlett-Packard. Engineers had ...
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The Story Behind the 200A
Discover the backstory behind HP’s first product, the 200A oscillator, inside the Hewlett-Packard Company Archives.