Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Searching through some cabinets containing older instrumentation, you encounter an piece of equipment that appears to be very old. This instrument could be decades old, but how can you know for sure? Closer inspection reveals that the instrument is constructed using point-to-point (PTP) wiring; is it a sign of the age of the instrument, or was it built this way for some other reason?
Measuring the age of instruments starts with a basic manufacturing fact: Resistors Date Code (DC) is created every year.
Searching through some cabinets containing older instrumentation, you encounter an piece of equipment that appears to be very old. This instrument could be decades old, but how can you know for sure? Closer inspection reveals that the instrument is constructed using point-to-point (PTP) wiring; is it a sign of the age of the instrument, or was it built this way for some other reason?
Measuring the age of instruments starts with a basic manufacturing fact: Resistors Date Code (DC) is created every year.
