Vintage 1970s Texas Instruments Components Demo Display in Lucite + SATAN Project. Amazing and unique collection of vintage Texas Instruments components - transistors, integrated circuits and other electrical components.

Includes 8 Lucite cubes containing different transistors, 7 have pink tint with descriptions in the bottom of the JEDEC outlines presented and 1 contains a part labeled TI 51E 11294650 7004. Also included are 3 components in small cases. The final piece is a demonstration unit from the Semiconductor Automated Tape Assembly (SATAN) project - described below: 

SATAN was a TI project of 1970-72 that produced an automated assembly on tape of germanium transistors designed for thick film hybrid circuit applications.

SATAN was an acronym for Semiconductor Automated Tape Assembly with the "N" added to become SATAN. The construction is described in bulletins and data sheets in the Artifact Historical Files. The assembly was not fully automatic. Positioning for chip mounting, wire bonding and epoxy application was operator controlled with the use of TV monitors. The operation was activated by an operator controlled switch. The equipment was designed and built in the TI Deutschland plant. SATAN devices were especially designed to provide the thick film hybrid user with the ability to fabricate systems using a single mounting technique for all components. Also, these devices could be mounted in a TO-18 package if desired, as shown in the display. Production rates reached approximately 50k units per month for over a year. The principal customer was RCA Indianapolis for the XL100 color television audio circuit. Small quantities were used by others, such as Zenith. The limited hybrid thick film applications resulted in cancellation of the project.

These pieces were likely demonstrations, samples, or part of some type of exhibition. A very cool slice of history. See pictures for complete description.