Renatran Basic Functional Units

A review is given of the present state of basic functional units developed in France with the assistance of manufacturers to meet the needs of French AEC laboratories. These Renatran plug-in units are in accordance with the Esone standard. Plug-in units main characteristics and examples of classical experimental settings obtained in assembling various types of plug-in units are mentioned. In the same way, a transcription system towards printers, punching tape devices or computers has been studied and a brief description of it is given. The authors indicate their choice concerning the basic functions adopted in this case.