Tektronix, Inc, historically widely known as Tek, is an American company best known for manufacturing test and measurement devices such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and video and mobile test protocol equipment.
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16 Facts About Tektronix
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Several charities are, or were, associated with Tektronix, including the Tektronix Foundation and the M J Murdock Charitable Trust in Vancouver, Washington.
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Tektronix was incorporated in 1946 with its headquarters at SE Foster Road and SE 59th Avenue in Portland, Oregon, just six blocks from Murdock's first family home.
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In 1978, Tektronix was named by authors Robert Levering and Milton Moskowitz, et al.
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Tektronix then moved its headquarters to this site, following an employee vote.
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Later Tektronix added plug-ins to have the scope operate as a spectrum analyzer, waveform sampler, cable tester and transistor curve tracer.
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In 1961, Tektronix sold its first completely portable oscilloscope, the model 321.
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In 1964 Tektronix made an oscilloscope breakthrough, the world's first mass-produced analog storage oscilloscope the model 564.
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In 1966, Tektronix brought out a line of high frequency full function oscilloscopes called the 400 series.
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Since then, Tektronix has bought out Sony's share and is the sole owner of the Japanese operation.
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Tektronix instruments contributed significantly to the development of computers, test, and communications equipment and to the advancement of research and development in the high-technology electronics industry generally.
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Some former Tektronix employees left to create other successful "Silicon Forest" companies.
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Tektronix began to face big challenges to its business structure.
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In 1994, Tektronix spun off its printed circuit board manufacturing operation as a separate company, Merix Corp.
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Later Tektronix would replace the 200 mini oscilloscopes with the TH series hand held digital oscilloscopes.
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Also, as part of its acquisition by Danaher, the Communications Business division of Tektronix was spun off into a separate business entity under Danaher, Tektronix Communications.
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