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Pentrix, formed in 1962, was a company that made spectrum analyzer plug-ins for Tektronix oscilloscopes.

Tektronix bought Pentrix in 1964. Some Pentrix models became Tektronix models, with incremental changes to the designs. For example, the Pentrix L20 became the Tektronix L20.

Tek-Talk September 1964 said:

TEK NEWSREEL: Acquisition of Pentrix Corporation, Brooklyn manufacturer of spectrum analyzers, was announced in April. The small company became part of Tektronix through transfer of 30,002 shares of Tektronix, Inc. stock. In June 8330 shares were issued. The remaining 21,672 shares will be issued in installments over the next four years, contingent on spectrum analyzer sales. Three Pentrix owners – Arnold Frisch, Larry Weiss and Morris Engelson – joined Tektronix Engineering in June to continue their work on spectrum analyzers.
Pentrix product was designed as a plugin unit for several Tektronix oscilloscopes, converting them to frequency-based instruments. According to market researchers, the spectrum analyzer market is in the neighborhood of $8 – 10 million per year. “Pentrix fits well into Tektronix’ manufacturing and marketing organization and offers new markets for both its present and acquired products,” Bob Fitzgerald (vice-president, Operations) stated when making the announcement.

Links

The Pentrix story in tekretirees.org August 2014 newsletter

People affiliated with Pentrix

Name	Birth date	Death date	Countries	Affiliations
Arnie Frisch		2019-12-12	USA	Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute • Polarad • Pentrix • Tektronix • Intel
Larry Weiss	1932-02-06	2018-08-02		Polarad • Pentrix • Tektronix • Zygo Industries
Morris Engelson	1935		Lithuania • USA	City College of New York • Polarad • Pentrix • Tektronix

Products by Pentrix

Model	Class	Series	Description	Introduced	Discontinued
Pentrix L20	Plug-in	500-series scopes	4 GHz Spectrum Analyzer plug-in	1963	1965
Pentrix L21	Plug-in	500-series scopes	20 kHz Spectrum Analzyer	(?)	(?)
Pentrix L30	Plug-in	500-series scopes	10.4 GHz Spectrum Analyzer plug-in	(?)	1965
Pentrix L3742/2	Plug-in	500-series scopes	7.6−8.6 GHz Spectrum Analyzer plug-in	(?)	(?)

Pictures

Pentrix Ad in January 1965 Issue of Science Magazine
Pentrix Founders

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-'''Pentrix''', formed in 1962, was a company that made spectrum analyzer
+{{Company
-plug-ins for Tektronix oscilloscopes.
+|Name=Pentrix
+|Country=USA
+|City=Brooklyn, NY
+|Affiliations=
+|Started=1962
+|Wikidata id=
+}}, formed in 1962, was a company that made spectrum analyzer plug-ins for Tektronix oscilloscopes.
 [[Tektronix]] bought Pentrix in 1964.
-Some Pentrix models became Tektronix models, with incremental changes to the designs.
+Some Pentrix models became Tektronix models, with incremental changes to the designs. For example, the [[Pentrix L20]] became the [[1L20|Tektronix L20]].
-For example, the [[Pentrix L20]] became the [[1L20|Tektronix L20]].
 Tek-Talk September 1964 said:
 <blockquote>
 TEK NEWSREEL:
-Acquisition of Pentrix Corporation,
+Acquisition of Pentrix Corporation, Brooklyn manufacturer of spectrum analyzers, was announced in April.
-Brooklyn manufacturer of spectrum
+The small company became part of Tektronix through transfer of 30,002 shares of Tektronix, Inc. stock.
-analyzers, was announced in April. The
+In June 8330 shares were issued. The remaining 21,672 shares will be issued in installments over the next four years, contingent on spectrum analyzer sales.
-small company became part of Tektronix
+Three Pentrix owners – [[Arnold Frisch]], [[Larry Weiss]] and [[Morris Engelson]] – joined Tektronix Engineering in June to continue their work on spectrum analyzers.
-through transfer of 30,002 shares of
-Tektronix, Inc. stock.
-In June 8330 shares were issued. The
-remaining 21,672 shares will be issued in
-installments over the next four years,
-contingent on spectrum analyzer sales.
-Three Pentrix owners – Arnold Frisch,
-Larry Weiss and Morris Engelson – joined
-Tektronix Engineering in June to continue
-their work on spectrum analyzers.
-Pentrix product was designed as a plugin
+Pentrix product was designed as a plugin unit for several Tektronix oscilloscopes, converting them to frequency-based instruments.
-unit for several Tektronix oscilloscopes,
+According to market researchers, the spectrum analyzer market is in the neighborhood of $8 – 10 million per year.
-converting them to frequency-based
+“Pentrix fits well into Tektronix’ manufacturing and marketing organization and offers new markets for both its present and acquired products,” [[Bob Fitzgerald]] (vice-president, Operations) stated when making the announcement.
-instruments.
-According to market researchers, the
-spectrum analyzer market is in the
-neighborhood of $8 – 10 million per year.
-“Pentrix fits well into Tektronix’
-manufacturing and marketing organization
-and offers new markets for both its present
-and acquired products,” Bob Fitzgerald
-(vice-president, Operations) stated when
-making the announcement.
 </blockquote>
-==Products==
-{{#dpl:
-|category=Pentrix products
-}}
 ==Links==
-* [http://tekretirees.org/Newsletter/aug2014_trn.pdf The Pentrix story] in tekretirees.org August 2014 newsletter
+* [[Media:aug2014_trn.pdf|The Pentrix story in tekretirees.org August 2014 newsletter]]
+{{People|Pentrix}}
+{{Products|Pentrix}}
 ==Pictures==
 <gallery>
 Pentrix ad science 147b.png|Pentrix Ad in January 1965 Issue of Science Magazine
+Pentrix founders.jpg|Pentrix Founders
 </gallery>
 [[Category:Companies]]