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{{Person | {{Person | ||
|Names=Bruce Edward Hofer | |Names=Bruce Edward Hofer | ||
|Birth date= | |Birth date=1948 | ||
|Birth place= | |Birth place=Portland | ||
|Death date= | |Death date= | ||
|Death place= | |Death place= | ||
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After graduading in in Electrical Engineering in 1970, he joined Tek fulltime, working on the [[7000-series scopes|7000 series]]. | After graduading in in Electrical Engineering in 1970, he joined Tek fulltime, working on the [[7000-series scopes|7000 series]]. | ||
Hofer worked on | Hofer worked on 7000-series time base design, partly with [[Art Metz]], [[Les Larson]]. | ||
He later switched to audio, designing low distortion oscillators and harmonic distortion measuring equipment (lead engineer on the [[SG505]] audio oscillator and the [[AA501]] distortion analyzer, and [[TM5000]] plugins). | He later switched to audio, designing low distortion oscillators and harmonic distortion measuring equipment (lead engineer on the [[SG505]] audio oscillator and the [[AA501]] distortion analyzer, and [[TM5000]] plugins). | ||
Unable to convince Tek management there was a market for this, in 1984 Bruce quit and | Unable to convince Tek management there was a market for this, in 1984 Bruce quit and cofounded [[Audio Precision]] with [[Bob Metzler]], [[Richard Cabot]], and [[Bob Wright]]. | ||
Audio Precision became the world standard for audio manufacturers. | Audio Precision became the world standard for audio test equipment manufacturers. | ||
Bruce became majority owner of AP in 2002. | |||
Hofer | Hofer along with [[Bob Metzler]] helped launch [[Preamble Instruments]]. | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
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* [https://vintagetek.org/years-at-tektronix-hofer/ My Years at Tektronix] by Bruce Hofer @ vintagetek.org | * [https://vintagetek.org/years-at-tektronix-hofer/ My Years at Tektronix] by Bruce Hofer @ vintagetek.org | ||
{{Documents|Author=Bruce Hofer}} | |||
{{Designer|Bruce Hofer}} | {{Designer|Bruce Hofer}} | ||
{{Patents|Bruce Hofer}} | {{Patents|Bruce Hofer}} | ||
[[Category:Tektronix people]] | [[Category:Tektronix people]] | ||