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{{Person | |||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuyvesant_High_School Stuyvesant High School] and | |Names=Arnold (Arnie) Frisch | ||
[https://engineering.nyu.edu/ Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute] | |Birth date= | ||
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|Death date=12 Dec 2019 | |||
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|Affiliations=Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute; Pentrix; Tektronix | |||
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}} was a graduate of the stellar [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuyvesant_High_School Stuyvesant High School] and [https://engineering.nyu.edu/ Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute] | |||
(now part of [http://www.nyu.edu/ New York University]). | (now part of [http://www.nyu.edu/ New York University]). | ||
In 1962, Arnie, along with [[Morris Engelson]] (1935 - ) and [[Larry Weiss]] (1936-2018), | In 1962, Arnie, along with [[Morris Engelson]] (1935 - ) and [[Larry Weiss]] (1936-2018), started [[Pentrix| Pentrix Corporation]] in Brooklyn. | ||
started [[Pentrix| Pentrix Corporation]] in Brooklyn. | |||
Pentrix made spectrum analyzer plug-ins for Tektronix oscilloscopes | Pentrix made spectrum analyzer plug-ins for Tektronix oscilloscopes, initially to get funds to develop a stand alone spectrum analyzer of their own. | ||
initially to get funds to develop a stand alone spectrum analyzer of their own. | |||
In the early 1960s, Tektronix made little except oscilloscopes and a few related products. | In the early 1960s, Tektronix made little except oscilloscopes and a few related products. | ||
Spectrum analyzers are different from oscilloscopes. | Spectrum analyzers are different from oscilloscopes. | ||
They are designed to show the amplitude of a signal versus frequency, | They are designed to show the amplitude of a signal versus frequency, as opposed to amplitude versus time. | ||
as opposed to amplitude versus time. | |||
Tek had almost no experience in the radio frequency world of spectrum analyzers | Tek had almost no experience in the radio frequency world of spectrum analyzers and needed to avoid becoming a one-product company. | ||
and needed to avoid becoming a one-product company. | |||
Arnie was probably involved in just about every spectrum analyzer at Tektronix until about 1972. | Arnie was probably involved in just about every spectrum analyzer at Tektronix until about 1972. | ||