- Pendulum Instruments
Pendulum Instruments is a Swedish company and one of the world's leading manufacturers of scientific instruments for high-resolution
time andfrequency measurements.Pendulum was originally created in the 1960s as the
Philips time and frequency competence center. After 30 years of existence within Philips, it was spun off from1998 but continued to sell Philips-branded instruments for another two years before starting to sell instruments under its own brand name.A
Russia n subsidiary was established in 1999, and in 2001,XL Microwave (anOakland, CA -based manufacturer ofmicrowave frequency counters and similar equipment) was acquired and transformed into the US branch "Pendulum Instruments, Inc".Today, Pendulum-made instruments are also sold under the
Fluke brand name in most parts of the world, and total sales in the specific field are second only toAgilent Technologies .Pendulum's range of producs:
*Crystal ,OCXO andrubidium -basedfrequency counter s and timers
*Frequency reference s (OCXO and rubidium based, stand-alone as well asGPS disciplined)
*Reference frequency distribution systems (coaxial and optical)
*Instruments for measuring the stability ofsynchronization clocksExternal links
* [http://www.pendulum-instruments.com Main web site at www.pendulum-instruments.com]
* [http://www.pendulum.se Swedish website at www.pendulum.se]
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