Power Source & Sink Signal Generation & Analysis Component Testing Product CatalogAbout B&K Precision A Message from the President Its hard to imagine that B&K Precision has been serving the electronics industry for 65 years now. From modest beginnings in a TV repair shop in Chicago, to todays modern manufacturing facilities in Taiwan, France, and China R&D and marketing offices in the US, Israel, and Romania and distributors in over 50 countries, B&K has continued to innovate, strengthen, and expand its product offerings. Todays electronic engineers and students may not recall the era of cathode ray tubes, but our company started by making products to test, repair, and even rejuvenate CRTs, extending the life-span of TV sets. With broad changes in technology over the past six decades, weve continued to develop diverse test and measurement solutions, including our DC & AC power supplies, DC electronic loads, LCR meters, oscilloscopes and signal generators. Many technical schools and universities around the world use our instruments, particularly our function and arbitrary waveform generators, multimeters and oscilloscopes, to teach students about fundamental and advanced electronics. Our commitment to education has led us to the We are commited to creation of a program that rewards enterprising schools and students with free test equipment. continuing our work of As we look forward to the future with our global team of dedicated employees, we are developing new, exciting committed to continuing our work of developing new, exciting and dependable test equipment to serve your ever changing testing needs. and dependable equipment to serve your Sincerely Victor Tolan testing needs President and CEO Introduction History For more than 60 years B&K Precision has B&K offers a wide range of power test and B&K Precision helped pioneer the electronic provided test and measurement solutions general purpose instruments. Our core testing industry, and like so many early to customers from wide-ranging fields products include power supplies and DC elec- electronics firms, B&K started in a garage. including research and development, tronic loads, battery testers, signal generators By 1948, when Americans had begun buying product design, industrial maintenance, (especially function and arbitrary generators), televisions in large numbers, Chicago electronic field service, production line component testers, oscilloscopes, spectrum entrepreneur Carl Korn and his partner Philip testing, and the educational community, analyzers, and multimeters. We provide a full Ban responded to the need for among others. Universities and technical complement of device programmers, video maintenance of often-unreliable sets. schools worldwide have made our and cable testers, electrical and battery Frustrated by a lack of equipment to easily instruments standard equipment in their testers, and environmental testers. We also test television components, Ban and Korn training programs. supply a comprehensive array of probes, began making their own testing devices and leads, adapters, and additional accessories opened Central Television Service Company. Since 1951, the B&K Precision name has that make testing easier. They soon had a thriving business selling represented quality, consistency, and value. CRT rejuvenators and vacuum tube testers We take pride in supplying outstanding We stand behind every product we ship. to other television service shops. By 1951, products and excellent service at fair prices. Our warranties are valid worldwide, and Korn had developed what would become B&K Full certification by the International we provide global service and support to Precision into a company that had branched Organization for Standardization (ISO guarantee your satisfaction. A growing out into other areas of electronic testing and 9001:2008) reflects our commitment to number of our instruments come with a measurement. B&K engineers broke new quality. Our mission is to maintain the standard 3-year warranty, covering parts ground, earning several patents in the field standards that have built our reputation, and labor. of television test equipment, and rapidly develop new products to meet advancing pushed the company to become a worldwide needs, and continue providing the products Our in-house technicians work directly with leader in electronic measurement. and service our customers have come to you to provide any necessary calibrations or trust. repairs, ensuring optimum performance.