Non-Linear Systems

{{Other uses|Nonlinearity (disambiguation)}}

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| founder = Andrew Kay

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Non-Linear Systems is an electronics manufacturing company based in San Diego, California. Non-Linear Systems was founded in 1952, by Andrew Kay, the inventor of the digital voltmeter in 1954.{{cite news|last1=Markoff|first1=John|title=Andrew Kay, Pioneer in Computing, Dies at 95|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/06/business/andrew-kay-pioneer-in-computing-dies-at-95.html|work=New York Times|date=September 5, 2014}}[http://www.nonlinearsystems.com/default.asp?page=custom&pubid=NLS&view=agt&subpage=Company%20Profile Company Profile], NLS website[https://books.google.com/books?id=s1jqswEACAAJ Digital Voltmeters], Author: Non-Linear Systems, Inc, Edition: 2, Publisher:Non-Linear Systems, 1961, Length:208 pages[https://books.google.com/books?id=EgwcAQAAMAAJ Summer notes on social psychology of industry and management at Non-Linear Systems, inc., Del Mar, California], Authors: Abraham Harold Maslow, Non-Linear Systems, Inc, Publisher: Non-Linear Systems, Length:296 pages[https://books.google.com/books?id=HS8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Non-Linear+Systems%22+Andrew+Kay&pg=PA20 Tech Street: Kaypro Hunkers Down] By John Gantz, InfoWorld, 20 Aug 1984, Page 20

NLS developed a reputation for providing rugged durability in critical applications for everything from submarines to spacecraft.

Later the company developed miniature digital voltmeters and frequency counters. During the early 1980s the company started Kaypro, which developed an early personal computer.