Tektronix TDS 700C - Manual

Tektronix TDS 700C

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 3 – WARRANTY
  • Page 5 – Table of Contents; Getting Started
  • Page 6 – ii; Appendices
  • Page 7 – iii; List of Figures
  • Page 8 – iv
  • Page 11 – vii; List of Tables
  • Page 12 – viii
  • Page 13 – General Safety Summary; Only qualified personnel should perform service procedures.; To Avoid Fire or
  • Page 14 – Symbols and Terms
  • Page 15 – xi; Preface; Related Manuals
  • Page 16 – xii; Default Model
  • Page 17 – xiii; ) marks each transition between a
  • Page 18 – xiv
  • Page 20 – Product Description; . Available with option 2C only, 28 Communications trigger modes
  • Page 21 – Differences by Model; Table 1–1: Key Features and differences of models; Feature
  • Page 22 – Product Specification
  • Page 24 – Start Up; Preparation; volts or with; Signal Path Compensation
  • Page 25 – Putting into Service; before checking the fuse.; Input Coupling
  • Page 26 – Figure 1–1: Rear Panel Controls Used in Start Up; Fuse; To power on the oscilloscope, do the following steps:; Front Cover Removal
  • Page 27 – Self Test
  • Page 28 – Operating Basics
  • Page 29 – Overview
  • Page 31 – Operating Interface Maps; Front Panel Map — Left Side
  • Page 32 – Front Panel Map — Right Side
  • Page 33 – Rear Panel Map
  • Page 34 – Display Map
  • Page 35 – To Operate a Menu
  • Page 36 – To Operate a Pop-Up Menu
  • Page 37 – Tutorial; Setting Up for the Examples; NOTE; Connect the Input Signal
  • Page 38 – Figure 2–1: Connecting a Probe for the Examples (P6245 shown); Reset the Oscilloscope
  • Page 39 – Figure 2–2: SETUP Button Location; Figure 2–3: The Setup Menu
  • Page 40 – Recall; triggers on the input signal.; Figure 2–4: Trigger Controls; Examine the Display
  • Page 41 – Figure 2–5: The Display After Factory Initialization; Example 1: Displaying a Waveform
  • Page 42 – Turn the vertical SCALE knob clockwise. Observe the change in the; s/div now, and you should see two complete waveform cycles on the; Adjust the Waveform
  • Page 43 – Figure 2–7: TRIGGER Controls; Autoset the Oscilloscope
  • Page 44 – Figure 2–8: AUTOSET Button Location
  • Page 45 – Figure 2–10: Display Signals Requiring Probe Compensation; Example 2: Displaying Multiple Waveforms
  • Page 46 – Figure 2–11: The Channel Buttons and Lights; on page 2–9 under the heading Setting Up for the Examples.; OK Confirm Factory
  • Page 48 – Figure 2–12: The Vertical Main Menu and Coupling Side Menu; channel 2 setting to the 1 M; Assign Controls to
  • Page 49 – Figure 2–13: The Menus After Changing Channels; Remove a Waveform
  • Page 50 – Example 3: Taking Automated Measurements; Display Measurements
  • Page 51 – Figure 2–14: Measure Main Menu and Select Measurement Side Menu
  • Page 52 – Figure 2–15: Four Simultaneous Measurement Readouts; Remove Measurement
  • Page 53 – The General Purpose Knob.; The general purpose knob, the large knob, is now set
  • Page 54 – Figure 2–16: General Purpose Knob Indicators; Any time the general purpose knob is set to adjust a
  • Page 55 – Displaying a Snapshot of
  • Page 56 – Figure 2–17: Snapshot of Channel 1; Example 4: Saving Setups
  • Page 57 – Setup locations in the side menu appear with the label user if they; Save a Setup
  • Page 58 – Positive Width (side) to add that measurement to the display.
  • Page 59 – To recall the setup, press SAVE/RECALL SETUP; Recall a Setup
  • Page 61 – Reference
  • Page 66 – Acquiring and Displaying Waveforms; How to couple waveforms to the oscilloscope channels; Coupling Waveforms to the Oscilloscope
  • Page 67 – Press VERTICAL MENU; Figure 3–1: How Probe Compensation Affects Signals; toggle the side menu selection; To Compensate
  • Page 68 – TDS 500C and 700C models only: Press SHIFT ACQUIRE MENU; display. Figure 3–2 shows where the adjustment is located.; Input Impedance
  • Page 69 – Setting up Automatically: Autoset and Reset; To Find More Information
  • Page 70 – Table 3–1: Autoset defaults; Control; To Autoset the
  • Page 72 – Selecting Channels; To Identify the
  • Page 73 – Figure 3–3: The Channel Readout; To Select and
  • Page 74 – Figure 3–4: Waveform Selection Priority; Waveform Priority
  • Page 75 – Scaling and Positioning Waveforms
  • Page 76 – Figure 3–5: Scaling and Positioning; waveform changes position.; To Change Vertical Scale
  • Page 77 – Figure 3–6: Vertical Readouts and Channel Menu
  • Page 78 – DC coupling shows both the AC and DC components of an input signal.; To Change
  • Page 79 – To Set External
  • Page 80 – Figure 3–7: Record View and Time Base Readouts; To change the horizontal scale and position:; Turn the horizontal POSITION and horizontal SCALE knobs. (See; To Change Horizontal
  • Page 81 – Figure 3–8: Horizontal Controls
  • Page 82 – The number of points that make up the waveform record is; Press HORIZONTAL MENU
  • Page 83 – Horizontal Position.; To Select the
  • Page 84 – Figure 3–9: Displaying an Extended Acquisition Length Record
  • Page 85 – Waveform Record
  • Page 86 – Choosing an Acquisition Mode; How the oscilloscope samples and digitizes an input signal
  • Page 87 – Figure 3–12: Several Points May be Acquired for Each Point Used
  • Page 88 – Equivalent-Time Sampling
  • Page 89 – Interpolation
  • Page 90 – Table 3–2: How interleaving affects sample rate; Maximum digitizing rate; Interleaving
  • Page 92 – Multiple Waveform Acquisitions
  • Page 93 – Nd = Number of points per decimation interval =; extra bits; Table 3–3: Additional resolution bits; Time base speed
  • Page 94 – Figure 3–16: Acquisition Menu and Readout; Checking the
  • Page 95 – Press SHIFT ACQUIRE MENU; Selecting Repetitive
  • Page 96 – Stop After
  • Page 97 – Figure 3–17: Acquire Menu — Stop After
  • Page 98 – Figure 3–18: Aliasing; Preventing Aliasing
  • Page 99 – Methods to Check and Eliminate.; To quickly check for aliasing, slowly increase; Try pressing the AUTOSET button.; Customizing the Display
  • Page 100 – Press DISPLAY; Vectors style displays vectors (lines) between the record points.; Change Display Settings
  • Page 101 – Figure 3–19: Display Menu — Style; Adjust Intensity
  • Page 102 – TDS 500C and TDS 700C Models: Press DISPLAY; Figure 3–20: Trigger Point and Level Indicators
  • Page 103 – Select Interpolation Filter
  • Page 104 – TDS 600B: Press DISPLAY; XY Pair; Select the Format
  • Page 105 – Customizing the Display Color; To bring up the Color menu:; Press DISPLAY to show the Display menu.; Change the Display Color
  • Page 106 – Figure 3–21: Display Menu — Setting; To choose a palette of 13 colors from a menu of preset palettes:; Choose a Palette
  • Page 107 – Reset to Factory Color.; Change the Palette Colors
  • Page 108 – Figure 3–22: Display Menu — Palette Colors; To define math waveform colors:; Color and cycle through the choices.; To define reference waveform colors:; Set Math Waveform Color
  • Page 109 – is based on, select Color Matches Contents.; with a special color.; Select Options
  • Page 110 – Figure 3–24: Display Menu — Restore Colors; Zooming on Waveforms
  • Page 111 – Using with Waveforms
  • Page 112 – Press ZOOM; Zoom a Waveform
  • Page 113 – Figure 3–25: Zoom Mode with Horizontal Lock Set to None; To reset all zoom factors to their defaults, do the following step:; Set Interpolation
  • Page 114 – Lower (side). Use the vertical and horizontal knobs to scale; and position the unmagnified waveform in the box.; Upper (side). Use the vertical and horizontal knobs to scale; and position the magnified waveform.
  • Page 115 – To select Dual Zoom, press ZOOM; purpose knob or use the keypad to set the offset.; Dual Zoom a Waveform
  • Page 116 – Using InstaVu; Waveform Capture Rate
  • Page 117 – Figure 3–28: InstaVu Display; To Use InstaVu Mode
  • Page 118 – Normal DSO Mode
  • Page 119 – Time in the side menu to the settings desired.; To Set the InstaVu Style
  • Page 120 – Using FastFrame; Figure 3–30: Fast Frame
  • Page 121 – knob to enter FastFrame parameters.
  • Page 122 – FastFrame Operating Characteristics.; Consider the following operating character-
  • Page 124 – Triggering on Waveforms; Triggering Concepts
  • Page 125 – Figure 3–32: Triggered Versus Untriggered Displays; You can derive your trigger from the following sources:; The Trigger Event
  • Page 126 – Trigger Types
  • Page 127 – Trigger Holdoff
  • Page 128 – Figure 3–33: Trigger Holdoff Time Ensures Valid Triggering; Trigger Coupling
  • Page 129 – Figure 3–34: Slope and Level Controls Help Define the Trigger; Triggering from the Front Panel; Slope and Level
  • Page 130 – Figure 3–35: TRIGGER Controls and Status Lights; To Force a Trigger
  • Page 131 – To leave Single Trig mode, press SHIFT ACQUIRE MENU; To quickly determine trigger status, check the three status; To Single Trigger
  • Page 132 – Figure 3–36: Example Trigger Readouts — Edge Trigger Selected
  • Page 133 – Triggering on a Waveform Edge; Trigger Menu
  • Page 134 – Figure 3–38: Edge Trigger Readouts; To Select Edge Triggering
  • Page 135 – Press TRIGGER MENU; To Select a Source
  • Page 136 – using the general purpose knob or the keypad.; Press the TRIGGER MENU; To Set Mode & Holdoff
  • Page 137 – Select the rising or falling edge from the side menu.; Triggering Based on Logic; To Set Level
  • Page 138 – Pattern and State Classes
  • Page 139 – Table 3–6: Pattern and State Logic; Setup and Hold Class
  • Page 140 – To Check Logic
  • Page 141 – Figure 3–40: Violation Zones for Setup/Hold Triggering
  • Page 142 – Figure 3–41: Logic Trigger Readouts — State Class Selected; Select Pattern Triggering.; To Trigger on a Pattern
  • Page 143 – Figure 3–42: Logic Trigger Menu; To set the logic state for each of the input channels; To set the logic threshold for each channel:; Press TRIGGER MENU; keypad to set each threshold.
  • Page 144 – To Define a Time Qualified
  • Page 145 – Figure 3–43: Logic Trigger Menu — Time Qualified TRUE
  • Page 146 – To State Trigger
  • Page 147 – Hold Time Violations
  • Page 149 – Figure 3–44: Triggering on a Setup/Hold Time Violation; Mode and holdoff can be set for all standard trigger
  • Page 150 – Triggering on Pulses
  • Page 151 – Figure 3–45: Pulse Trigger Readouts
  • Page 152 – Select Glitch Triggering.; To Trigger on a Glitch
  • Page 153 – Figure 3–46: Main Trigger Menu — Glitch Class; To specify which channel becomes the pulse trigger source:; the trigger source for all four trigger classes.
  • Page 154 – To Trigger on a Runt Pulse
  • Page 155 – Select the Polarity.
  • Page 156 – Figure 3–47: Main Trigger Menu — Runt Class
  • Page 157 – Trigger Based on
  • Page 158 – To Trigger Based
  • Page 161 – Figure 3–48: Main Trigger Menu — Slew Rate Class
  • Page 164 – Communications Triggering; Table 3–8: Comm triggers; Standard Name
  • Page 165 – To Select Comm
  • Page 166 – Figure 3–49: Main Trigger Menu — Comm Type; Code are displayed. See Table 3–9 for a list of pulse forms.; To Select a
  • Page 167 – Table 3–9: Communications pulse forms; AMI; Press the TRIGGER MENU; Delayed Triggering; To Set Level or Threshold
  • Page 168 – Figure 3–50: Delayed Runs After Main
  • Page 169 – To Run After Delay
  • Page 170 – Delayed Triggerable By Events
  • Page 171 – Press HORIZONTAL MENU; Press SHIFT DELAYED TRIG
  • Page 172 – Figure 3–53: Delayed Trigger Menu
  • Page 173 – Set to ECL fixes the trigger level at –1.3 V.
  • Page 174 – Measuring Waveforms; Masks for mask counting, selecting a mask, or editing a mask
  • Page 175 – Taking Automated Measurements; Table 3–10: Measurement definitions; Measurement List
  • Page 177 – Measurement Readouts
  • Page 178 – Figure 3–55: Measurement Readouts with Statistics; taking automatic measurements:
  • Page 179 – Figure 3–56: Measure Menu; Remove Measurements
  • Page 180 – Gate with V Bar
  • Page 181 – TDS 600B: Press MEASURE; Define High-Low Setup
  • Page 182 – Figure 3–58: Measure Menu — Reference Levels
  • Page 183 – Delay; Take a Delay
  • Page 184 – Take a Snapshot of
  • Page 185 – Figure 3–60: Snapshot Menu and Readout
  • Page 186 – Display Measurement
  • Page 187 – Statistics; Taking Cursor Measurements
  • Page 188 – Figure 3–61: Cursor Types; Cursor Types
  • Page 189 – Figure 3–62: Cursor Modes; Cursor Readouts
  • Page 190 – Figure 3–63: H Bars Cursor Menu and Readouts; Select the
  • Page 191 – Figure 3–64: Paired Cursor Menu and Readouts; Set Mode and Adjust
  • Page 192 – Press CURSOR; Select Cursor Speed
  • Page 193 – Taking Graticule Measurements; To measure the amplitude of a waveform, do the following steps:; Measure Waveform
  • Page 194 – Displaying Histograms (TDS 500C and TDS 700C Only); Figure 3–65: Histogram Menu and Vertical Histogram; Measure Waveform Time
  • Page 196 – Table 3–11: Measurement definitions; Turn on histogram counting by pressing MEASURE; Histogram Measurement
  • Page 197 – To turn defined masks on or off, press MEASURE
  • Page 198 – Figure 3–66: Mask menu; Masks
  • Page 201 – Figure 3–67: Creating a User Mask
  • Page 202 – Table 3–12: Standard masks; Fibre channel; Optimizing Measurement Accuracy: SPC and Probe Cal
  • Page 203 – Press SHIFT UTILITY; Signal Path
  • Page 204 – Figure 3–68: Performing a Signal Path Compensation; Probe Cal
  • Page 205 – Some Probes Cannot Be Compensated.; Some types of probes can be gain; Install the probe on the input channel on which it is to be used.
  • Page 206 – STOP; Connect the probe tip to PROBE COMPENSATION SIGNAL connect; When gain compensation completes, the following actions occur:
  • Page 207 – Figure 3–69: Probe Cal Menu and Gain Compensation Display; otherwise continue with step 19.; Press SHIFT UTILITY
  • Page 208 – Changing Probes After a Probe Cal.; If a Probe Cal has never been performed on
  • Page 210 – Figure 3–70: Re-use Probe Calibration Data Menu
  • Page 211 – Table 3–13: Probe cal status
  • Page 212 – Saving Waveforms and Setups; Saving and Recalling Setups
  • Page 213 – To Save a Setup
  • Page 214 – To recall a setup stored internally, press SAVE/RECALL SETUP
  • Page 215 – Saving and Recalling Waveforms and Acquisitions; To Run the File Utilities
  • Page 216 – Select the channel that has the waveform you want to save.; WAVEFORM; To Save a Waveform
  • Page 217 – Select the channel that has the acquisition you want to save.; To Save an Acquisition
  • Page 219 – Press MORE; To recall a waveform from disk to an internal reference memory:; Recall Wfm To
  • Page 221 – Managing the File System; To bring up the File Utilities menu:; TDS 600B: Press the SAVE/RECALL SETUP button to bring up the
  • Page 222 – Figure 3–74: File Utilities
  • Page 223 – Figure 3–75: File System — Labeling Menu; To Delete
  • Page 224 – To Copy
  • Page 225 – Printing a Hardcopy; To Set Overwrite Lock
  • Page 226 – Supported Formats
  • Page 227 – Set Communications Parameters.; To set up the communication parameters for a; Press SHIFT; To Set Up for Making
  • Page 228 – Set Hardcopy Parameters.; Figure 3–77: Hardcopy Formats
  • Page 229 – Readout; step 1 of Set the Date and Time below. Then redo this procedure.; Once the oscilloscope is connected to a hardcopy device, press; Figure 3–78: Date and Time Display
  • Page 230 – Set the Date and Time.; Repeat steps 1 and 2 to set other parameters as desired.; Connect to a Hardcopy Device.; To Print Directly to a
  • Page 231 – while the hardcopy in process message is still on screen.; HARDCOPY MENU
  • Page 232 – Press HARDCOPY to print your hardcopy to the selected file.; To Save to a Disk
  • Page 233 – Use the MS-DOS cd command to move to the directory that holds the; Type: IBFIND DEV1 where “DEV1” is the name for the oscilloscope you; To Print Using a Controller
  • Page 234 – Copy the data from your file to your hardcopy device. Type:
  • Page 235 – Communicating with Remote Instruments; Check for GPIB Protocols.; To Prepare for Remote
  • Page 236 – Figure 3–81: Typical GPIB Network Configuration; To connect the oscilloscope to a GPIB
  • Page 237 – Figure 3–82: Stacking GPIB Connectors; To connect the oscilloscope, plug an IEEE; Figure 3–83: Connecting the Oscilloscope to a Controller; To Set Up for Remote
  • Page 238 – Configure the GPIB Port.; You must set two important GPIB parameters: mode; Off Bus disconnects the oscilloscope from the bus.; Figure 3–84: Utility Menu
  • Page 240 – Determining Status and Accessing Help; Displaying Status; Press SHIFT STATUS
  • Page 241 – Figure 3–85: Status Menu — System
  • Page 242 – Displaying the Banner; Press SHIFT STATUS; Displaying Help
  • Page 243 – Figure 3–87: Initial Help Screen
  • Page 244 – Using Features for Advanced Applications; Limit Testing; To use limit testing, you must do four tasks:
  • Page 245 – Figure 3–88: Comparing a Waveform to a Limit Template; To do the tasks just listed, do the following procedures:; Press SHIFT ACQUIRE MENU to bring up the Acquire menu.; To Create Limit Test
  • Page 246 – Figure 3–89: Acquire Menu — Create Limit Test Template; general purpose knob or keypad.
  • Page 247 – Press SHIFT ACQUIRE MENU; side menu of possible actions.; To Select a Limit Test
  • Page 248 – Single Waveform
  • Page 249 – Waveform Math; Multiple Waveform
  • Page 250 – Change Math; to cycle it to the desired channel or reference waveform.; Figure 3–90: More Menu; To Use Single Wfm Math
  • Page 251 – ly to cycle it to the desired channel or reference waveform.; Figure 3–91: Dual Waveform Math Main and Side Menus; To Use Dual Wfm Math
  • Page 252 – Fast Fourier Transforms; To Average a Math
  • Page 254 – Figure 3–92: System Response to an Impulse; To obtain an FFT of your waveform, do the following steps:; Press MORE to access the menu for turning on math waveforms.; in step 1 appears in the menu label.; To Create an FFT
  • Page 255 – Figure 3–93: Define FFT Waveform Menu; vertical scale types:; Linear RMS — Magnitude is displayed using voltage as the scale.
  • Page 257 – Figure 3–94: FFT Math Waveform in Math1; amplitude of the selected cursor relative to either 1 V; To Take Cursor
  • Page 258 – Figure 3–95: Cursor Measurement of an FFT Waveform
  • Page 259 – Read the frequency difference between the cursors from the; to the points along the horizontal axis you are interested in.; : readout. Read the amplitude of the short horizontal bar of the; selected (solid) cursor relative to either 1 V; zero phase level; FFTs May Not Use All of the Waveform Record.; The FFT math waveform is a; To Take Automated
  • Page 260 – Figure 3–96: Waveform Record vs. FFT Time Domain Record
  • Page 261 – FFTs Transform Time Records to Frequency Records.; Figure 3–97: FFT Time Domain Record vs. FFT Frequency Domain Record
  • Page 262 – Adjust Offset and Position to Zero for DC Correction.; Normally, the output of a; and the display is in dB.; Record Length
  • Page 263 – Acquisition Mode
  • Page 264 – Reset Live Factors
  • Page 265 – Figure 3–98: How Aliased Frequencies Appear in an FFT; The phase of each frequency is measured; Considerations for Phase
  • Page 266 – Adjust Phase Suppression.; Your source waveform record may have a noise
  • Page 267 – dBV; The oscilloscope multiplies the FFT time domain record by; FFT Windows
  • Page 268 – Figure 3–99: Windowing the FFT Time Domain Record; You can select your window to provide better frequency
  • Page 269 – Window Characteristics.; When evaluating a window for use, you may want to
  • Page 271 – Figure 3–100: FFT Windows and Bandpass Characteristics; Waveform Differentiation
  • Page 272 – Press OK Create Math Wfm (side) to display the derivative of the; To Create a Derivative of a
  • Page 273 – Figure 3–101: Derivative Math Waveform
  • Page 275 – ON (side). The vertical and horizontal zoom factors appear on; Using Zoom
  • Page 276 – Waveform Integration
  • Page 277 – channel source selected in step 1 appears in the menu label.; Press OK Create Math Waveform (side) to turn on the integral math; To Create a Integral Math
  • Page 278 – Figure 3–103: Integral Math Waveform; from the; : readout. Read the integrated voltage over time between the
  • Page 279 – Figure 3–104: H Bars Cursors Measure an Integral Math Waveform
  • Page 280 – Read the following values from the cursor readouts:
  • Page 281 – Record
  • Page 283 – Appendix A: Options and Accessories; Options; Tektronix will ship the options shown in Table A–1:; Label
  • Page 284 – Description
  • Page 285 – Standard Accessories; Table A–2: Standard Accessories; Accessory
  • Page 286 – Optional Accessories; You can also order the optional accessories listed in Table A–3.; Table A–3: Optional Accessories
  • Page 287 – P6246 Active, high bandwidth differential probe. FET. DC to 400 MHz; Accessory Probes
  • Page 289 – Table A–4: Accessory software; Software; Accessory Software
  • Page 291 – Appendix B: Algorithms; Measurement Variables
  • Page 292 – Mid2Ref
  • Page 293 – Other Variables
  • Page 294 – Figure B–1: MCross Calculations; MCross Calculations
  • Page 296 – Measurement Algorithms; then return the (interpolated) value at
  • Page 297 – Burst Width
  • Page 298 – = the time from one; Extinction Ratio
  • Page 299 – Figure B–2: Fall Time; Frequency
  • Page 301 – Negative Duty Cycle
  • Page 302 – The phase is determined by the following:; Period
  • Page 303 – Positive Duty Cycle
  • Page 304 – Figure B–3: Rise Time
  • Page 305 – A and B are numbers between 0.0 and; Integration Algorithm
  • Page 306 – Measurements on Envelope Waveforms; Step through the waveform from; to
  • Page 309 – Appendix C: Packaging for Shipment
  • Page 311 – Appendix D: Probe Selection; Passive Voltage Probes; High voltage; General Purpose (High
  • Page 313 – Appendix E: Probe Selection; Figure D–1: Typical High Voltage Probes; Active Voltage Probes; High speed active
  • Page 314 – Current Probes; High Speed Active Probes
  • Page 315 – Optical Probes
  • Page 317 – Appendix E: Inspection and Cleaning; that; General Care
  • Page 318 – Table E–1: External inspection check list; Item; Cleaning Procedure — Exterior.; To clean the oscilloscope exterior, do the following steps:
  • Page 319 – Appendix F: Programmer Disk; Figure F–1: Equipment Needed to Run the Example Programs; Loading the Programs; Double click on the TDS Family Programmer program group.
  • Page 321 – Glossary
  • Page 322 – Glossary–1; The closeness of the indicated value to the true value.
  • Page 323 – Glossary–2; A timing measurement of the duration of a burst.
  • Page 324 – Glossary–3; The true Root Mean Square voltage over one cycle.
  • Page 325 – Glossary–4; The ratio of High optical power to Low optical power.
  • Page 326 – Glossary–5
  • Page 327 – Glossary–6
  • Page 328 – Glossary–7
  • Page 329 – Glossary–8
  • Page 330 – Glossary–9; comprise
  • Page 334 – Vertical bar cursors; The time interval between record points as displayed.; XY format
  • Page 336 – Index
  • Page 337 – Index–1; Numbers
  • Page 338 – Index–2
  • Page 339 – Index–3
  • Page 340 – Index–4
  • Page 341 – Index–5
  • Page 342 – Index–6
  • Page 343 – Index–7
  • Page 344 – Index–8
  • Page 345 – Index–9
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TDS 500C, TDS 600B & TDS 700C
Digitizing Oscilloscopes

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Summary

Page 3 - WARRANTY

WARRANTY Tektronix warrants that this product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of three (3) yearsfrom the date of shipment. If any such product proves defective during this warranty period, Tektronix, at its option, eitherwill repair the defective product without c...

Page 5 - Table of Contents; Getting Started

TDS 500C, TDS 600B, & TDS 700C User Manual i Table of Contents General Safety Summary xi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preface xiii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Related Manuals xiii...

Page 6 - ii; Appendices

Table of Contents ii TDS 500C, TDS 600B, & TDS 700C User Manual Triggering on Pulses 3–89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communications Triggering 3–103 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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