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Page 2 User Manual TDS7000 Series Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes (TDS7104 & TDS7054) 071-0700-02 This document supports firmware version 1.00 and above. www.tektronix.com...
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Page 6: Table Of Contents
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Page 11 Figure 3- -20: Holdoff adjustment can prevent false triggers ..3- -57 Figure 3- -21: Slope and level controls help define the trigger ..3- -58 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
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Page 13 ... . B- -5 Figure B- -2: Eye-diagram and optical values ....B- -6 viii TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
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Page 15 D- -11 Table D- -12: Help menu commands ......D- -12 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 16: General Safety Summary
Do Not Operate in Wet/Damp Conditions. Do Not Operate in an Explosive Atmosphere. Keep Product Surfaces Clean and Dry. Provide Proper Ventilation. Refer to the manual’s installation instructions for details on installing the product so it has proper ventilation. TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 17: Symbols And Terms
CAUTION indicates a hazard to property including the product. Symbols on the Product. The following symbols may appear on the product: CAUTION WARNING Protective Ground Refer to Manual High Voltage (Earth) Terminal Mains Disconnected Mains Connected Standby OFF (Power) ON (Power) TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 18: Preface
TDS7000 Series Programmer Online Guide manual.) H Appendices provides additional information including the specifications, measurements, and cleaning information. xiii TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 19: Related Manuals And Online Documents
Located on the TDS7000 Series Product Software CD. See CD instructions for installation instructions. For more information on how the product documentation relates to the oscilloscope operating interfaces and features, see Documentation Map on page 2- -2. TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 20: Contacting Tektronix
This phone number is toll free in North America. After office hours, please leave a voice mail message. Outside North America, contact a Tektronix sales office or distributor; see the Tektronix web site for a list of offices. TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 21 Preface TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 22: Product Description
Models This manual supports two very similar oscilloscopes, the: H TDS7104 Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope H TDS7054 Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope Differences between the oscilloscopes will be called out when necessary, otherwise, the material applies to all of the oscilloscopes. The word “oscilloscope”...
Page 23: Product Software
Do not attempt to substitute any version of Windows that is not specifically provided by Tektronix for use with your oscilloscope. H TDS7000 Product Software. Comes preinstalled on the oscilloscope. This software, running on Windows 98, is the oscilloscope application.
Page 24: Firmware Upgrade
Occasionally new versions of software for your oscilloscope may become available at our web site. See Contacting Tektronix on page xv in Preface. Firmware Upgrade Tektronix may offer firmware upgrade kits for the oscilloscope. Contact your Tektronix service representative for more information (see Contacting Tektronix on page xv).
Page 25: Probes Supported
H P6249 Active, high bandwidth differential probe. FET. DC to 4 GHz H TCP 202 Current Probe, DC to 50 MHz, 15 A DC H CT-6 Current probe — designed for temporary in-circuit installation. 250 kHz to 2 GHz, 50 Ω input 1- 4 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 26: Installation
Operating System Restore, Product Software, and Optional Applications Software. Store the product software in a safe location where you can easily retrieve it. 1- 5 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 27: Checking The Environment Requirements
The peripheral connections are the same as those you would make on a personal computer. The connection points are shown in Figure 1- -1. See Table 1- -2 on page 1- -8 for additional connection information. 1- 6 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 28: Figure 1- 1: Locations Of Peripheral Connectors On Rear Panel
GPIB ..Oscilloscope monitor (large-screen oscilloscope display). . . Card Slot ..Figure 1- 1: Locations of peripheral connectors on rear panel 1- 7 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 29: Powering On The Oscilloscope
IEC127, sheet 1, fast acting Tektronix 159-0381-00 “F”, high breaking capacity: Bussman GDA-6.3 6.3 A, 250 V Littelfuse 21606.3 Switch Fuses AC power Figure 1- 2: Line fuse and power cord connector locations, rear panel 1- 8 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 30: Shutting Down The Oscilloscope
Default Setup when powered on the next time. To completely remove power to the oscilloscope, perform the shutdown just described, set the power switch on the rear panel to off, and then remove the power cord from the instrument. 1- 9 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 31: Creating An Emergency Startup Disk
Use the Windows online help for information on using the Backup tool. You can back up to the floppy drive, or to a third-party storage device over the printer port (rear panel). 1- 10 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 32: Installing Software
The installer installs the software and a PDF file that provides instructions to perform the procedure. The PDF file also lists the specific test equipment required to perform the procedure. 1- 11 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 33 You can then purchase an upgrade from Tektronix if you decide that you want to continue to use the application. Refer to the instructions that accompany the CD for installation information.
Page 34 To do the installation, follow the specific instructions that come with the option. Tektronix provides a key that you must enter (one time) to enable all the options that you have purchased for your oscilloscope. To enter the key, select Option Installation in the Utility menu, and then follow the on-screen instructions.
Page 35: Enabling Your Lan And Connecting To A Network
Setting up a Dual Display Use the following steps to set up the oscilloscope for dual display operation. You can operate the oscilloscope while having full use of Windows and other applications on the external monitor. 1- 14 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 36 10. Click yes when you are prompted to enable the new monitor. 11. Set the resolution you want to use on the external monitor. 12. Click on the external monitor in the display box and drag it to the correct orientation 1- 15 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 37: Figure 1- 4: Drag Area For Windows Task Bar
4. If you use the oscilloscope help system, you can drag the help windows to the external monitor so that you can read them while you operate the oscilloscope. 5. When you open any Windows application, drag the windows from the application to the external monitor. 1- 16 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 38: Incoming Inspection
If the oscilloscope fails any test within this section, it may need service. To contact Tektronix for service, see Contacting Tektronix on page xv of Preface. Make sure you have put the oscilloscope into service as detailed in Installation starting on page 1- -5.
Page 39: Functional Tests
The purpose of these procedures is to confirm that the oscilloscope functions properly. The following equipment is required: H A BNC cable H A 3.5 inch, 1.44 Mbyte, formatted floppy disk to check the file system 1- 18 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 40: Figure 1- 5: Universal Test Hookup For Functional Tests - Ch 1 Shown
When you are instructed to push a front-panel button or screen button, the button may already be selected (its label will be highlighted). If this is the case, it is not necessary to push the button. Equipment One BNC cable, such as Tektronix part number 012-0076-00 required Prerequisites None 1.
Page 41: Figure 1- 6: Channel Button Location
Using the Acquisition Controls on page 3- -22 for more information). H Sample mode displays an actively acquiring waveform on-screen. (Note that there is a small amount of noise present on the square wave). 1- 20 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 42: Figure 1- 7: Setup For Time Base Test
9. Remove the test hookup: Disconnect the BNC cable from the channel input and the probe compensation output. Equipment One BNC cable, such as Tektronix part number 012-0076-00 required Prerequisites None 1. Initialize the oscilloscope:Push the front-panel DEFAULT SETUP button.
Page 43 (it also adjusts delay, but only when delay mode is on). e. Verify the delay toggle function: H Rotate the front-panel horizontal POSITION knob to center the falling edge horizontally on the screen. 1- 22 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 44: Figure 1- 8: Setup For Trigger Test
7. Remove the test hookup: Disconnect the probe from the channel input and the probe compensation output. Equipment One BNC cable, such as Tektronix part number 012-0076-00 required Prerequisites None 1. Initialize the oscilloscope: Push the front-panel DEFAULT SETUP button.
Page 45 6. Remove the test hookup: Disconnect the cable from the channel input and the Probe Compensation output. Equipment One BNC cable, such as Tektronix part number 012-0076-00 required One 720 K or 1.44 Mbyte, 3.5 inch DOS-compatible formatted disk. Prerequisites None 1.
Page 46: Figure 1- 9: Setup For The File System Test
This displays a familiar Windows dialog box for locating the settings file that you want to recall. c. In the Recall Instrument Setup dialog box, select the 3 Floppy (A:) icon in the Look in: drop-down list. 1- 25 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 47: Perform The Extended Diagnostics
Display the Task Manager by pressing CTRL, ALT, and Delete. d. Select Windowsscopeservices and then touch End TAsk. 2. Click Start, then click Programs in the Start Menu. Finally, click Sykes Diagnostics and then QA+Win32. 1- 26 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 48 5. Dismiss the QAPlus/Win diagnostics: Select Exit in the File menu. 6. Restart your oscilloscope UI software: Click Start, then click Programs in the Start Menu. Finally, click Tektronix Oscilloscope and then TekScope. 1- 27 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 49 Incoming Inspection 1- 28 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 50: Accessories & Options
H Option A3 - - Australian 230 V, 50 Hz H Option A5 - - Switzerland 230 V, 50 Hz H Option AC - - China 230 V, 50 Hz H Option A99 - - No power cord 1- 29 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 51: Accessories
H Option SM: Serial Communications Mast Testing H Option TDS7UP: Field upgrade options. Many are available. Contact Tektronix (see page xv) for a complete list of available TDS7UP options H Option J1: TDSJIT2 Jitter Analysis application H Option J2: TDSDDM2 Disk Drive Measurements application...
Page 52: Table 1- 5: Optional Accessories
Click’N Burn Software CD 063-3575-xx Optional The accessories in Table 1- -5 are orderable for use with the oscilloscope at the time this manual was originally published. Consult a current Tektronix catalog for additions, changes, and details. Table 1- 5: Optional accessories Accessory...
Page 53 SFT001 LabWindows S3FG910 WSTRO WaveStar Software WSTRO GPIB cable (1 m) 012-0991-01 GPIB cable (2 m) 012-0991-00 RS-232 cable 012-1298-xx PS-2 keyboard 118-9402-00 USB Keyboard 119-6297-xx Centronics cable 012-1250-xx Replacement hard disk 650-4075-xx 1- 32 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 54 H Front Panel I/O Map, on page 2- -9, describes input/output ports and peripherals. Tutorial procedures are available online, as part of the online help. For information on configuring and installing your oscilloscope, refer to Chapter 1, Getting Started. 2- 1 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 55: Documentation Map
Support topic in the instrument online help. You may also want to obtain the optional service manual for this product if you self-service or performance test this oscilloscope. See Accessories & Options on page 1- -29. 2- 2 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 56: System Overview Maps
H Trigger System. Recognizes a specific event of interest on the input trigger signal and informs the Timebase of the trigger event’s occurrence. H Timebase System. Tells the Acquisition system to start an acquisition cycle (i.e. convert from analog to digital). In more general terms, 2- 3 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 57 H Input/Output Systems. Provides output (and sometimes input) of oscilloscope-data elements in a form suitable to the user and also provides user input control. The process overview that follows describes each step in the top-level cycle of oscilloscope operation. 2- 4 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 58: Process Overview Map
The oscilloscope then checks for a user-specified stop condition and either returns to its idle state or continues at step 3, according to what it finds. 2- 5 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 59: User Interface Map - - Complete Control And Display
If a control menu is change the position and scale using displayed, these the multipurpose knobs readouts move to the Controls Status: Quick reference to graticule area vertical, horizontal, and trigger selections, scale, and parameters 2- 6 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 60: Front Panel Map - - Quick Access To Most Often Used Features
Push ZOOM to add a magnified graticule to the display. Push HORIZ or VERT to select the axis to magnify. Page 3- - 109. Turn channel displays on and off. Vertically scale, position, or change the input termination. Page 3- - 4. 2- 7 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 61: Display Map - - Single Graticule
Click icon to assign multipurpose knobs to waveform vertical position and scale Drag across the waveform area to zoom the boxed waveform segment to full screen width. Also enable/disable histograms and measurement gating 2- 8 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 62: Front Panel I/O Map
Front Panel I/O Map Floppy disk drive Auxiliary trigger input Ground terminal Auxiliary trigger output Channel Probe inputs compensation CH 3 SIGNAL output OUTPUT; scale and offset controlled by CH3 controls 2- 9 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 63: Rear Panel I/O Map
RJ-45 connector to connect to network COM1 serial port External reference input and internal reference output Connectors for speaker and microphone PCMCIA slots for two type-1 cards, two type-2 cards, or one type-3 card 2- 10 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 64: Overview
Advanced Triggering Overview and setup for triggering on 3- - 68 specific pulse and logic conditions Sequential Triggering Overview and setup for triggering after 3- - 92 time delay and triggering on events 3- 1 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 65 Remote Communication Information on programming the 3- - 243 nication oscilloscope over the GPIB Help Using Online Help Accessing Online Help Information on accessing the information 3- - 245 in the online help 3- 2 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 66: Acquiring Waveforms 3
H Using FastFrame: Using FastFrame to capture many records in a larger record, and then view and measure each record individually. Storage Acquisition Display Input Channel inputs system Waveform transform system Horizontal Trigger Auxiliary trigger timebase input 3- 3 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 67: Figure 3- 1: Input & Acquisition Systems & Controls
Use input conditioning to ensure the oscilloscope acquires the data that you want to display, measure, or otherwise process. To ensure the best possible data for displaying and further processing, you do the following; 3- 4 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 68: Connecting And Conditioning Your Signals 3
BNC cables to characterize a device. The connection to the oscilloscope depends on your application. Tektronix provides a variety of probes and cables for this product. For a list of probes available for use, see Accessories and Options on page 1- -29. You can also check your Tektronix catalog for connection accessories that may support your application.
Page 69 H Set vertical scaling, positioning, and DC offsets to display the features of interest on your waveform and avoid clipping. (See Note that follows.) Vertical Acquisition Window Considerations on page 3- -14 describes the vertical acquisition window. 3- 6 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 70 Flexible Control Access. This manual focuses on basic setup through the front panel, and then through use of the User Interface (UI) Application displayed on screen. The online help system also documents the UI. 3- 7 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 71: To Set Up Signal Input 3
A channel button lights when its channel is on. Select input Push an input termination button to toggle between 1 MΩ and 50 Ω input termination. termination Hint. Some probes force the oscilloscope to set the termination that the probe requires. 3- 8 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 72 Dragging the waveform handle also positions the waveform. Touch Vert to display the Vertical control window. To change the offset, touch the Offset control and turn the multipurpose knob to adjust the offset. 3- 9 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 73 HELP button in the tool bar. Continue with 10. To finish acquisition setup, you must set the acquisition mode and start the acquisition. acquisition setup See To Set Acquisition Modes on page 3- - 27. 3- 10 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 74: To Autoset The Oscilloscope 3
Autoset retain their settings. If you don’t want this window to appear, set the Utilities/User Preferences/Autoset Undo button to Off. You can still do an Autoset Undo using the Horiz/Acq menu. 3- 11 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 75: To Reset The Oscilloscope
Overview To reset the oscilloscope Control elements & resources Prerequisites The oscilloscope is powered up and running. See Powering On Oscilloscope on page 1- - 8. Execute Push the DEFAULT SETUP button. 3- 12 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 76: To Get More Help
H Set the trigger to the approximate midlevel of the signal being autoset and switches to edge trigger mode. 3- 13 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 77 Figure 3- -2 on page 3- -16 shows two vertical acquisition windows that contain the entire waveform, but only one window contains the entire waveform in the graticule on screen. 3- 14 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 78 That is all position does; it does not determine what data is acquired as do vertical scale and offset. 3- 15 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 79: Figure 3- 2: Setting Vertical Range And Position Of Input Channels
H The vertical range (window) is always centered around the offset value. It is the voltage level at the middle of the vertical acquisition window. With no (zero) offset, as shown in Figure 3- -2 a and b, that voltage level is zero (ground). 3- 16 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 80: Figure 3- 3: Varying Offset Moves The Vertical Acquisition Window On The Waveform
Offset 0.0 V (At waveform ground reference) Acquisition window shifts Offset - - 300 mV negative to capture preshoot (Waveform bottom level) Figure 3- 3: Varying offset moves the vertical acquisition window on the waveform 3- 17 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 81: Figure 3- 4: Horizontal Acquisition Window Definition
Sample interval First sampled and digitized point in record Trigger point Horizontal acquisition Horizontal delay window Horizontal reference Horizontal position Figure 3- 4: Horizontal Acquisition window definition 3- 18 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 82 For example, at 200 ps/div and 10 divisions, the record length must be 500 points: Max Rec Length 500 samples = (10 divs x 200 ps/div) ÷ 4 ps/sample Max Rec Length = 500 samples 3- 19 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 83: Figure 3- 5: Common Trigger, Record Length, And Acquisition Rate For All Channels
Common trigger Ch2 record Ch3 record Common horizontal position and delay Ch4 record Common record start point and record length Figure 3- 5: Common trigger, record length, and acquisition rate for all channels 3- 20 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 84: Setting Acquisition Controls
Voltage Offset Reference Waveforms Offset is an acquisition control (Ref1- - Ref4) not a display control Average Single shot acquisition Acquisitions continue until the specified number of wave- forms have been acquired and averaged 3- 21 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 85: Using The Acquisition Controls
13 bits. You can calculate the theoretical number of bits of enhancement using the following formula where Nd is the number of points acquired during a sample interval: Bit of enhancement = 0.5 log * Nd 3- 22 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 86: Table 3- 1: Additional Resolution Bits
Once the specified number of waveforms is reached, the data is cleared and the process starts over. This is similar to the Peak Detect mode, but Envelope mode, unlike Peak Detect, gathers peaks over many trigger events. 3- 23 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 87 4999 points, one acquisition is required and 5000 points are acquired. For Single Sequence and Mask Pass/Fail Testing, a sample is only counted if the sample would be displayed in the graticule area. In Single Sequence, all 3- 24 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 88 20 seconds per division and 30K record length there are 12000 seconds of acquired data points. Untriggered roll with single sequence would capture data over a lunch hour and hold it for later viewing. 3- 25 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 89: Figure 3- 6: Roll Mode
TRIG’D light is lit. Aliasing occurs because the oscilloscope is not sampling the signal fast enough to construct an accurate waveform record. (See Figure 3- -7.) 3- 26 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 90: To Set Acquisition Modes
Use the procedure that follows to set the data acquisition mode and specify acquisition start/stop methods. For more information, display online help when performing the procedure. Overview To set acquisition modes Control elements & resources 3- 27 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 91 Run/Stop control window) to toggle between starting mode (Running) and stopping acquisitions. Push the SINGLE button (or touch Single Sequence in the Run/Stop control window) to acquire enough waveforms to satisfy the acquisition mode and then stop. 3- 28 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 92: To Start & Stop Acquisition 3
Control elements & resources Prerequisites The horizontal and vertical controls must be set up. Triggering should also be set up. See page 3- - 27 for acquisition setup & page 3- - 53 for trigger setup. 3- 29 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 93 For more help See references listed at right. See To Set Up Acquisition Modes on page 3- - 27 and To Get More Help on page 3- - 13. 3- 30 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 94 If you are not in Single Sequence, push RUN/ acquisitions STOP to stop roll mode. If you are in Single Sequence, roll mode acquisi- tions stop automatically when a complete record is acquired. 3- 31 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 95: Acquisition Control Background
Figure 3- -8; each channel can produce a stream of digital data from which waveform records can be extracted. See Signal Connection and Condi- tioning on page 3- -4 for further description of scaling, positioning, and DC offsetting of channels. 3- 32 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 96: Figure 3- 8: Digitizer Configuration
Refer to Keys to Using on page 3- -22 for a description of the acquisition modes. 3- 33 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 97: Waveform Record
When all the points in the waveform record have been sampled and digitized, the waveform record is in acquisition memory and becomes available for display (or use in math waveforms, storage, and so on). See Acquisition Cycle, which follows. 3- 34 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 98: Real-Time Sampling
H The oscilloscope extends the limit at which it must switch from real-time sampling by using the digitizers of channels that are turned off to sample the channel or channels that are turned on. 3- 35 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 99: Table 3- 2: Sampling Mode Selection
The oscilloscope takes samples independently of the trigger position and displays them based on the time difference between the sample and the trigger. 3- 36 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 100: Interpolation
(see Table 3- -3), the oscilloscope will not be able to get enough samples to create a waveform record. At that point, the oscilloscope will switch from real to equivalent time sampling to obtain additional samples. (See Equivalent-time Sampling on page 3- -35.) 3- 37 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 101: Using Fast Acquisition Mode
(To determine under what conditions the oscilloscope normally interpolates or uses equivalent time, see Equivalent-time Sampling on page 3- -35.) H Math waveforms H Measurements on channels when in Fast XY or XYZ 3- 38 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 102: Using Fast Acquisitions
The waveform array is a two dimensional array of display pixels. Display pixel values are incremented each time they are written by a waveform acquisition. 3- 39 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 103: Figure 3- 13: Normal Dso And Fast Acquisition Displays
Acquiring Waveforms Fast Acquisition display Normal DSO display Figure 3- 13: Normal DSO and Fast Acquisition displays 3- 40 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 104: Figure 3- 14: Normal Dso Acquisition And Display Mode Versus Fast Acquisition Mode
Intensity controls memory memory memory bit maps bit maps bit maps Fast acquisitions display Fast acquisitions display Fast acquisitions display Figure 3- 14: Normal DSO Acquisition and Display mode versus Fast Acquisition mode 3- 41 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 105: To Turn Fast Acquisitions On And Off
Touch Fast Acquisitions to toggle Fast Acquisitions to Or push the front-panel FastAcq button. Fast Acquisitions mode will stay on until you turn it off or until you select an incompatible mode that temporarily inhibits fast acquisitions. 3- 42 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 106 Touch Display Date/Time to toggle between On and Off. readout (On displays the date and time.) options 10. Touch Display Trigger T to toggle between On and Off. (On displays the trigger T at the trigger location.) 3- 43 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 107 16. Choose the Spectral color palette. In Fast Acquisition mode, Temp and Spectral show more detail than the other color palettes. For a definition of each color palette, see Color Palette on page 3- - 115. 3- 44 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 108: Figure 3- 15: Fast Acquisition Xy Display
CH 3 (Z) waveform record. XYZ format is not triggered. A - - 5 division signal (including position and offset) on CH 3 produces a blank screen; a +5 division signal produces full intensity. 3- 45 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 109: To Set Display Format
FastFrame lets you compare different waveforms. Math is done on each frame. Real time FastFrame Figure 3- 16: FastFrame 3- 46 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 110: Using Fastframe Acquisitions
RUN/STOP button to stop the acquisition. H FastFrame reduces the time required before the trigger is rearmed, while preserving the individual subrecords, a detail lost in Fast Acquisitions which writes all acquired records to a single pixel map. 3- 47 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 111: To Set Fastframe Mode
Available memory is a combination of acquisition memory and system memory. 3- 48 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 112: Time Stamping Frames
Sel and Ref Ch# F xxx are the selected or reference frame number DD MMM YYYY is the date (day, month, and year) HH:MM:SS.mmm, is the clock time (hours, minutes, seconds, and milliseconds) ,nnn,ppp is a fraction of a second (to picoseconds) 3- 49 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 113 Touch the Reference Frame Source and select the source of the reference frame. Touch Frame and use the general purpose knob or keypad to enter the number of the reference frame. 3- 50 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 114: Figure 3- 17: Fastframe Time Stamp
Trigger time of the selected frame Trigger time of the reference frame Time difference between the reference and selected frames Figure 3- 17: FastFrame time stamp 3- 51 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 115 Acquiring Waveforms 3- 52 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 116: Triggering
H Sequential Triggering which describes how to combine the A (Main) and B (Delayed) trigger systems to capture unique events H Comm Triggering (Option SM only) which describes triggering on commu- nications signals Storage Acquisition Display Input system transform system Horizontal Trigger timebase 3- 53 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 117: Triggering Concepts
Auxiliary Trigger input connector on the front panel. The Auxiliary Trigger input is not compatible with most probes, nor can you display the auxiliary trigger signal. 3- 54 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 118: Trigger Types
Automatic trigger mode. In other words, successive acquisitions will not be triggered at the same point on the waveform; therefore, the waveform will appear to roll across the screen. Of course, if valid triggers occur the display will become stable on screen. 3- 55 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 119: Trigger Holdoff
You can also set a default holdoff. The default holdoff is the general purpose holdoff for most applications and varies with the horizontal scale. It is equal to 5 divisions times the current time/division setting. 3- 56 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 120: Trigger Coupling
Slope and Level The slope control determines whether the oscilloscope finds the trigger point on the rising or the falling edge of a signal. (See Figure 3- -21.) 3- 57 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 121: Delayed Trigger System
ADVANCED button (See Advanced Triggering on page 3- -68 for more information). Access Procedures Use the procedure that follows when setting up the oscilloscope to trigger using the front-panel controls. Overview Triggering from the front panel Control elements & resources 3- 58 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 122 To manually change the trigger level when edge triggering (or certain threshold levels when logic or pulse triggering), turn the trigger LEVEL knob. You can also set the level in the Trigger control window. 3- 59 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 123 AUX is a fifth, nondisplayable trigger source. To use the auxiliary trigger, connect the external triggering signal to the Auxiliary Trigger input connector on the front panel. 3- 60 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 124 NORMAL trigger mode requires a trigger to acquire a waveform. AUTO trigger mode acquires a waveform even if a trigger does not occur (after a time out). Be aware that in AUTO mode, the acquired waveforms may not be triggered. 3- 61 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 125: To Check Trigger Status
Trigger readout at the bottom of readout the display. The readouts differ for edge and the advanced triggers. A trigger Trigger level source = Ch 1 Trigger slope = rising edge 3- 62 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 126 Trigger level indicator shows the trigger level on the waveform record. You can drag the indicator to set the trigger level. 3- 63 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 127: Additional Trigger Parameters
To change the holdoff time when Time is selected, select Trig Holdoff, and enter a value in time using the multipurpose knob or the keypad. You can set holdoff from 250 ns (minimum holdoff available) to 12 s (maximum available). 3- 64 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 128 At 100 mV (the next smaller setting after 200 mV) the trigger range is ±1.2 V, which is smaller than the typical TTL (+1.4 V) or ECL (- - 1.3 V) level. 3- 65 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 129 The oscilloscope recognizes and acts on Force Trigger even when you touch it before the end of pretrigger holdoff. However, the button has no effect if the acquisition system is stopped. 3- 66 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 130 N is the number of samples specified. It may take a number of sequences of acquisitions to fill a waveform to the desired number of samples. Single sequence triggering is not available in Fast Acquisition mode. 3- 67 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 131: Advanced Triggering
You can set the oscilloscope to detect any positive or negative runt pulse, or only those wider than a specified minimum width. 3- 68 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 132 H The condition for triggering — whether the trigger occurs when the Boolean function becomes TRUE (logic high) or FALSE (logic low), and whether the TRUE condition is time qualified The pattern (and state) logic choices are summarized in Table 3- -5. 3- 69 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 133: Table 3- 5: Pattern And State Logic
H The condition for triggering — whether the trigger occurs when the Boolean function becomes TRUE (logic high) or FALSE (logic low) The state (and pattern) logic choices are summarized in Table 3- -5. 3- 70 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 134 NOTE. Keep the hold-time setting to no more than 2.5 ns less than one-half the clock period (hold time ≤ (period/2) - - 2.5 ns) or the oscilloscope cannot trigger (this assumes a 50% duty cycle clock). 3- 71 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 135: Figure 3- -23: Violation Zones For Setup/Hold Triggering 3
- - T Clock level Clock signal Setup/Hold violation zone - - T Clock level Clock signal Positive T ; Negative T Negative T Positive T Figure 3- 23: Violation zones for Setup/Hold triggering 3- 72 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 136 Neg looks at negative-going pulses. Either looks at both positive and negative pulses. To specify the width of the glitch, touch Width, and set the glitch width using the multipurpose knob or keypad. 3- 73 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 137: To Trigger On A Glitch
3- - 55 and Trigger Holdoff on page 3- - 56. See To Set Holdoff on page 3- - 64 and To Select Trigger Mode on page 3- - 61 for mode and holdoff setup. 3- 74 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 138: To Trigger On A Runt Pulse
To specify the direction of the runt pulse, touch Polarity polarity and select Pos (positive), Neg (negative) or Either from the window. Pos looks at positive-going pulses. Neg looks at negative-going pulses. Either looks at both positive and negative pulses. 3- 75 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 139 For all three polarity settings, triggering occurs at the point the runt pulse recrosses its first threshold. 3- 76 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 140: Trigger Based On Pulse Width 3
Source and select the source from the list. Select the To specify the polarity of the pulse, touch Pos (positive) polarity or Neg (negative) from the window. Pos looks at positive-going pulses. Neg looks at negative-going pulses. 3- 77 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 141 3- - 55 and Trigger Holdoff on page 3- - 56. See To Set Holdoff on page 3- - 64 and To Select the Trigger Mode on page 3- - 61 for mode and holdoff setup. 3- 78 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 142: To Trigger Based On Transition Time 3
The edge must first cross the upper threshold and then cross the lower threshold. Either monitors positive- and negative-going edges of pulses. The edge may first cross either threshold and then cross the other. 3- 79 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 143 (Volts/Second). To finish specifying the slew rate (transition time), set the time component by doing the following steps: Touch Time and use the multipurpose knob or keypad to set the delta time value. 3- 80 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 144: To Trigger Based On Transition Time
3- - 55 and Trigger Holdoff on page 3- - 56. See To Set Holdoff on page 3- - 64 and To Select Trigger Mode on page 3- - 61 for mode and holdoff setup. 3- 81 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 145: Trigger Based On Pulse Timeout 3
Set the timer 5. To set the timeout timer, touch Timer and use the multipurpose knob or keyboard to set the time. 3- 82 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 146 3- - 55 and Trigger Holdoff on page 3- - 56. See To Set Holdoff on page 3- - 64 and To Select the Trigger Mode on page 3- - 61 for mode and holdoff setup. 3- 83 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 147: Trigger On A Pattern
High (H), Low (L), or don’t care (X) from the menu. To set To set the logic threshold for each channel, select the thresholds channel threshold and use the multipurpose knob or keypad to set each threshold. 3- 84 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 148 3- - 55 and Trigger Holdoff on page 3- - 56. See To Set Holdoff on page 3- - 64 and To Select the Trigger Mode on page 3- - 61 for mode and holdoff setup. 3- 85 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 149 (4.9 ns) than that set in the TRUE for More Than item (3 ns), the oscilloscope issues the trigger at that point, not at the point at which it has been TRUE for 3 ns. 3- 86 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 150: To Trigger On A State
To choose the logic pattern type you want applied to channels 1 through 3, touch an available type from the Pattern Type window. (See page 3- - 70 for definitions of the logic functions for both pattern and state triggers.) 3- 87 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 151: To Trigger On Setup/Hold Time Violations 3
To trigger on setup/hold time violations Control elements & resources Select setup/ From the tool bar, touch Trig and select the A Event tab hold triggering of the Trigger control window. Touch Setup/Hold. 3- 88 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 152 The oscilloscope uses the clock level you set to determine when a clock edge occurs. The oscilloscope uses the point the clock crosses the clock level as the reference point from which it measures setup and hold time settings. 3- 89 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 153 3- - 55 and Trigger Holdoff on page 3- - 563- - 55. See To Set Holdoff on page 3- - 64 and To Select the Trigger Mode on page 3- - 61 for mode and holdoff setup. 3- 90 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 154: Figure 3- -24: Triggering On A Setup/Hold Time Violation 3
The oscilloscope recognizes the violation and triggers at the clock edge. Data (Ch1) transition occurs within 14.88 ns after the clock violating the hold time limit. Figure 3- 24: Triggering on a Setup/Hold time violation 3- 91 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 155: Sequential Triggering
A (Main) and B (Delayed) triggers. Line is not available as a source for the B trigger. Trigger Types. When using sequential triggering, the A trigger must be set to one of the following types: Edge, Glitch, or Width. The B trigger is always Edge type. 3- 92 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 156: Figure 3- -25: Triggering With Horizontal Delay Off 3
A trigger point A trigger source B trigger source B trigger point; Start posttrigger acquisition on n B event Waiting for nth event (where n=5) Figure 3- 25: Triggering with Horizontal Delay off 3- 93 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 157: Figure 3- -26: Triggering With Horizontal Delay On 3
B trigger point Waveform record A trigger point A trigger source B trigger source Horizontal delay Start posttrigger acquisition Waiting for nth event (where n=4) Figure 3- 26: Triggering with Horizontal Delay on 3- 94 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 158: Figure 3- -27: Trigger And Horizontal Delay Summary 3
Wait Wait the user-specified B trigger on events with user-specified horizontal horizontal delay on number of B trigger delay time events Figure 3- 27: Trigger and Horizontal Delay summary 3- 95 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 159: To Trigger On A Sequence
To set the trigger delay, touch Trig Delay and use the multipurpose knob or keypad to set the time. To set the B trigger level, touch B Trig Level and use the multipurpose knob or keypad to set the level. 3- 96 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 160 To set the B trigger level, touch B Trig Level and use the multipurpose knob or keypad to set the level. 3- 97 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 161 B trigger signal. For further Touch the Help button in the Trigger control window to assistance access the online assistance specific to triggering commands. See page 3- - 245 for information on online assistance 3- 98 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 162: Comm Triggering
If the recovered clock is not locked to the incoming data, the waveform display will not be stable. Once the input data is available, press the PUSH TO SET 50% knob to force the instrument to reacquire lock. 3- 99 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 163 Triggering 3- 100 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 164: Displaying Waveforms
This section presents the following topics: H Using the Waveform Display H Setting Zoom Controls H Customizing the Display Storage Acquisition Display Input system Waveform transform system Horizontal Trigger timebase 3- 101 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 165: Using The Waveform Display
Horizontal Scale control or push the ZOOM button. The reference is also the trigger point when the horizontal delay is 0%. 3- 102 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 166: Using The Display
Waveform Display. In general, the method of displaying a waveform is to define the waveform, if necessary (math and reference waveforms), and then turn it on. Table 3- -6 summarizes this process as it applies to the different waveforms. 3- 103 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 167: Table 3- 6: Defining And Displaying Waveforms
Dragging a box around a portion of the selected waveform adjusts Scale Adjust (Zoom) horizontal scale to fill the zoom graticule with the boxed portion (see Setting Zoom Controls on page 3- - 109). 3- 104 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 168 This is not the time from the trigger point to the start of the waveform record unless you set the horizontal reference to 0%. See Figure 3- -29. 3- 105 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 169: Figure 3- -29: Horizontal Position Includes Time To Horizontal Reference 3
You can select or change all menus and buttons that are displayed on screen by mouse clicks or touching the on-screen control while the touch screen is on. 3- 106 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 170: To Display Waveforms In The Main Graticule 3
Scaled Horizontally Positioned Horizontally The Sample Density knob sets the record length. (See discussion on page 3- - 19.) Push PUSH TO SET TO 50% if required to stabilize display. 3- 107 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 171 Note. The oscilloscope displays the box-enclosed area on the waveform magnified in the graticule. Explore the The next procedure deals with setting up and controlling Zoom. zoom controls See Setting Zoom Controls on page 3- - 109. 3- 108 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 172: Setting Zoom Controls
Control elements & resources Prerequisites The oscilloscope must be installed and operating. Oscilloscope must be powered up, with horizontal and vertical controls and triggering set up. See page 3- - 53 for trigger setup. 3- 109 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 173 If the oscilloscope creates two graticules, the magnified waveform(s) is displayed in the lower graticule, and the unmagnified waveform(s) in the upper graticule. Use the Zoom Setup menu to change the graticule size. 3- 110 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 174 (Ch), Math, or reference (Ref) tab, and then select the channel, math, or reference number for the waveform that you want to change, or touch its level-marker with the mouse or touch screen. 3- 111 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 175 Live — all channels and “live” math waveforms in the zoomed graticule are adjusted and horizontally positioned at the same time. All — all waveforms are adjusted at the same time. 3- 112 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 176 Click the Help button while in the Zoom setup window to access a context-sensitive overview of the Zoom assistance controls and their set up. See Accessing Online Help on page 3- - 245 for overview of the online help system. 3- 113 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 177: Customizing The Display
Enter text that you can display and position on screen. Also see Enter text that you can display and position on screen. Also see Label The Waveform on page 3- - 215 Disp Screen Text 3- 114 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 178 Long level marker the width of the graticule, or Off for no trigger level marker. Trigger T Display Display Trigger T Toggle on and off the display of a T at the trigger point. Disp Objects 3- 115 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 179 Persistence style is only available for live waveforms (waveforms with data that is being updated); reference waveforms are static and do not use persistence. Math waveforms use persistence if their sources are live waveforms. 3- 116 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 180: Set Display Styles
See page 3- - 27 for acquisition setup & page 3- - 53 for trigger setup. Access the From the tool bar, touch Disp, and then select the Appearance tab. See right. display setup dialog box 3- 117 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 181 If you select Variable Persistence, set a time at which the oldest data fades away. Off to make data display for the current acquisition only. Reset to restart the accumulation of data. 3- 118 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 182: Customize Graticule & Waveforms 3
Spectral and Temp use hue to indicate the frequency of occurrence and to highlight events. User and User Palette let you create a custom color palette. 3- 119 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 183 Click the Help button in the tool bar to access a context-sensitive overview of the display controls and assistance their set up. See Accessing Online Help on page 3- - 245 for overview of the online help system. 3- 120 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 184: Measuring Waveforms
NOTE. You can also make graticule measurements, counting graticule divisions and multiplying them by the vertical or horizontal scales set for the waveform you are measuring. 3- 121 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 185: Taking Automatic Measurements
Some features of automatic measurements follow. Annotate Waveforms On Screen. You can create text to mark characterization levels that each measurement uses to compute results. See Customizing the Display on page 3- -114 additional information. 3- 122 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 186: Figure 3- -31: Annotated Display 3
(see To Localize a Measurement on page 3- -130). Select Measurement Sources. Select from these measurement sources: channel, Reference, and math waveforms. Take Measurements on a Frame. In FastFrame, measurements are taken only on the displayed frame. 3- 123 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 187: Using Automatic Measurements
(depending on whether it is defining the high or low reference level). Since this statistical approach ignores short term aberrations (overshoot, ringing, etc.), Histogram is the best setting for examining pulses. See Figure 3- -32. 3- 124 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 188: Figure 3- -32: High/Low Tracking Methods 3
The oscilloscope provides the following calculation methods; refer to Fig- ure 3- -33 as you read about each method: 1. Relative Reference is calculated as a percentage of the High/Low range. 2. Absolute Reference is set by absolute values in user units. 3- 125 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 189: Figure 3- -33: Reference-Level Calculation Methods 3
Low (- - 50 mV) Figure 3- 33: Reference-level calculation methods The High and Low levels from which the reference levels are calculated are the levels established using the selected Hi/Low method described on page 3- -124. 3- 126 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 190: To Take Automatic Measurements
If the window is occupied or there are too many measurements to fit in that area, measurements are displayed in the lower graticule area. In Roll mode measurements are not available until after you stop acquisitions. 3- 127 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 191 All displays the Mean, Min, Max, and Standard Deviation of measurements 11. To set the number of measurements included in the measurement statistics, touch Weight n=, and use the multipurpose knobs or keypad to set the weighting. 3- 128 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 192 Percentage sets the units as a percentage of the High/Low range. 16. To set the reference levels, touch HighRef, Mid Ref, Low Ref, or Mid2 Ref, and use the multipurpose knobs or keypad to set the levels. 3- 129 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 193: To Localize A Measurement 3
Set up as from last procedure. See To Take Automatic Measurements on page 3- - 127 Access gating From the tool bar, select Meas, and then select Gating from the Measurement setup control window. See right. 3- 130 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 194 Zoom graticule. Off turns off measurement gating. Tip. Turning V Bar cursors off will not turn gating off. You must turn gating off in the Measurement Gating control window or the Zoom drop-down list. 3- 131 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 195: Taking Cursor Measurements
Cursors can measure channel, reference, and math waveforms. You must set the source of each cursor explicitly in the Cursor Setup control window. Cursors are not available with histograms, XY, or XYZ modes. 3- 132 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 196: Using Cursors
Cursors Treat Sources Independently. Each cursor can take a different, indepen- dent source, with each source having its own amplitude scale. Consider the example presented by Figure 3- -34 on page 3- -133: 3- 133 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 197: Figure 3- -35: Components Determining Time Cursor Readout Values 3
First-Point component, which varies directly with the horizontal position set for the timebase. To see the amount of time to the first point, set Horizontal DELAY to 0.0 and set Horizontal Ref to 0%. Now the Horizontal position readout shows 3- 134 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 198: Table 3- 10: Cursor Units
NOTE. To make small changes with the multipurpose knobs, push the FINE button before turning the knob. When a FINE button is illuminated, its multipur- pose knob makes smaller adjustments. 3- 135 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 199: To Set The Cursor Sources
3- - 132 for an explanation of the cursor types. Change cursor To change the position of a cursor, use the multipurpose knobs or the keypad to move a cursor. position 3- 136 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 200 12. Touch the Help button in the Cursor setup control window or the Cursor controls window to access the assistance online assistance. See page 3- - 245 to learn about using online help. 3- 137 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 201: Taking Histograms
A histogram source can be any waveform (channel or math), including a reference waveform. In addition to using limit controls to set histogram box boundaries, you can also use standard Windows drag-and-drop to resize and reposition the histogram box. 3- 138 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 202: Using Histograms
A sample histogram display is shown in Figure 3- -36. Histogram data is continuously accumulated until you explicitly turn off histograms. This allows you to continue collecting histogram data even when you turn off the histogram display. 3- 139 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 203: To Start And Reset Histogram Counting 3
You can only display one type of histogram at a time. Touch Reset to reset the histogram count. Histograms track numbers of counts. Clicking Reset resets those counts to zero and begins counting from zero. 3- 140 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 204: Optimizing Measurement Accuracy
This oscilloscope can compensate itself and the attached probes, optimizing the internal signal path used to acquire the waveforms you measure. Compensation optimizes the capability of the oscilloscope to take accurate measurements based on the ambient temperature. 3- 141 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 205: To Compensate The Oscilloscope
For further Touch the Help button to access the online assistance. assistance See page 3- - 245 to learn about using online help. 3- 142 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 206: To Connect The Probe Calibration Fixture
Deskew voltage probes P6246 Deskew TCP202 probe P6247 Deskew CT-6 probe P6248 P6249 Jumper must be installed Current probes TCP202 Deskew voltage probes Note: The P6339A probe is not supported. CT-6 Deskew voltage probes 3- 143 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 207 Refer to the ground symbols on the fixture to establish the correct polarity. P6243 or P6245 Connect the probe tip to the A side connection short pin and the probe ground to the long pin as shown. B side connection 3- 144 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 208 Compensate Passive Probes on page 3- - 148. See page 3- - 245 to learn about using online help. To compensate for timing differences (deskew) between probes, see To Deskew Channels on page 3- - 148. 3- 145 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 209: To Calibrate Probes
Select the oscilloscope channel to which the probe is attached. Touch Clear Probecal Erase to erase any previous calibration data. 10. Touch the Calibrate Probe button. 11. When the routine is finished, remove the connections and replace the small jumper. 3- 146 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 210 Note: Probes without a TekProbe interface cannot be calibrated. For further 16. Touch the Help button to access the online assistance. assistance See page 3- - 245 to learn about using online help. 3- 147 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 211: To Compensate Passive Probes
The oscilloscope applies deskew values after it completes each acquisition; therefore, the deskew values do not affect logic triggering. Also, deskew has no affect on XY and XYZ display formats. 3- 148 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 212 Related control elements & resources Prerequisites Oscilloscope should be powered on. Allow a 20 minute warm up. See page 3- - 27 for acquisition setup & Power on the Oscilloscope on page 1- - 8. 3- 149 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 213 14. Repeat steps 12 and 13 for each additional channel that you want to deskew. 15. Remove the connections. 3- 150 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 214 Overview To deskew channels Related control elements & resources For further 16. Touch the Help button to access the online assistance. assistance See page 3- - 245 to learn about using online help. 3- 151 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 215: Serial Mask Testing (Option Sm Only)
For detailed information on using Serial Mask Testing to test your signals for compliance to optical and electrical standards see the CSA7000, TDS7000 & TDS6000 Series Option SM Serial Mask Testing and Option ST Serial Trigger- ing User Manual. 3- 152 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 216: Creating And Using Math Waveforms
With spectral analysis you can analyze waveforms in the frequency domain. The interface is similar to a dedicated spectrum analyzer, relieving you of the burden of knowing the details of the underlying algorithms (see Figure 3- -38). 3- 153 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 217: Defining Math Waveforms
You can create math waveforms that result from: H Mathematical operations on one or several waveforms: add, subtract, multiply, and divide. H Function transforms of waveforms, such as integrating, differentiating, and so on. 3- 154 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 218: Using Math
(scalars). You can display and manipulate these derived math waveforms much like you can the channel and reference wave- forms (see Operations on Math Waveforms on page 3- -163). 3- 155 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 219: Table 3- 11: Math Expressions And The Math Waveforms Produced
For example, with the acquisition mode set to Envelope, a Ch1 + Ch2 math waveform will receive enveloped channel 1 and channel 2 data and, therefore, will also be an envelope waveform. 3- 156 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 220 You can create a derivative math waveform and then use it as a source for another derivative waveform. The result is the second derivative of the waveform that was first differentiated. 3- 157 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 221: Figure 3- -40: Derivative Math Waveform 3
3- -167. When using that procedure, note that the amplitude measurements on a derivative waveform will be in volts per second rather than in volt-seconds as is indicated for the integral waveform measured in the procedure. 3- 158 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 222: Figure 3- -41: Peak-Peak Amplitude Measurement Of A Derivative Waveform 3
Integral waveforms find use in the following applications: H Measuring power and energy, such as in switching power supplies H Characterizing mechanical transducers, as when integrating the output of an accelerometer to obtain velocity 3- 159 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 223: To Define A Math Waveform
Acquisitions should be running or the channels should already be on, and reference waveform sources should contain saved waveforms, and so on. These sources do not have to be displayed to be used. 3- 160 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 224 Or repeat step 3 to select another waveform. To define an Touch one of the Predefined Expression buttons to use a predefined math expression, or touch Editor to expression Define/Edit a new math expression. 3- 161 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 225 Use the Home and arrow buttons to move within the math expression. Use the Bksp (backspace) button to delete portions of the expression. Touch Apply to apply your new math expression to the math waveform. 3- 162 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 226: Operations On Math Waveforms
(live) and reference waveforms. For example, you can measure math waveforms with cursors. This section introduces these operations. H Vertical display scaling and positioning H Taking automatic measurements H Taking cursor measurements H Histograms on math waveforms 3- 163 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 227: Using Math Waveforms
To use math waveforms Related control elements & resources Prerequisites The Math waveform must be defined and displayed. See the reference listed at right. See To Define Math Waveforms on page 3- - 160 3- 164 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 228 If you adjust these settings for sources for a math waveform, the adjustment is reflected in the math waveform. 3- 165 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 229 Automatic Measurements on page 3- - 122). Tip. Click the Help button in the menu bar for more information. To display the measurement, touch Display to toggle it to on. Read the results in the measurements readout. 3- 166 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 230 14. Touch the Help button in the tool bar to access context-sensitive help on math waveforms, or see assistance Measuring Waveforms on page 3- - 121. See Accessing Online Help on page 3- - 245 for overview of the online help system. 3- 167 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 231: Defining Spectral Math Waveforms
You may zero the noise phase for magni- tudes below a threshold level. Finally, you may select Phase unwrap and dθ/dω, group delay. H Spectral Averaging: You may turn on averaging in the frequency domain for phase and magnitude waveforms. 3- 168 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 232: Using Spectral Math Controls
More important, they might be needed to capture the waveform feature you want to include in the waveform. Examples of how duration and resolution affect the acquired waveform are shown in Figure 3- -42. 3- 169 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 233: Figure 3- -42: Duration And Resolution Control Effects 3
The gate position is the time in seconds from the trigger location to the center 50% position of the gate interval (see Figure 3- -43). The position and width units are seconds. 3- 170 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 234: Figure 3- -43: Definition Of Gate Parameters 3
Or, if you want to also decrease the source waveform duration, adjust the sample rate control. If you decrease the sample rate, the span setting may decrease, if necessary, to keep the span less than the sample rate divided by two. 3- 171 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 235 Center frequency is a horizontal position control for the spectrum. Span is a horizontal scale control. Resolution bandwidth usually adjusts the bandwidth of the analyzer filters without affecting the span and center frequency. 3- 172 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 236: Figure 3- -44: Affects Of Frequency Domain Control Adjustments 3
Increase resolution by reducing Resolution BW (increasing the gate length). Increase resolution again by reducing the Resolution BW (doubling the gate length). Start Stop Center frequency Span Figure 3- 44: Affects of frequency domain control adjustments 3- 173 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 237: Figure 3- -45: Effects Of Adjusting The Reference Level 3
(see Figure 3- -45). This control does not change the spectral data. 20 dB 15 dB 10 dB 0 dB Figure 3- 45: Effects of adjusting the reference level 3- 174 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 238: Figure 3- -46: Effects Of Adjusting The Reference Level Offset Control 3
For the spectral analyzer, the phase reference position is the 50% position of the gate, that is, the middle of the gate interval of the data that is input to the spectral 3- 175 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 239 Signals at the Nyquist frequency only have two samples per cycle. This would cause 180_ of phase jitter if it were not corrected. The instrument phase spectrum is dejittered so that accurate measurements of phase are obtained from DC to the Nyquist frequency. 3- 176 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 240: Figure 3- -47: Example Of The Effects Of Setting The Phase Suppression Threshold 3
50% position in the gated region. There are several ways to adjust the position of the zero phase reference point with respect to your input signal: H Adjust the spectral analyzer gate position 3- 177 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 241 The window functions affect the ability to resolve frequency in the output spectrum and can affect the accuracy of the magnitude and phase measurements. Figure 3- -48 shows how the time domain record is processed. 3- 178 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 242: Figure 3- -48: Windowing The Time Domain Record 3
FFT length. The FFT length is controlled so that the gate width in samples is never more than 0.8 of the FFT length. Thus, zero fill is always in effect. This essentially eliminates scallop loss errors in magnitude that would occur without zero fill. 3- 179 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 243: Table 3- 13: Window Characteristics
FFT length is controlled so that zero fill is always in effect. This essentially eliminates scallop loss because zero fill in the time domain causes interpolation in the frequency domain. This results in accurate magnitude measurements for all window functions. 3- 180 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 244: Figure 3- -49: Example Of Scallop Loss For A Hanning Window Without Zero Fill 3
For the Gaussian window the value of ’a’ is given instead of a set of coefficients. You can find descriptions of cosine series windows in Handbook of Digital Signal Processing Engineering Applications by Elliot. ISBN 0- -12- -237075- -9. 3- 181 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 245: Figure 3- -50: Time And Frequency Graphs For The Gaussian Window 3
This is the filter shape most commonly used in spectrum analyzers. Amplitude Time - - 79 dB side lobe - - 80 Frequency bins Figure 3- 50: Time and frequency graphs for the Gaussian window 3- 182 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 246: Figure 3- -51: Time And Frequency Domain Graphs For The Rectangular Window 3
Amplitude Time - - 13 dB side lobe - - 40 - - 80 Frequency bins Figure 3- 51: Time and frequency domain graphs for the Rectangular window 3- 183 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 247: Figure 3- -52: Time And Frequency Graphs Of The Hamming Window 3
Amplitude Time - - 43 dB side lobe - - 40 - - 80 Frequency bins Figure 3- 52: Time and frequency graphs of the Hamming window 3- 184 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 248: Hanning Window 3
The Hanning has the narrowest resolution bandwidth, but higher side lobes. Amplitude Time - - 32 dB side lobe - - 40 - - 80 Frequency bins Figure 3- 53: Time and frequency graphs for the Hanning window 3- 185 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 249: Figure 3- -54: Time And Frequency Graphs For The Kaiser-Bessel Window 3
Creating and Using Math Waveforms Amplitude Time - - 67 dB side lobe - - 40 - - 80 Frequency bins Figure 3- 54: Time and frequency graphs for the Kaiser-Bessel window 3- 186 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 250: Figure 3- -55: Time And Frequency Graphs Of The Blackman-Harris Window 3
Flattop2 Window: This window has the lowest scallop loss of any of the windows. It also has a wider resolution bandwidth but lower side lobe attenua- tion. Also, it is unique because the time domain shape has negative values. 3- 187 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 251: Figure 3- -56: Time And Frequency Domain Graphs For The Flattop2 Window 3
- - 80 - - 120 Frequency bins Scallop loss is 0.0065 dB - - 0.05 - - 0.1 Frequency bins Figure 3- 56: Time and frequency domain graphs for the Flattop2 window 3- 188 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 252: Figure 3- -57: Tek Exponential Window In The Time And The Frequency Domains 3
Tek Exponential Window: The Tek Exponential window was invented at Tektronix. In the time domain, it is not a symmetrical bell shape as is the case with the other windows. Instead, it is exponential with a peak at the 20% position of the time domain gate.
Page 253: Recognizing Aliasing
In the spectral math waveform, the actual higher frequency components are undersampled, and therefore, they appear as lower frequency aliases that “fold back” around the Nyquist point. (See 3- 190 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 254: Figure 3- -58: How Aliased Frequencies Appear In A Spectral Waveform 3
Swept Sine Wave Analysis. Many applications of the spectral analyzer require swept sine wave input. The following equations determine what the maximum sweep speed of the sine wave generator should be for a given span and resolution bandwidth. 3- 191 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 255: To Select A Predefined Spectral Math Waveform
Select a Touch Mag or Phase to select a predefined magnitude or phase spectral analysis waveform. Selecting a predefined predefined spectral waveform turns on display of the spectral waveform. analysis math waveform 3- 192 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 256: To Define A Spectral Math Waveform 3
If you want an averaged spectral waveform, touch Average, touch Avgs, and then set the number of averages in the control window. Tip. If you want to redefine your waveform, touch the Clear button and repeat the above steps. 3- 193 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 257 Creating and Using Math Waveforms Overview To define a spectral math waveform Related control elements & resources Display the To display your spectral waveform, either touch the Apply or the Ok button. spectral waveform 3- 194 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 258 Tip. Offset determines where zero dB is in the output waveform. Changing offset moves the waveform with respect to its ground reference. When the input is equal to the offset, it will display as zero dB in the output. 3- 195 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 259 18. To allow changing time and frequency domain controls domain for one math waveform to change the same controls for control another math waveform, touch the Track Time/Freq tracking Domain Controls buttons to toggle them on or off. 3- 196 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 260 The topic Selecting a Window, on page 3- - 179, provides in depth information on choosing the right window for your application. 3- 197 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 261 It basically defines the bandwidth of the filters used to do the frequency domain analysis. 22. To set the resolution bandwidth, touch Res BW and use the multipurpose knobs or keypad to set the resolution bandwidth. 3- 198 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 262: To Define A Spectral Math Waveform
26. To set the gate duration, touch Gate Dur and use the multipurpose knobs or keypad to adjust the gate duration. Gate duration and resolution bandwidth both control gate duration, gate duration is displayed in seconds and resolution bandwidth in hertz. 3- 199 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 263 34. Touch the Help button in the tool bar to access context-sensitive help on math waveforms. assistance See Accessing Online Help on page 3- - 245 for an overview of the online help system. 3- 200 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 264 From the button bar, touch Vert, and select the waveform Chan 1 tab. Touch Offset, and using the multipurpose knobs or keypad, set the offset to 900 mV and the Ch1 Scale to 200 mV. 3- 201 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 265 Resolution BW is inversely proportional to the gate duration. Touch Center Freq, and use the multipurpose knobs or keypad to set the frequency span to 100 kHz and the center frequency to 50 kHz. 3- 202 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 266 The cursor readout now indicates the frequency span set in step 9. 13. Use the multipurpose knobs or keypad to set the Curs2 Pos to 50 kHz. The cursor readout now indicates the center frequency set in step 9. 3- 203 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 267 The readout also displays the difference in frequency and amplitude between the cursor locations. For more 16. For additional information on setting up and using information spectral math, see Defining Spectral Math Waveforms starting on page 3- - 168. 3- 204 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 268: Data Input/Output
When you touch or click a setup name, the oscilloscope displays a keyboard on screen that you can use with your mouse or the touch screen to enter the setup-path name, setup-file name, and comment. 3- 205 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 269 Auto-increment file name in the Save As and Export dialog boxes, enables File Name saving numerous files without entering a file name each time. To auto-increment file names, select Auto-increment file name on the dialog box as shown in Figure 3- -59. 3- 206 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 270: Figure 3- -59: Auto-Increment File Name Feature 3
Risetime001.ext, and so on. If Count reaches 999, it is suggested that you change the base file name to Basefilename1 (for example, Risetime1) on the next save. Your next file will then be saved as Risetime1000.ext. 3- 207 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 271: To Save Your Setup
Setups tab of the Setups control window. setups control window Save the setup Touch the number of the setup in which you want to save your setup. Data in the existing setup will be overwritten. 3- 208 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 272 See below. Name a Use the Save in: drop-down list and buttons (see right) to navigate to the directory in which to save your setup. destination 3- 209 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 273 11. For more help on saving setups, touch the Help button in the tool bar to access contextual help on assistance screen. See page 3- - 245 to learn about using online help. 3- 210 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 274: To Recall Your Setup
Find the Use the Look in: drop down list and buttons (see right) to navigate to the directory which contains a setup that source you want to recall. directory 3- 211 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 275 For further For more help on recalling setups, click the Help button in the tool bar to display contextual help on assistance screen. See page 3- - 245 to learn about using online help. 3- 212 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 276: Saving And Recalling Waveforms
You cannot recall a waveform into a channel or a math waveform. The oscilloscope recalls each waveform into one of the reference waveform locations (Ref1-Ref4). 3- 213 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 277: To Save Your Waveform
Select the Ch, Math, or Ref tab of the waveform that you want to save, and then touch the number of the waveform to channel, math, or reference waveform that you want to save save. 3- 214 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 278 Save the Touch Save Wmf to Ref(x) Save to save your waveform. Data in the existing reference will be overwritten. waveform to a reference 3- 215 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 279 For more information, see Using Auto-Increment File Name on page 3- - 206. Save your 10. Click the Save button to save the waveform file or reference. To cancel without saving, click the Cancel waveform button. 3- 216 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 280 11. For more help on saving waveforms, touch the Help button in the tool bar to access the contextual online assistance help. See page 3- - 245 to learn about using online help. 3- 217 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 281: To Recall Your Waveform
Ref 4 tab of the reference in which you want to recall the reference waveform. control window Recall the If recalling an internal reference, touch Display to toggle the display of the reference waveform on. waveform 3- 218 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 282 Find the Use the Look in: drop down list and buttons (see right) to navigate to the directory which contains a waveform source that you want to recall. directory 3- 219 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 283: To Clear References
You can clear individual references of data or delete waveform files. If you are sure you don’t want the data a reference waveform contains, use the procedures that follow to clear it. To clear all references and setups, use Tek Secure. 3- 220 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 284 Delete Wfm File window, touch Delete. (See reference right.) waveform file The Delete Reference Waveform window allows navigation to directories, lists waveform files in the directory, and provides for selection of a waveform file. 3- 221 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 285 Cancel button. For further For more help on deleting files, touch the Help button to access contextual online help. assistance See page 3- - 245 to learn about using online help. 3- 222 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 286: Exporting And Copying Waveforms
H MathCad creates files (.DAT) in a format usable by MathCad. Note that the MathCad file is an ASCII file, the first four values of which contain header information: H The first header value holds the record length. 3- 223 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 287: To Export Your Waveform
Full Screen to export a bitmap of all screen contents Graticule to export a bitmap of only the graticule area Waveform to export waveform data Measurements to export measurement data 3- 224 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 288 Data Input/Output Overview To save a waveform (Cont.) Control elements and resources Select setup From the menu bar, select File, and then select Export Setup to display the Export Setup control window. for export 3- 225 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 289 InkSaver exports the image with a white back- ground InkSaver with Enhanced Waveform Color exports the image with colors designed to print with the white background Touch Data Format, and select the data format from the drop-down list. 3- 226 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 290 MathCad/Mathlab files, click Include waveform scale factors; if not checked, only voltage (vertical) values are exported. 14. Touch Data Ordering, and select the data order (top first, bottom first, or rotate) from the list. 3- 227 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 291 16. If using FastFrame, select the frame range to include in the exported files: All Frames to include all frames in the exported files Frames to enter a range of frames to include in the exported files 3- 228 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 292 Measurements Snapshot exports a snapshot of all measurements Histogram Data exports current histogram data 20. Select OK to accept your changes, Cancel to close the window without making changes, or Help to access more information. 3- 229 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 293 Select a 22. Use the Save in: drop down list and buttons (see right) to navigate to the directory in which you want to save destination the file. 3- 230 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 294 Cancel button. For further 26. For more help on exporting files, touch the Help button to access contextual online help. assistance See page 3- - 245 to learn about using online help. 3- 231 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 295: To Use An Exported Waveform 3
Check its documentation. Note. To plot 2 channels, export the first channel with scale factors and time values. Export the second chan- nel as voltages only. 3- 232 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 296 Use the help for your data-analysis application to determine if it has these capabilities and for instructions in using them. 3- 233 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 297: To Copy Your Waveform
Waveform to export waveform data Measurements to export measurement data Select setup From the menu bar, select Edit, and then select Copy Setup to display the Copy Setup control window. for copy 3- 234 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 298 & White for the color palette of your copied images. In the View window, select whether you want to copy the Full Screen or Graticules Only. In the Image window, select whether you want to copy using Normal or InkSaver Mode. 3- 235 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 299 Save Samples between Cursors to include data between the cursors in the exported files Save Samples in Zoom Box to include data in the zoom box in the exported files All to include all data in the exported files 3- 236 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 300 Help to access more information. For further 18. For more help on copying files, touch the Help button to access contextual online help. assistance See page 3- - 245 to learn about using online help. 3- 237 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 301: Printing Waveforms
H Paper: select the paper size and source from the drop down lists. H Orientation: select either Portrait or Landscape (see Figure 3- -61). H Margins: set the margins you want for your page. 3- 238 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 302: Figure 3- -61: Hardcopy Formats 3
H InkSaver exports the image with a white background to save ink when printing waveforms H InkSaver with Enhanced Waveform Color exports the image with colors designed to print with the white background Touch Help for more information. 3- 239 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 303: To Preview The Page
To preview your printout, from the application menu bar, select the File menu, and then select Print Preview. The oscilloscope displays the standard MS Windows 98 Print Preview window shown in Figure 3- -63. Access the windows help system for more information. 3- 240 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 304: Figure 3- -63: Print Preview Window 3
Export in the File menu after selecting Full Screen (bitmap) in the Select for Export menu. For additional information see Exporting and Copying Waveforms on page 3- -223. 3- 241 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 305: To Date/Time Stamp Hardcopies
Touch Set time and date now to set the time and date. To get the Touch Get Current Time to get the current time from the Windows operating system. current time 3- 242 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 306: Remote Communication
For information on connecting the oscilloscope to a network to enable printing, file sharing, internet access, and other communications functions, see Connect- ing to a Network on page 1- -14. 3- 243 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 307 Data Input/Output 3- 244 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 308: Accessing Online Help
Use the procedure steps that follow to access contextual help and to learn how to search the help system for more information. Overview To use online help Control elements & resources Prerequisites The oscilloscope must be powered up and running. See Installation, page 1- - 5. 3- 245 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 309 Touch a tab in a help window to navigate between the Overview and specific topics. Touch an outlined control shown in the help window to receive more specific information about the control. 3- 246 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 310 From the online help finder (see below), choose from the three tabs. Click to explore the topic titles and to highlight one for display. Click the Display button to open the topic in a help window. 3- 247 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 311 Find tab. Choose the method for word list generation and select next or finish. Once the word list generation finishes, clicking the Find tab will access a pane for searching with full text search. 3- 248 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 312: Appendix A: Specifications
The TDS7000 series Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope family consists of the models shown in Table A- -1. Table A- 1: TDS7000 models Number of Maximum sample Model channels Bandwidth rate (real time) TDS7054 500 MHz 5 GS/s TDS7104 1 GHz 10 GS/s A- 1 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 313: Acquisition Features
Waveform expressions can even contain measurement results and other math waveforms. Spectral Analysis. Display spectral magnitude and phase waveforms based on your time-domain acquisitions. Control the oscilloscope using the traditional spectrum analyzer controls such as span and center frequency. A- 2 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 314: Display Features
Autoset. Use Autoset to quickly set up the vertical, horizontal, and trigger controls for a usable display. If a standard mask is active (Option SM only), Autoset adjusts the selected waveform to match the mask, if possible. A- 3 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 315: Specification Tables
Specification Tables Table A- 2: Channel input and vertical specifications Characteristic Description Input coupling DC, AC, and GND Channel input is disconnected from input termination when using GND coupling. Input channels Four, all identical A- 4 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 316 ≤30 °C, derated by 2.5 MHz/°C above 30 °C SCALE range Bandwidth 1 mV/div to 1.99 mV/div TDS7054: DC to 450 MHz TDS7104: DC to 500 MHz 2 mV/div to 4.98 mV/div TDS7054: DC to 500 MHz TDS7104: DC to 600 MHz 5 mV/div to 9.95 mV/div...
Page 317 ≤ 20 V step 100 ns: ≤ 0.5% 20 ms: ≤ 0.2% 20 ns: ≤ 1.0% 1.01 V/div to 10 V/div, with ≤ 200 V step 100 ns: ≤ 0.5% 20 ms: ≤ 0.2% A- 6 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 318 (0.1 div × V/div setting) + between any two points acquired under the same 0.3 mV] setup and ambient condi- tions, and all other auto- matic measurements where, net offset = offset - - ( position × volts/division) A- 7 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 319 6.6 bits sample rate, Sample acquisition mode 1 MHz, 9.2 div, 10 MS/s 8.7 bits sample rate, HiRes acquisi- tion mode 1 GHz, 6.5 div, 10 GS/s 5.5 bits sample rate, Sample acquisition mode A- 8 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 320: Table A- 3: Horizontal And Acquisition System Specifications
Equivalent-time acquisition can be enabled or disabled. When disabled, waveforms are interpolated at the fastest time base settings. Seconds/division range 200 ps/div to 40 s/div Horizontal delay range 0 s to 1000 s A- 9 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 321 ± (15 ppm × | reading | + Single shot signal, Sample or Hi Res acquisition mode, 0.3 sample intervals) Full bandwidth ± (15 ppm × | reading | + Average acquisition mode, ≥100 averages, Full band- 20 ps) width A- 10 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 322 Option 1M: 9 Option 2M: 39 Option 3M: 79 100,000 points Standard: — Option 1M: 4 Option 2M: 19 Option 3M: 39 250,000 points Standard: — Option 1M: 1 Option 2M: 7 Option 3M: 15 A- 11 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 323 Option 1M: — Option 2M: 3 Option 3M: 7 1,000,000 points Standard: — Option 1M: — Option 2M: 1 Option 3M: 3 2,000,000 points Standard: — Option 1M: — Option 2M: — Option 3M: 1 A- 12 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 324: Table A- 4: Trigger Specifications
1.0 div, from DC to 500 MHz Event count sensitivity, typical For sequential trigger delayed by events, with vertical scale settings ≥10 mV/div and ≤1 V/div 1.0 div, from DC to 500 MHz A- 13 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 325 B trigger event and the first B trigger (B Event), typical event event B event width ≥1 ns Minimum pulse width, — typical Maximum frequency, typical — B event frequency ≤500 MHz A- 14 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 326 Hold time (time from clock - - 1 ns minimum edge to data transition) +100 ns maximum Setup time + Hold time +2 ns minimum (algebraic sum of the two +200 ns maximum settings) A- 15 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 327: Table A- 5: Display Specifications
0.33 mm horizontal, 0.22 mm vertical Contrast ratio, typical 150:1 Response time, typical 50 ms, black to white Display refresh rate 59.94 frames per second Displayed intensity levels Supports Windows SVGA high-color mode (16-bit) A- 16 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 328: Table A- 6: Input/Output Port Specifications
SPC was last run. Frequency range 9.8 MHz to 10.2 MHz. ≥200 mV Input sensitivity Input voltage, maximum Input impedance 1.5 kΩ, 40 pF. Measure impedance at >100 kHz to make the blocking capacitor invisible A- 17 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 329 IEEE 488.2 standard interface Scope VGA video port Lower video port, DB-15 female connector, 31.6 kHz sync, EIA RS-343A compliant, connect to show the oscilloscope display, including live waveforms, on an external monitor A- 18 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 330: Table A- 7: Data Storage Specifications
0.25 in × 1.25 in size UL198G and CSA C22.2, No. 59, fast acting: 8 A, 250 V (Tektronix part number 159-0046-00, Bussman ABC-8, Littelfuse 314008) 5 mm × 20 mm size IEC127, sheet 1, fast acting “F”, high breaking capacity: 6.3 A, 250 V (Bussman GDA 6.3, Littelfuse 21606.3)
Page 331: Table A- 9: Mechanical Specifications
Construction material Chassis parts are constructed of aluminum alloy, front panel is constructed of plastic laminate, circuit boards are constructed of glass laminate, outer shell is molded and textured from a polycarbonate/ABS blend A- 20 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 332: Table A- 10: Environmental Specifications
5 Hz to 500 Hz, 10 minutes on each axis, 3 asis, 30 minutes total, with floppy disk and/or CD-ROM installed Nonoperating 2.46 g from 5 Hz to 500 Hz, 10 minutes on each axis A- 21 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 333: Table A- 11: Certifications And Compliances
Power Harmonic Current Emissions If interconnect cables are used, they must be low-EMI shielded cables such as the following Tektronix part numbers or their equivalents: 012-0991-01, 012-0991-02 or 012-0991-03 GPIB Cable; 012-1213-00 (or CA part number 0294-9) RS-232 Cable; 012-1214-00 Centronics Cable;...
Page 334 Test and measuring Safety Class Class 1 (as defined in IEC 1010-1, Annex H) - - grounded product Pollution Degree Pollution Degree 2 (as defined in IEC 1010-1). Note: Rated for indoor use only. A- 23 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 335 Appendix A: Specifications A- 24 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 336: Appendix B: Automatic Measurements Supported
Maximum Voltage measurement. The maximum amplitude. Typically the most positive peak voltage. Measured over the entire waveform or gated region. Mean Voltage measurement. The arithmetic mean over the entire waveform or gated region. B- 1 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 337 Hits in Box Displays the number of points in the histogram box or on the box boundary. Waveform Count Displays the number of waveforms that have contributed to the histogram. B- 2 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 338: Table B- -2: Supported Mask Measurements And Their Definition (Option Sm Only
Eye Top The top of the eye. Eye Base The base of the eye. Jitter Pk- Pk The peak-to-peak value for the edge jitter in the current horizontal units. Jitter PP = TCross1 B- 3 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 339: Levels Used In Taking Amplitude, Timing, And Area Measurements
Refer to Figure B- -1 and the descriptions that follow to interpret the definitions of waveforms in categories Amplitude, Timing, and Area. Low reference, mid reference, and high reference are the default reference levels and are adjustable. B- 4 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 340 Used in two-waveform time measure- ments, such as the Delay and Phase measurements. You can choose how this level is set; see Reference Levels Method on page 3- -125. B- 5 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 341: Levels Used In Taking Eye Measurements (Option Sm Only)
, the mean value of PBase within the Eye Aperture mean H PBase , the standard deviation of PBase within the Eye Aperture sigma The Eye Aperture defaults to the center 20% of the interval from TCross to TCross B- 6 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 342: T1 Values
50% of the eye height. These areas are used to establish the DCD , the horizontal peak-to-peak deviation of the left crossing point at half the height of the eye. B- 7 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 343 Appendix B: Automatic Measurements Supported B- 8 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 344: Appendix C: Cleaning
Use only deionized water when cleaning the front-pan- el buttons. Use a 75% isopropyl alcohol solution as a cleaner and rinse with deionized water. Before using any other type of cleaner, consult your Tektronix Service Center or representative.
Page 345 If the display is very dirty, moisten the wipe with distilled water or a 75% isopropyl alcohol solution and gently rub the display surface. Avoid using excess force or you may damage the plastic display surface. C- 2 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 346: Appendix D: Menu Bar Commands
Print Preview Shows you a preview of the page before you print the page Print Displays the Print dialog box that you use to send data to your printer D- 1 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 347 Exports the full screen, graticule, waveform, or measurement to a file other application 1 Recent Setup File 1 Recalls (loads) the most recent setup file Minimize Minimizes the oscilloscope application, displaying the Windows desktop Shutdown Shutdowns the oscilloscope D- 2 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 348: Edit Commands
Position/Scale Displays the control window that you use to position the waveform, and set the vertical scale Displays a control window that you use to label your waveforms Label D- 3 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 349 Displays the Zoom control window you use to set the position and scale of zoomed waveforms Autoset Automatically sets up the front-panel controls based on the characteristics of the input signal and default selections D- 4 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 350: Trigger Commands
Displays the Zoom Display Area control window that you use to set the zoom graticule split mode Trigger Commands Table D- -5 lists the commands available from the Trig menu on the menu bar. D- 5 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 351: Display Commands
Displays the Run/Stop control window you can use to start and stop acquisi- tions, control a single sequence of acquisitions, and display the acquisition status Display Commands Table D- -6 lists the commands available from the Display menu. D- 6 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 352 (reds) Choose Spectral to display waveforms with the highest sample density points appearing in blue shades Choose User to display a control window to design your own colors D- 7 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 353 Cursor Position Displays the Cursor Position control window that you use the position of the cursors Cursor Setup Displays the Cursor Setup control window that you use to set up and control cursors D- 8 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 354: Measure Commands
Displays the Reference Levels setup window you use to set the reference levels used by your measurements Gating Displays the Measurement Gating control window you use to define the portion of the waveform you want your measurements taken between D- 9 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 355 Mask Edit Setup Displays the Mask Edit Setup window that you use to create user masks Mask Edit Controls Displays the Mask Edit control window that you use to edit user masks D- 10 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 356: Math Commands
Displays a control window that you use to set the GPIB talk/listen mode and the bus address LAN Server Status Displays the server status window that allows you to turn the server on and off D- 11 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 357 Displays how to obtain technical support Customer Feedback Displays how to supply customer feedback About TDS7000 Displays the oscilloscope version number, serial number, instrument id, copyright, installed option list, and option installation key D- 12 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 358 That is, the ratio of the input measure to the output measure. For example, a 10X probe will attenuate, or reduce, the input voltage of a signal by a factor of 10. Glossary- 1 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 359 0 V; otherwise, it is ground plus offset. Control window A group of related controls for a major oscilloscope function that the oscilloscope displays at the right of the screen. Glossary- 2 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 360 The act of changing your touch panel selection by moving your finger without removing it from the screen. The selection that is activated is the last one that you were touching before removing your finger. Glossary- 3 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 361 Triggering occurs if the oscilloscope detects positive spike widths less than the specified glitch time. Glitch negative trigger Triggering occurs if the oscilloscope detects negative spike widths less than the specified glitch time. Glossary- 4 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 362 The point about which the trace is expanded or contracted when horizontal size adjustments are made. The horizontal reference point remains anchored as the rest of the trace grows or shrinks around it. Glossary- 5 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 363 The oscilloscope triggers depending on the combinatorial logic condition of channels 1, 2, 3, and 4. Allowable conditions are AND, OR, NAND, and NOR. The value used as 0% in automated measurements (whenever high ref, mid Glossary- 6 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 364 A logic (Boolean) function in which the output of the AND function is complemented (true becomes false, and false becomes true). On the oscilloscope, that is a trigger logic pattern and state function. Glossary- 7 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 365 Amplitude (voltage) measurement of the absolute difference between the maximum and minimum amplitude. Period A timing measurement of the time covered by one complete signal cycle. It is the reciprocal of frequency and is measured in seconds. Glossary- 8 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 366 An oscilloscope input device. Probe compensation Adjustment that improves low-frequency response of a probe. Proximal The point closest to a reference point. As used in the oscilloscope, the beginning measurement point for timing measurements. Glossary- 9 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 367 The time interval between successive samples in a time base. For real-time digitizers, the sample interval is the reciprocal of the sample rate. For equivalent-time digitizers, the time interval between successive samples represents equivalent time, not real time. Glossary- 10 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 368 Then it checks each location to verify erasure. This feature finds use where this oscilloscope is used to gather security sensitive data, such as is done for research or development projects. Glossary- 11 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 369 The time interval between record points as displayed. WfmDB See Waveform database. XY format A display format that compares the voltage level of two waveform records point by point. It is useful for studying phase relationships between two waveforms. Glossary- 12 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 370 CH 3 (Z) waveform record. YT format The conventional oscilloscope display format. It shows the voltage of a waveform record (on the vertical axis) as it varies over time (on the horizontal axis). Glossary- 13 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 371 Glossary Glossary- 14 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 372 Interval, Glossary- - 1 OR, 3- - 85, 3- - 87 Modes, Envelope, 3- - 47 Pattern, 3- - 84 record, 3- - 34 Polarity and Width, 3- - 73, 3- - 75, 3- - 77 Index- 1 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 373 Autoset, 3- - 13, D- - 4, Glossary- - 2 To Take a Single Acquisition, 3- - 30 How to execute, 3- - 11 To Turn Off Roll Mode Acquisitions, 3- - 31 undoing, 3- - 11 Index- 2 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 374 Controlling data input and output, 3- - 205 Trigger input, 3- - 54, 3- - 60 Copy, D- - 3 channel, 3- - 123, 3- - 124 Channel configuration, 3- - 33 Copy a waveform, 3- - 234 Index- 3 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 375 Cycle Mean, B- - 1, D- - 9, Glossary- - 3 recall your waveform, 3- - 220 Cycle RMS, B- - 1, D- - 9, Glossary- - 3 remote communication, 3- - 243 Index- 4 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 376 3- - 114 Display, 3- - 116, D- - 8 persistence, D- - 7 displaying, 3- - 242 settings, 3- - 114 Set, 3- - 116 setup, 3- - 117, D- - 7 Index- 5 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 377 Display On/Off, D- - 1, D- - 3, D- - 10, D- - 11 Quick Adjust the Timebase (Zoom), 3- - 108 Display Trigger T, D- - 8 record length, 3- - 104 Index- 6 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 378 Extinction ratio %, B- - 3 dots, 3- - 114, 3- - 116 Extinction ratio dB, B- - 3 Dots, Display control window, 3- - 116 Eye base, B- - 3, D- - 9 DPO, Glossary- - 4 Index- 7 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 379 3- - 170 automated measurements of, 3- - 191 Gated Measurements, Glossary- - 4 phase suppression, 3- - 196 Gating, 3- - 130, D- - 9 procedure for displaying, 3- - 193 Index- 8 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 380 Horizontal scale and offset, setting up, overview, 3- - 18 Hi Res, 3- - 22 Horizontal Scale vs. Record Length vs. Sample Interval acquisition mode, Glossary- - 5 vs. Resolution, 3- - 19 Incompatible with Fast Acquisitions, 3- - 38 Index- 9 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 381 Jitter 6 sigma, B- - 4, D- - 9 Low Level, D- - 9 Jitter pk- - pk, D- - 9 low method, 3- - 124 Jitter pk-pk measurement, B- - 3 Jitter RMS, B- - 4 Index- 10 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 382 Cycle RMS, D- - 9 Display the Math Control Window, 3- - 161 Delay, D- - 9 Expression Syntax, 3- - 157 ext ratio, D- - 9 FastFrame, 3- - 155 ext ratio (dB), D- - 9 Index- 11 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 383 Positive overshoot, B- - 2 Value Count, D- - 10 Positive width, B- - 2 value mean, D- - 9 Propagation delay, B- - 1 Waveform Histograms, D- - 10 quality factor, B- - 4 Index- 12 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 384 FastFrame, 3- - 123 Take a Snapshot of Measurements, 3- - 130 gates, 3- - 123 Take Automatic Measurements, 3- - 127 Gating, 3- - 130 Take Measurements on a Frame, 3- - 123 Index- 13 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 385 No Persistence, D- - 7 Performance Verification Noise Of Functions, 1- - 18–1- - 28 reducing in phase FFTs, 3- - 196 Self Tests, 1- - 17–1- - 28 reducing in phase waveforms, 3- - 176 Index- 14 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 386 Probes and Signal Connection, 3- - 5 clearing, 3- - 220 Product delete, 3- - 220 accessories, 1- - 29 references, 3- - 124 Description, 1- - 1 Related Manuals, xiv software, 1- - 2 Index- 15 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 387 Signal Connection and Conditioning, 3- - 4 Save Wfm, D- - 1 SIGNAL OUTPUT, 2- - 9 Saving a setup, 3- - 205 Signal Path Compensation, 3- - 141–3- - 152 Saving a waveform, 3- - 213 Index- 16 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 388 Set the Magnitude Scale, 3- - 195 duration, 3- - 169, 3- - 199 Set the Phase Scale, 3- - 196 Duration and resolution control effects, illustrated, Set the Time Domain Controls, 3- - 199 3- - 170 Index- 17 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 389 3- - 105 algorithm, 3- - 176 Timeout dejitter, 3- - 176 A Trigger control window, 3- - 82 swept sine wave analysis, 3- - 191 trigger, D- - 6 Index- 18 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 390 Trigger events, A- - >B Seq Trigger control window, comm triggering, 3- - 55, 3- - 99 Define Inputs, 3- - 87 3- - 97 Define Logic, 3- - 87 Trigger level marker, 3- - 115 Index- 19 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 391 To Set Mode and Holdoff, 3- - 74, 3- - 77, 3- - 78, 3- - 81, user files, backing up, 1- - 10 3- - 83, 3- - 85, 3- - 88, 3- - 90 Index- 20 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 392 3- - 220 Termination, D- - 4 Measuring, 3- - 121 Vertical Setup, D- - 3 Web site address, Tektronix, xv Zoom Controls, D- - 3 WfmDB, Glossary- - 12 Zoom Setup, D- - 4 Index- 21 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...
Page 393 3- - 45, Glossary- - 12 Zoom graticule, D- - 4 XYZ, D- - 7 Zoom menu, Reset Zoom Factors, 3- - 113 format, 3- - 45, Glossary- - 13 Zoom Setup control window, 3- - 105 Index- 22 TDS7104 and TDS7054 User Manual...

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