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Tektronix TDS5000 Series Reference Manual

Tektronix TDS5000 Series Reference Manual

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TDS5000 Series
Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes
071-1020-00
*P071102000*
071102000

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  • Page 1 Reference TDS5000 Series Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes 071-1020-00 *P071102000* 071102000...

  • Page 3: To Use The Front Panel

    The ARM, READY, and TRIG’D lights show the acquisition status. Push CH<X> to turn channel displays on and off. Adjust the channel POSITION SCALE change the input termination with dedicated knobs and buttons. Copyright E Tektronix, Inc. Beaverton, OR 97077...

  • Page 4: To Use The Screen Interface

    To Use the Screen Interface You can control all oscilloscope functions, including powering off the instrument, through the screen interface. Choose the Toolbar Click here to change to menu-bar operation. Click a button in the toolbar to display a control window at the bottom of the display. Click a screen control to change a setting.

  • Page 5: To Display A Waveform

    To Display a Waveform Attach a probe to and connect the probe CH 1 to your signal. Push if channel 1 is not CH 1 already displayed. Push AUTOSET Adjust VERTICAL HORIZONTAL if necessary to POSITION SCALE optimize the display. Adjust to change the record RESOLUTION...

  • Page 6: To See More Waveform Detail

    To See More Waveform Detail Use Zoom Use the Zoom function to magnify an acquisition vertically, horizontally, or in both waveform dimensions. changes you make to the Zoom graticule SCALE POSITION affect only the display, not the actual waveform that is acquired. Push the button to split the ZOOM...

  • Page 7: To Use Fast Acquisition

    To Use Fast Acquisition Turn Fast Acquisition on to acquire up to 100,000 waveforms per second. Push the front-panel button. FastAcq Or select in the Fast Acquisitions menu. Horiz/Acq Adjust to optimize the intensity or INTENSITY color grading for the signal you want to analyze. Increasing intensity can make less-frequently acquired points brighter in the display.

  • Page 8: To Choose An Acquisition Mode

    To Choose an Acquisition Mode Select in the Acquisition Mode... menu. Horiz/Acq Or click the button, and then select Horiz an acquisition mode in the horizontal/acquisition control window. For Average or Envelope acquisition modes, click the control and then set the # of Wfms number of waveforms with the multipurpose knob.

  • Page 9: To Select A Trigger

    To Select a Trigger Select the trigger type and then set the EDGE source, coupling, slope and mode with these front-panel controls. Push to select ADVANCED one of the other trigger types. You can also select a trigger type in the menu.

  • Page 10: Trigger Selections

    Trigger Selections Trigger type Levels Timers Trigger conditions Edge Single level None Trigger on rising or falling edge, as defined by slope control. Coupling choices are DC, AC, AC LF Reject, AC HF Reject, and Noise Reject. Video Single level None Trigger on NTSC, PAL, SECAM, Analog HDTV, and Custom video formats.

  • Page 11: To Use A (Main) And B (Delayed) Triggers

    To Use A (Main) and B (Delayed) Triggers You can use the A Event (Main) trigger alone or combine it with the B Event (Delayed) trigger to capture more complex signals. Set the A trigger type and source in the A Event (Main) tab of the trigger control window.

  • Page 12: To Take Measurements With Cursors

    To Take Measurements with Cursors Push the front-panel button. CURSORS Select the waveform you want to measure and a cursor type in the cursor control window. Or you can activate cursors on the selected waveform directly in the menu. Cursor Place cursors with the multipurpose knobs or enter the cursor locations numerically.

  • Page 13: To Take Automated Measurements

    To Take Automated Measurements Click the button, and then select up to Meas eight measurements using the measurement control window. Use the tabs to access measurements in four different categories. Or choose a measurement for the selected waveform directly in the menu.

  • Page 14: To Customize An Automated Measurement

    To Customize an Automated Measurement Use Gating to confine the measurement to a certain portion of the waveform. Turn on measurement statistics to characterize the stability of the measurement. Adjust the measurement reference levels to different relative or different fixed values. Select snapshot to see a one-time view of all valid measurements.

  • Page 15: To Use Standard Math Waveforms

    To Use Standard Math Waveforms Select in the menu. Math Setup Math Choose the math equation that you want to define. (In this example, it is Math 1.) Select a waveform, an operator, and a waveform to build your waveform expression. In this example, Math 1 is defined as Channel 1 minus Channel 2.

  • Page 16: To Use Advanced Math Waveforms (Option 2A)

    To Use Advanced Math Waveforms (Option 2A) Select in the menu. Math Setup Math Choose a predefined math espression. Or click to define a more advanced math Editor waveform. Then build the waveform expression using sources, operators, constants, measurements, and functions. To Use Spectral Analysis Choose to define FFT...

  • Page 17: To Store Information

    To Store Information To Save and Recall Waveforms To save or recall waveforms, select and then Reference Waveforms Save Wfm... in the menu. Recall Wfm... File Or click the button. Refs Use the reference setup control window to copy a live waveform into one of four nonvolatile reference waveform storage locations.

  • Page 18: To Print A Hard Copy

    To Print a Hard Copy To print a hard copy to the internal printer, an attached printer, or a network printer, push the front-panel button or select PRINT Print in the File menu. If necessary, you can make changes to the page orientation in the Page Setup dialog box.

  • Page 19: To Run Application Software

    To Run Application Software You can install and run optional application software on your oscilloscope. These software packages provide advanced capability supporting many applications. Two examples are shown below; additional packages may be available. Contact your Tektronix representative for more information.

  • Page 20: To Connect To A Network

    To Connect to a Network Like any other Windows computer, you can connect the oscilloscope to a network to enable printing, file sharing, internet access, and other communications functions. Network To make a network connection, consult with your network administrator, and then use the standard Windows utilities to configure the oscilloscope for compatibility with your network.

  • Page 21: To Access The Help System

    To Access the Help System Click the button or select HELP Help on in the menu to receive Window Help context-sensitive help on the current setup. Select in the menu to Contents and Index Help access any topic in the help system. Select the topic, and then click the button in the Display...

  • Page 22: To Use The Oscilloscope I/O

    To Use the Oscilloscope I/O On the Front Panel Floppy disk drive CDROM drive on the side of the oscilloscope; press the button on the cover to open the Probe compensator output to drive compensate and deskew probes. Auxiliary input Ground terminal Channel inputs On the Left Side Panel...

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