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Tektronix TDS3LIM User Manual

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TDS3LIM
Limit Test
Application Module
071-0934-00
*P071093400*
071093400

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  • Page 1 User Manual TDS3LIM Limit Test Application Module 071-0934-00 *P071093400* 071093400...
  • Page 2 Copyright © Tektronix, Inc. All rights reserved. WARRANTY SUMMARY Tektronix warrants that the products that it manufactures and Tektronix products are covered by U.S. and foreign patents, sells will be free from defects in materials and workmanship issued and pending. Information in this publication supercedes for a period of one (1) year from the date of shipment from an that in all previously published material.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    6:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Pacific time 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.

  • Page 4: Safety Summary

    Safety Summary Handle Components Carefully. Do not slide sensitive components over any surface. Do not touch exposed To avoid potential hazards, use this product only as connector pins. Handle sensitive components as little as specified. While using this product, you may need to possible.

  • Page 5: Installing The Application Module

    Installing the Application Module Please refer to the TDS3000 & TDS3000B Series Application Module Installation Manual for information on installing the application module. Limit Testing Concepts Limit testing is the ability to compare an active signal with a template waveform. The following figure shows an active waveform (dark sine wave) being compared to a template waveform (shaded area).
  • Page 6 Any part of the active waveform that exceeds the tem- The following figure represents how the oscilloscope plate waveform’s envelope is a limit test waveform creates the template waveform limit test envelope from violation, which the oscilloscope highlights. You can set user-entered vertical and horizontal division units.

  • Page 7: Tds3Lim Overview

    TDS3LIM Overview Accessing Limit Test Menus This section provides an overview of the TDS3LIM You access the TDS3LIM limit test controls from either Limit Test application module features, and describes the limit test QuickMenu or from the Applications menu. how to access the limit test functions.

  • Page 8: Creating A Limit Test Template

    You must create a limit test waveform template before more fully describe the function of each menu item. you can do limit testing. The TDS3LIM lets you easily create a template by using a known good waveform To display the limit test menu items in the Applications...
  • Page 9 Push the ±H Limit side button to select the horizontal Push the QUICKMENU panel button. limits field. Use the general purpose knob to set the Push the Menu bottom button to select Limit Test. template waveform envelope horizontal limits. Refer The oscilloscope displays the limit test bottom and to page 6 for an explanation of the limit units.

  • Page 10: Selecting A Limit Test Input

    Selecting a Limit Test Input Selecting Limit Test Responses To select the channel source for comparing with a When the active waveform exceeds the template wave- template, do the following steps (the Limit Test Quick- form’s envelope, the oscilloscope can do one or more of Menu must still be displayed): the following actions: H Send a hard copy of the screen to a printer or file...

  • Page 11: Starting Limit Testing

    Starting Limit Testing TDS3LIM Conventions After setting up a template waveform, selecting a test The following conventions apply to the TDS3LIM Limit waveform channel or channels, and selecting the oscillo- Test application module: scope limit test responses, you are ready to start limit H You do not need to display a reference template testing.

  • Page 12: Menus

    H If you are using two or more waveform templates at a Menus time in a limit test, all the waveform templates must The following sections list the limit test menus and use the same horizontal time base setting. describe each menu function. H Source waveforms you are testing must be set to the same horizontal and vertical settings used to create Limit Test QuickMenu...
  • Page 13 Limit Test QuickMenu: side menu Limit Test QuickMenu: side menu (cont.) Menu item Value Description Menu item Value Description SETUP: Printer icon When enabled, sets how the TEMPLATE: Sets the waveform source from Floppy icon oscilloscope responds to limit test Source Ch1-Ch4, which to create a limit test tem-...
  • Page 14 Apps Module Limit Test Menu UTILITY > System > Apps > Module Menu (cont.) The TDS3LIM module adds a limit test menu item to the Bottom Side Description UTILITY > System > Apps > Module menu. The Limit Test Wfms To Disk...
  • Page 15 UTILITY > System > Apps > Module Menu (cont.) UTILITY > System > Apps > Module Menu (cont.) Bottom Side Description Bottom Side Description Create Template Selects which signal source to use Create OK Store Stores the template waveform defined by the source and ±V/H Limit Test Source to create the limit test template.

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