Tektronix Sprinkler TDS 500B User Manual

Reference  
TDS 500B, TDS 600B & TDS 700A  
Digitizing Oscilloscopes  
070-9382-01  
 
To Save a Hardcopy to the File System:  
To Set Up Using a Menu:  
Use SHIFT for  
the Alternate  
(Blue) Menus  
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Press any of the front panel menu buttons.  
Press Format in the main menu, and select a  
hardcopy format from the side menu.  
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2
Press SHIFT, and then press HARDCOPY.  
Disk Drive  
2
Select an item from the main (bottom) menu.  
The Readout Indicates The  
Value That You Can Adjust with  
the General Purpose Knob or  
Keypad  
Adjustable Menu Item Value  
Press HARDCOPY anytime to save a copy  
of the current screen to a unique file in the  
oscilloscope file system.  
Press Port in the main menu, press File in the  
side menu, and then press CLEAR MENU.  
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Select an item from the side menu, if displayed.  
To Perform Other File System Operations:  
General Purpose  
Knob  
H Press SAVE/RECALL WAVEFORM, and use the menu buttons to save a waveform to a file or  
recall it from a file.  
Keypad  
H Press SAVE/RECALL SETUP, and use the menu buttons to save a setup to a file or recall it  
from a file.  
H Press File Utilities in the Save/Recall Waveform, Save/Recall Setup, or Hardcopy menus to access  
Adjust menu item values using the general purpose  
knob or by entering numbers on the keypad.  
End Your Entry by  
Pressing ENTER (  
utilities that create directories, copy files, and do other operations in the oscilloscope file system.  
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To Select a Trigger:  
To Take Measurements Automatically:  
Trigger Selections  
(On some models, Ax 1 & Ax 2  
TYPE  
<Logic>  
TYPE  
<Edge>  
CLASS  
<Pattern>  
CLASS  
<State>  
Select any one of  
Ch 1 thru Ch 4,  
Line, or DC Aux  
Define levels High,  
Low, or Don’t Care  
for Ch 1 thru Ch 4  
Define levels High,  
Low, or Don’t Care  
for Ch 1 thru Ch 3  
1
Press TRIGGER MENU.  
Select edge for the  
clock (always Ch 4)  
This Symbol  
Press Select Measrmnt or Snapshot in  
Indicates a  
Pop-Up Menu  
1
2
the main menu.  
Press MEASURE.  
Positive  
AND  
OR  
AND  
OR  
Automated Measurement Selections  
Negative  
Select  
Select a trigger type or  
Measurement  
NAND  
NOR  
NAND  
NOR  
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parameter from the main  
menu.  
Period  
Rise Time  
Delay  
High  
Pk–Pk  
Mean  
Area  
Set a threshold  
level for each of  
Ch 1 thru Ch 4  
Set a threshold  
level for each of  
the pattern  
channels, Ch 1  
thru Ch 3, and  
the clock, Ch 4.  
Frequency Fall Time  
Phase  
Low  
Max  
Amplitude Cycle Mean Cycle Area  
Level  
To  
Positive  
Width  
Positive  
Duty Cycle  
Positive  
Burst Width  
RMS  
1 of 7  
Overshoot  
Set TRIGGER MAIN LEVEL.  
3
Set level or select  
preset level based  
on TTL or ECL logic  
Negative  
Width  
Negative  
Duty Cycle  
Negative  
Overshoot  
Min  
Cycle RMS  
“T” Shows the  
Trigger Position  
—more—  
1 of 7  
—more—  
2 of 7  
—more—  
3 of 7  
—more—  
4 of 7  
—more—  
5 of 7  
—more—  
6 of 7  
Select up to four  
measurements.  
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4
Goes TRUE  
Goes TRUE  
Goes FALSE  
DC  
AC  
Title of the  
Side Menu  
Arrow Shows  
the Trigger  
Level  
Goes FALSE  
TRUE for  
HF  
Reject  
1
less than  
LF  
Reject  
TRUE for  
more than  
1
Removes  
the Menus  
From the  
Screen  
Noise Rej (DC  
Low Sensitivity)  
Press to Display Press Again to A Pop-Up Selection  
the Pop-Up  
Menus  
Make a  
Selection  
Changes the Other  
Main Menu Items  
Press CLEAR MENU to move the measurement  
readouts away from the graticule.  
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Qualification by time  
 
To Take Measurements With Cursors:  
replace Ch 3 & Ch 4)  
TYPE  
<Pulse>  
TYPE  
<Video>  
(Optional)  
CLASS  
<Setup/Hold>  
CLASS  
<Glitch>  
CLASS  
<Runt>  
CLASS  
<Width>  
CLASS  
<Slew Rate>  
CLASS  
<Time Out>  
Select one of  
Ch 1 thru Ch 4 as  
the data source  
Select any one of  
Ch 1 thru Ch 4  
Select any one of  
Ch 1 thru Ch 4  
Select any one of  
Ch 1 thru Ch 4  
Select any one of  
Ch 1 thru Ch 4  
Select any one of  
Ch 1 thru Ch 4  
Select any one of  
Ch 1 thru Ch 4  
Do not select the  
same channel used  
as the clock source  
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2
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Press CURSOR.  
Press Function in the main menu.  
Select one of  
Ch 1 thru Ch 4 as  
the clock source  
Positive  
Negative Sync  
Positive Sync  
Positive  
Negative  
Either  
Positive  
Negative  
Either  
Positive  
Negative  
Either  
Stays  
High  
Select the clock  
edge  
Negative  
Stays  
Low  
Do not select the  
same channel used  
as the data source  
Either  
Measures Voltage  
Measures Time  
Width  
Measures Voltage at Time  
Runt  
Upper  
Set video field  
and line number  
Clock  
Data  
Level  
Level  
High  
Low  
Level  
Move the cursor with the general purpose knob.  
Press SELECT to switch between the cursors.  
Press SHIFT to speed up/slow down the cursor  
movement.  
Runt  
Lower  
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Select from the side menu.  
Set levels or select  
preset levels based  
on TTL or ECL logic on TTL or ECL logic  
Set level or select  
preset level based  
Set levels or select  
preset levels based  
on TTL or ECL logic on TTL or ECL logic  
Set level or select  
preset level based  
Set levels or select  
preset levels based  
on TTL or ECL logic  
Set level or select  
preset level based  
on TTL or ECL logic  
To Display Help On Screen:  
Select and set the  
Setup Time  
Select trigger  
when any runt  
occurs or ...  
Accept  
Glitch  
Within  
Limits  
NTSC  
OFF  
ON  
Faster  
Slower  
Select and set  
the Timeout Time  
Select and set the  
Hold Time  
Select triggering  
when a runt wid-  
er than specified  
Reject  
Glitch  
Out of  
Limits  
PAL  
2
occurs  
Set Lower and  
Upper Limits  
Delta  
Time  
HDTV  
FlexFmt  
Select faster than  
or slower than and  
set delta time  
The oscilloscope  
computes the slew  
rate readout from  
the delta time and  
thresholds settings  
Now turn any knob or press any button  
and read a description of it on the display.  
Press HELP again to exit help.  
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Press HELP.  
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Qualification by width  
 
To Choose an Acquisition Mode:  
How the Acquisition Modes Work:  
Incoming  
Signal  
Samples Acquired  
for Each Waveform  
Data Point Interval  
Acquisition Mode  
Processes  
Displayed  
Data Point  
Waveform  
Drawn on CRT  
Samples  
Use for fastest acquisition rate.  
Sample is the default mode.  
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Press SHIFT, and then press ACQUIRE MENU.  
Sample  
Uses first sample in interval  
Use to reveal aliasing and for  
glitch detection.  
Peak Detect  
Peak Detect provides the  
benefits of enveloping with  
speed of single acquisition.  
Single  
Waveform  
Acquisition  
Uses highest and lowest  
samples in interval  
Not Available on TDS 600B  
Use to reduce apparent noise.  
Hi Res provides the benefits  
of averaging with the speed of  
single acquisition.  
Hi Res  
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Press Mode in the main menu.  
Calculates average of  
samples in interval  
Use to reveal the noise band  
around the signal.  
Envelope  
Uses highest and lowest  
samples over many acquisitions  
Multiple  
Waveform  
Acquisitions  
Use to reduce apparent noise  
in a repetitive signal.  
Average  
From the side menu, select an acquisition  
mode that will serve your application.  
Calculates average value over  
many acquisitions  
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