Tektronix DPO71604C User Manual

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Tektronix DPO71604C Specifications

General

Brand	Tektronix
Model	DPO71604C
Category	Test Equipment
Language	English

Summary

Important safety information

General safety summary

General safety precautions for operating the product to avoid injury and damage.

To avoid fire or personal injury

Precautions related to power cord usage, grounding, and proper connection/disconnection.

Observe all terminal ratings.

Importance of observing product ratings to prevent fire or shock hazards.

Do not operate without covers.

Avoid exposed circuitry.

Caution against touching exposed connections and components when power is present.

Service safety summary

Information for safely performing service procedures on the product.

Install your instrument

Operating requirements

Preventing ESD

Procedures to prevent Electrostatic Discharge damage to the instrument.

Powering on the instrument

Instructions for powering on the instrument and power supply requirements.

Powering off the instrument

Operating system restore

Steps to restore the instrument's operating system.

Getting acquainted with your instrument

Inspect your instrument

Verify internal diagnostics pass

Procedure to verify the instrument's internal diagnostics.

Acquisition

Signal path compensation

Procedure for performing signal path compensation for accurate measurements.

Setting up analog signal input

Steps to set up analog signal input and select channels.

Using Default Setup

Using Autoset

How to use the Autoset function for automatic instrument setup.

Changing the acquisition mode

Pinpoint triggers

Triggering concepts

Choosing a trigger type

How to set up basic and advanced triggers using the setup window.

Checking trigger status

How to check trigger status using front panel controls and readouts.

Using a (Main) and b (Delayed) triggers

Using A and B triggers for capturing complex signals.

Triggering with B-Event Scan

Using B-Event Scan to create overlapped eye diagrams.

Triggering on a parallel bus

Locating problems by triggering on a parallel bus.

Triggering on a serial bus

Locating problems by triggering on a serial bus.

Triggering using Visual Triggers (Visual Triggering)

Creating trigger conditions directly on the display screen.

Setting up Action on Event

Configuring the instrument to save files when a defined event occurs.

Using horizontal delay

Display a waveform

Using MultiView Zoom

Using Wave Inspector to manage long record length waveforms

Using Wave Inspector controls for managing long waveforms.

Searching and marking waveforms

Analyzing waveforms

Taking automatic measurements

Procedure for taking automatic measurements on waveforms.

Automated measurement selections

Customizing an automatic measurement

Customizing measurements using gating or statistics.

Reference Levels

Taking cursor measurements

Using cursors for manual measurements on acquired data.

Setting up a histogram

How to display vertical or horizontal histograms for statistical data.

Using math waveforms

Creating math waveforms by combining and transforming source waveforms.

Using Spectral Analysis

Using the Serial Error Detector

Using mask testing

Comparing signals to predefined templates or masks.

Using limit testing

Comparing active signals with template waveforms for pass/fail testing.

MyScope

Creating a new MyScope control window

Procedures for creating custom control windows.

Using MyScope control windows

To edit a MyScope control window

Saving and recalling information

Saving screen captures

Saving waveforms

Recalling waveforms

Saving instrument setups

Recalling instrument setups

Saving measurements

Application examples

Capturing intermittent anomalies

Example of capturing intermittent anomalies using FastAcq.

Using the extended desktop and OpenChoice architecture for efficient documentation

Triggering on buses

Triggering on a video signal

Correlating data between a Tektronix oscilloscope and logic analyzer

Appendix C

Compensating the probe

Appendix D

Safety summary