Tektronix TDS 500B

Specifications
TDS 500B, TDS 600B & TDS 700A Performance Verification and Specifications
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An important component of the multiprocessor architecture of this Digitizing
Oscilloscope is Tektronix’s proprietary digital signal processor, the DSP. This
dedicated processor supports advanced analysis of your waveforms when doing
such compute-intensive tasks as interpolation, waveform math, and signal
averaging. It also teams with a custom display system to deliver specialized
display modes (See Display, later in this description.)
Storage
Acquired waveforms may be saved in any of four nonvolatile REF (reference)
memories or on a 3.5 inch, DOS 3.3-or-later compatible disk. Any or all of the
saved waveforms may be displayed for comparison with the waveforms being
currently acquired.
The source and destination of waveforms to be saved may be chosen. You can
save any of the four channels to any REF memory or move a stored reference
from one REF memory to another. Reference waveforms may also be written
into a REF memory location via the GPIB interface.
I/O
The oscilloscope is fully controllable and capable of sending and receiving
waveforms over the GPIB interface (IEEE Std 488.1–1987/IEEE Std 488.2–1987
standard). This feature makes the instrument ideal for making automated
measurements in a production or research and development environment that
calls for repetitive data taking. Self-compensation and self-diagnostic features
built into the Digitizing Oscilloscope to aid in fault detection and servicing are
also accessible using commands sent from a GPIB controller.
The oscilloscope can also output copies of its display using the hardcopy feature.
This feature allows you to output waveforms and other on-screen information to
a variety of graphic printers and plotters from the TDS front panel, providing
hard copies without requiring you to put the TDS into a system-controller
environment. You can make hardcopies in a variety of popular output formats,
such as PCX, TIFF, BMP, RLE, EPS, Interleaf, and EPS mono or color. You can
also save hardcopies in a disk file in any of the formats above. The hardcopies
obtained are based on what is displayed on-screen at the time hardcopy is
invoked. The hardcopies can be stamped with date and time and spooled to a
queue for printing at a later time. You can output screen information via GPIB,
RS-232C, or Centronics interfaces.
Digital Signal Processing
(DSP)