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Preface

TDS 500B, TDS 600B, & TDS 700A User Manual

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MENU ➞ Coupling (main) ➞ DC (side) ➞ Bandwidth (main) ➞

250 MHz (side).

Using the convention just described results in instructions that are graphically

intuitive and simplifies procedures. For example, the instruction just given

replaces these five steps:

1. Press the front-panel button VERTICAL MENU.

2. Press the main-menu button Coupling.

3. Press the side-menu button DC.

4. Press the main-menu button Bandwidth.

5. Press the side-menu button 250 MHz.

Sometimes you may have to make a selection from a pop-up menu: Press

TRIGGER MENU ➞ Type (main) ➞ Edge (pop-up). In this example, you

repeatedly press the main menu button Type until Edge is highlighted in the

pop-up menu.

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Table of Contents10
Menu20
Table 1-1: Key Features and Differences of Models24
Figure 1-1: Rear Panel Controls Used in Start up27
Table 1-2: Fuse and Fuse Cap Part Numbers27
Figure 1-2: ON/STBY Button28
Figure 2-1: Connecting a Probe for the Examples (P6245 Shown)38
Figure 2-2: SETUP Button Location39
Figure 2-3: the Setup Menu39
Figure 2-4: Trigger Controls40
Figure 2-5: the Display after Factory Initialization41
Figure 2-6: the VERTICAL and HORIZONTAL Controls42
Figure 2-7: TRIGGER Controls43
Figure 2-8: AUTOSET Button Location43
Figure 2-9: the Display after Pressing Autoset44
Figure 2-10: Display Signals Requiring Probe Compensation44
Figure 2-11: the Channel Buttons and Lights45
Figure 2-12: the Vertical Main Menu and Coupling Side Menu46
Figure 2-13: the Menus after Changing Channels47
Figure 2-14: Measure Main Menu and Select Measurement Side49
Figure 2-15: Four Simultaneous Measurement Readouts50
Figure 2-16: General Purpose Knob Indicators51
Figure 2-17: Snapshot of Channel 152
Figure 2-18: Save/Recall Setup Menu54
Figure 3-1: How Probe Compensation Affects Signals60
Figure 3-2: P6139A Probe Adjustment61
Table 3-1: Autoset Defaults63
Figure 3-3: the Channel Readout65
Figure 3-4: Waveform Selection Priority66
Figure 3-5: Scaling and Positioning67
Figure 3-6: Vertical Readouts and Channel Menu68
Figure 3-7: Record View and Time Base Readouts70
Figure 3-8: Horizontal Controls71
Figure 3-9: Acquisition: Input Analog Signal, Sample, and Digitize74
Figure 3-10: Several Points May be Acquired for each Point Used74
Figure 3-11: Real-Time Sampling74
Figure 3-12: Equivalent-Time Sampling75
Table 3-2: How Interleaving Affects Sample Rate77
Figure 3-13: How the Acquisition Modes Work78
Table 3-3: Additional Resolution Bits79
Table 3-4: TDS 500B, TDS 724A, 744A Sampling Mode Selection82
Table 3-5: 784A Sampling Mode Selection82
Table 3-6: XY Format Pairs90
Table 3-7: Pattern and State Logic120
Table 3-8: Pulse Trigger Definitions130
Table 3-9: Measurement Definitions148
Table 3-10: Probe Cal Status170
Table A-2: Standard Accessories237
Table A-1: Options238
Table A-3: Optional Accessories238
Table A-4: Accessory Software240
Table D-1: Factory Initialization Defaults258
Table F-1: External Inspection Check List271

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