TDS7104 & TDS7054 Service Manual
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Performance Tests — Semi-Automated Method
This chapter describes a semi-automated procedure you can use to verify the
performance of a TDS7000 oscilloscope. The procedure checks all the specifica-
tions that are marked with the n symbol.
This procedure requires the specific test equipment and materials listed in
Table 4--1.
Table 4- 1: Required equipment and materials
Category Specific equipment required Quantity
Signal source Fluke 9500B Oscilloscope Calibrator, with Option 100
(high-stability time base)
1 ea.
Fluke 9520 or 9530 Standard Output Module 5 ea.
Instrument
controller
(only one of
PC-compatible computer wit h National Instruments
GPIB Controller card and National Instruments NI-488.2
for W indows software, running Windows 95/98 or NT
1 ea.
these
onfigur
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tions required)
National I nstruments PCMCIA GPIB Controller card for
Windows 98 and National Instruments NI-488.2 for
Windows software (to install in the TDS7000)
National I nstruments USB GPIB Controller card for
Windows 98 and National Instruments NI-488.2 for
Windows software (to install in the TDS7000)
1
Test software PVsetup.exe, located on TDS7000 Series Product
Software CD-ROM that is included as standard
equipment wi th t he oscilloscope
1 ea.
GPIB cables GPIB cable, 1 m minimum length, Tektronix part number
002-0991-01 or similar
2 ea.
BNC cabl e 50 Ω, male-to-male BNC connectors, Tektronix part
number 012-0076-00 or similar
1 ea.
SMA cables 50 Ω, 20 in, m ale-to-male SMA connectors, Tektronix
part num ber 174-1427-00
2 ea.
Adapters SMA “T”, male-to-2 SMA female, Tektronix part
number 015-1016-00
1 ea.
SMA female-to-BNC male, Tektronix part number
015-0572-00
1 ea.
BNC m ale--to-female elbow, Tektronix part number
103-0031-00
1 ea.