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Display and Power

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The Side Menu buttons provide

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The CLEAR MENU button clears all

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Summary of Contents for TDS 310

Page 1: ...4 Instruction Manual Tektronix TDS 310 TOS 320 TDS 350 Two Channel Oscilloscopes 070 8568 02...

Page 2: ...ermission for distribution of such documents to any GTDEP user that is a full participant in the Metrology Data Interchange Data Base of GIDEP provided that all copies of the original work include the...

Page 3: ...ope Front Panel The menus are easy to use For example to make a change to the vertical operating system press the VERTICAL MENU button to display the menu choices This section illustrates each control...

Page 4: ...power The Main Menu buttons provide access to main menu selections See page 2 3 for more information on the user interface The Side Menu buttons provide access to side menu selections See page 2 2 for...

Page 5: ...orm The VERTICAL MENU buttOn calls up the vertical operations menu l or more i o rmafion OtT vert cal operations see page 3 7 The VOLrS Qft knob controls the vertical scale of he presently selected wa...

Page 6: ...zOntal POSITION knob controls the horIzontal position of all waveforms The HORIZONTAL MENU button calls up the honzorotal operations menu For more Information on hori c nfal operations see page 3 20 T...

Page 7: ...igger LEVEL knob controls the trigger The TRIGGER MENU bUtton calls up the trigger menu See page 3 25 for more hlfornJatIOn on triggering TRIGGER SET LEVEL TO 50 FORCE T GER The SET LEVEL TO 50 button...

Page 8: ...rations See page 3 41 for more in ormstiOfl On making har lcopies SAVE AECALL SETUP CURSOR The General Purpose Knob controls many side menu functions including the cursors the TOGGLE button switches c...

Page 9: ...rigger Level 1 OmV Run 2OMS s Sample indicates position of vertical bar cursors in the waveform record Shows what part of the wave form record is displayed The waveform record icon Trigger level indic...

Page 10: ...Panel Inputs The channel BNC inputs CHI The EXT TRIG input accepts and CH2 accept electrical external trigger signals See signals for display page 3 26 for more information on external triggering Oper...

Page 11: ...ist of power cord and connector options The fuse drawer holds the line fuse See page 8 9 for fuse replacement procedures You can use the Centronics RS 232 and GPIB interlaces to transmit hardcopy data...

Page 12: ...I Rising Falling Level SelloUt Set to ECL Set to 50 Auto Normal Holdotf Setto Mm Side Menu II HORIZONTAL MENU I Main Menu Time Base Trigger Position I I I Main Only Intensified Delayed Only Delayed Ru...

Page 13: ...3 Secondary Functions Menu Map Side Menu Mwn Menu Vff H bars CuRSOR Function V bars Paired C HTime Units I 1 seconds Hz Seconds Side Menu Main Menu Vectors Dots Vector Accumulate Dot Accumulate Overa...

Page 14: ...he vertical System features press the VERTICAL MENU button shown in Figure 3 4 NOTE The VERTICAL MENU button calls up the vertical menu only ifa channel waveform CH I orCH 2 s selected If a math or re...

Page 15: ...C AC or ground GND coupling invert a Waveform Press the main menu button Invert Use the side menu to turn invert off and on When youturn invert on the selected wave form flips around the zero volt axi...

Page 16: ...t the vertical position toO divisions Vertical position is limited to a range of 5 divisions NOTE This selectionperforms the same functionas the vertical POSiTION knob Adjust Vertical Offset Press the...

Page 17: ...tal menu p 11OR Z0NTAL P051110W 0 HORIZONTAL MENU c Ho zontal Menu SEC Div 0 Figure 3 7 The HORIZONTAL MENU Button ____ U ____ U L I II Figure 3 8 The Horizontal Menu Use the horizontal menu to perfor...

Page 18: ...when Main Only or Intensified are selected and in fine increments when Delayed Only is selected The side menu selection Delayed Runs After Main shows the delay time Press SET to Mm to set the delay ti...

Page 19: ...waveforms channel and math wave forms You can also shift a stored waveform from one reference waveform to the other Reference waveforms respond just like live waveforms to changes in vertical positio...

Page 20: ...nel 2 waveform to the se lected reference waveform Press Save MATH to Ref x to save the math waveform to the selected reference waveform Press Save Ref y to Ref x to save the unselected reference wave...

Page 21: ...enu The reference waveforms maintain their contents indefinitely regardless of the power state or setup of the instrument To remove a selected reference waveform from the display press WAVEFORM OFF To...

Page 22: ...trigger triggers on the rising or falling edge of the input signal You can access edge trigger settings through the edge trigger menu shown in Figure 3 14 Be sure the leftmost main menu selection ind...

Page 23: ...Press AC to set the trigger source to the oscilloscope line voltage signal Select Trigger Coupling Press the main menu button Coupling Use the side menu to select from these options Press DC to select...

Page 24: ...trigger source signal Notethat this selection performs the same function as the SET LEVEL TO 50 button on the front panel Select Trigger Mode Press the main menu button Mode Use the side menu to sele...

Page 25: ...Oscilloscope can perform 21 different automated measurements on a waveform four measurements at any one time To access these measure ments press the MEASURE button shown in Figure 3 16 Measure Figure...

Page 26: ...want to take appears in the side menu 3 Then press one of the top four side menu buttons to activate a particular measurement The measured values appear to the left of the side menu as shown in Figure...

Page 27: ...falling edge of the first pulse inthe waveform or gated region to fall from a High Ref value default 90 to a Low Ref value default 10 of its final value JLF Positive Duty Cycle Timing measurement of t...

Page 28: ...t Cycle RMS Voltage measurement The true Root Mean Square voltage over the first cycle in the waveform or the first cycle in the gated region RMS Voltage measurement The true Root Mean Square voltage...

Page 29: ...square waves and pulse waveforms I Press Mm Max to set the leve s to the lowest amplitude most negative and highest amplitude most positive samples Set Reference Levels Press the main menu button Refe...

Page 30: ...ss its main menu button 4 Use the side menu to select the type of measurement you want to take Select H Bars to take a voltage measurement select V Bars to take a time measurement or select Paired to...

Page 31: ...U 0 Figure 3 20 Paired Cursor Measurements of a Sine Wave 6 Press TOGGLE 7 Use the General Purpose Knob to move the second cursor to another desired measurement point To continue the example you would...

Page 32: ...d is operating at an ambient temperature between _1OU C and 55 C unless otherwise noted Table 4 1 Warranted Characteristics Signal Acquisition System Name Description Accuracy DC Voltage Measurement M...

Page 33: ...ter of the A ID converter dynamic rgnge Offset Accuracy s the accuracy of this vOIta e level 2Th AC Coupled Lower Frequency Limits are reduced by a factor ot 10 when 1DX passive probes are used Table...

Page 34: ...0 50 my from DC to 20Mhz increasing to 150 my at 50MHz TDS 320 50 mV from DC to 50 MHz increasing to 150 my at 100 MHz TDS 350 50 my from DC to 50 MHz increasing to 150 my at 200 MHz External b TDS 31...

Page 35: ...FG 0243 FCC Rules and Regulations 47 CFR Part 15 Subpart B Class A Susceptibility2 TDS 310 and TDS 320 0 2division waveform displacement or 0 4 division increase in p p noise TOS 350 0 2 division wave...

Page 36: ...d 20 MHz Step Response Settling Error Volts Div Setting Step Settling Error 3 Amplitude lOOns 2Oms 2 mV div 99 5 mV div 2 V 1 0 Sill 100 mV div 520V 51 5 50 2 995 mV div 1 V div 10 V div 200V 2 5 50 2...

Page 37: ...ttenuates signals below 80 kHz 1The trigger position errors are typically leSs than the values given here These values are fortriggerlr g signals having a slew rate at the trigger pointof 0 5 division...

Page 38: ...ions Range Sensitivity2 2 mV div to 10 V div Rise Time TDS 310 7 ns lOS 320 3 5 ns TDS 350 1 75 ns TekProbe Interface Level one probe coding ii ii I I 1 1Displayed vertically with 25 digitization leve...

Page 39: ...by interpolation of real time samples from a single acquisition or by equivalent time sampling at multiple acquisitions the waveform rate Is faster than the real time sample rate For all three cases...

Page 40: ...4 90 Centronics Part of Option 141 0 interface or TOS3F14 I O interface field up grade kit a 25 pin IBM P0 type parallel printer interface that com plies electrically with Centronics 0332 44 Rev A Tab...

Page 41: ...y probe and more completely test the internal hardware of this oscilloscope You can use them to quickly determine if the oscilloscope is suitable for putting into service such as when it is first rece...

Page 42: ...s in boldface type Instructions for menu selection follow this format FRONT PANEL BUT TON f Pop Up if necessary Main Menu Button Side Menu Button For example Push TRIGGER MENU Type Video f Trig ger On...

Page 43: ...king trigger BNC T BNC 103 0030 00 sensitivity 5 Coupler Female BNCto dual male Tektronix part number Checking delay Dual Input BNC 067 0525 02 between channels 6 Generator DC Variable amplitude to 11...

Page 44: ...tage Measurement Accuracy CH1 VOLTS DIV 1 V 97 1V 200 mV 8 28 V 50 mV1 581 mV 50mV2 881 my at5OmV 286mV lOmV 54 6mV 5 my 982 mV 98 9 V 8 52 V 619 my 9l9mV 314mV 654mV 998 my CH2 VOLTS DIV 1 V 97 1 V 2...

Page 45: ...nostics verify proper oscilloscope function This verifica tion takes about 30 seconds While it progresses a variety of test pat ternsflash on screen When finished status messages appear on the screen...

Page 46: ...s or Fail in the main Check that the word Pass appears under Signal Path in the main menu See Figure 6 2 If Pass does not appear the instrument has failed the performance verification return it to Tek...

Page 47: ...e changes to the front panel settings that are not called out in the procedure If you make changes to these settings other than those called out in the procedure you may obtain invalid results In this...

Page 48: ...b positions the signal left and right on screen When rotated 9 Press TRIGGER MENU Mode Normal 10 Check that the trigger level readout for the main trigger system changes with the trigger LEVEL knob 11...

Page 49: ...Average Check that the instrument dis plays an actively acquiring waveform on screen with the noise reduced 18 Press WAVEFORM OFF to remove Channel 1 from the display 19 Press OH 2 and move the probe...

Page 50: ...ture between 10 C and i 55 C These procedures check signal acquisition system characteristics that are fisted as checked under Warranted Characteristics in the Specifications section Check DC Voltage...

Page 51: ...Position Table 6 2 DC Accuracy Scale Setting Position Offset Generator Accuracy Setting Setting Setting Limits Divs 1 V 5 100V 98V 97 1 Vto 98 9V 200 mV 5 1OV 8 4V 8 28Vto 8 52V 50 mV 5 1V 0 6 V 581...

Page 52: ...e checked all the vertical scale settings listed in Table 6 2 Record the measurements for each of th 50 mV settings 15 Subtract the second 50 mV measurement from the first and compare the result to th...

Page 53: ...the CHx Pk Pk readout equals 60 mV 9 Press SET LEVEL TO 50 as necessary to trigger the display 10 Increase the frequency of the generator output to 50 MHz TDS 310 100 MHz TDS 320 or 200 MHz 109 350 1...

Page 54: ...ource CII 2 18 Repeat steps 6 through 13 for CH 2 19 Disconnectthe test hook up from the CII 2 input connector Time Base System Checks This procedure checks those characteristics that relate to the Ma...

Page 55: ...ctory Setup OK Conf rm Factory hut 3 Set the VOLTS DIV to 500 mV 4 Press SET LEVEL TO 50 use the vertic POSITION knobto center the test signal on screen 5 Set the SEC DIV to 1 ma 6 Press HORIZONTAL ME...

Page 56: ...es check those characteristics that relate to the trigger system and are listed as checked under Warranted Characteristics in the Specifications section Check Edge Trigger Sensitivity DC Coupled Equip...

Page 57: ...Press SET LEVEL TO 50 13 Set the test signal amplitude for about one division on screen Fine adjust the generator output uritil the CII 1 Amplitude readout indicates the amplitude is 500 mV Readout ma...

Page 58: ...t steps 14 and 15 for Channel 2 22 Press TRIGGER MENU Source EXT iD 23 Press MEASURE Select Measrmnt Amplitude 24 Increase the generator amplitude until the amplitude measurement reads 1 5V 25 Repeat...

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