Tektronix TDS 510A, Instruction Manual, Page: 41 / 116

Performance Tests
TDS 510A Performance Verification and Specifications
1–27
a. Select an unchecked channel:
Press WAVEFORM OFF to remove the channel just confirmed
from the display.
Press the front-panel button that corresponds to the channel you are
to confirm.
Set the generator output to 0 V.
Move the test hookup to the channel you selected.
b. Turn on the measurement Mean for the channel:
Press MEASURE, then press the main-menu button Select
Measrmnt for CHx.
Press the side-menu button more until the menu label Mean appears
in the side menu (its icon is shown at the left). Press the side-menu
button Mean.
Press CLEAR MENU.
c. Set the vertical scale: Set the vertical SCALE to one of the settings
listed in Table 1–3 that is not yet checked. (Start with the first setting
listed.)
Table 1–3: DC Voltage Measurement Accuracy
Scale
Setting
Position
Setting
(Divs)
Offset
Setting Generator
Setting
Accuracy Limits
5 mV –5 +1 V +1.040 V +1.0355 V to +1.0445 V
+5 V –1 V –1.040 V –1.0445 V to –1.0355 V
200 mV –5 +10 V +11.6 V +11.5085 V to +11.6915 V
+5 –10 V –11.6 V –11.6915 V to –11.5085 V
1 V –5 +10 V +18V +17.6075 V to +18.3925 V
+5 –10 V –18 V –18.3925 V to –17.6075 V
d. Display the test signal:
Press VERTICAL MENU. Press the main-menu button Position.
Use the keypad to set vertical position to –5 divisions (press –5, then
ENTER, on the keypad). The baseline level will move off screen.
Press the main-menu button Offset.