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TDS2000C Series Oscilloscope 

www.tektronix.com/tds2000 

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Although the TDS2000C provide significant on-board analysis 
capabilities, there are applications where the analysis requirements 
are better met with PC-based applications. SignalExpress Tektronix 

Edition provides advanced analysis capabilities with the ease of USB 
plug-and-play.

1. Acquire the signal.

2. Connect the oscilloscope to the PC using a USB cable.

3. Launch the 

SignalExpress TE

 program.

4. SignalExpress will open with the instrument automatically 

connected and transferring data to the PC.

5. To conduct a limit test of the signal against specified limits, select 

Add Step > Analog > Test Limit > Test

.

6. To display the histogram of the signal, select 

Add Step > 

Analog > Time-Domain Measurements > Histogram

.

Waveform Analysis Using NI SignalExpress

 Tektronix Edition Software

Summary of Contents for TDS2000C series

Page 1: ...Troubleshooting Your Design with the TDS2000C Series Oscilloscopes...

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Page 3: ...bugging Digital System Lock up 12 Test for Presence of Video Signals 13 Look for Unintentional Circuit Noise 14 15 Power Line Harmonic Analysis 16 17 Automatically Capture and Save Elusive Waveform An...

Page 4: ...s quickly helping them to establish that a problem exists allowing them to capture the problem accurately and enabling them to analyze it to determine the root cause Troubleshooting Your Design with t...

Page 5: ...ctors If using the probe hook tip ensure a proper connection by firmly twisting the tip onto the probe 3 Push PROBE CHECK 4 The oscilloscope will automatically check the probe attenuation and check th...

Page 6: ...000C Series simplifies this task with its peak detect feature Peak detect can capture narrow glitches even on low frequency signals To use the Peak Detect feature 1 Display the waveform on the screen...

Page 7: ...signal variations over time making it easier to understand the characteristics of the transients you ve captured To use Display Persistence 1 Display the waveform on the screen 2 Press the DISPLAY fro...

Page 8: ...eries pulse width trigger can help troubleshoot such situations by triggering when a signal pulse width is less than greater than equal to or not equal to a specified pulse width To use the pulse widt...

Page 9: ...measurements using cursors 1 Press the CURSOR button 2 Press the Type menu button until the Time cursor type is selected 3 Press the Cursor 1 menu button 4 To measure the timing relationship between...

Page 10: ...Series cursors can be used to make such measurements To make signal integrity measurements using cursors 1 Press the CURSOR button 2 Press the Type menu button until the Amplitude cursor type is sele...

Page 11: ...ally To make signal integrity measurements using automatic measurement system 1 Press the MEASURE front panel button 2 Press a CH1 side menu button to add an automatic measurement 3 Press the Type sid...

Page 12: ...and easily identify unexpected interruptions in the clock signal 1 Press TRIG MENU front panel button 2 Press Type side button until Pulse is selected 3 Press When until is selected 4 Using the multip...

Page 13: ...l to the oscilloscope using proper adapters and a 75 terminator if necessary 2 Press the AUTOSET front panel button 3 Press the Line Field side button to select video line triggering If a broadcast st...

Page 14: ...below Engineers and technicians can use the Fast Fourier Transform FFT to break down signals into component frequencies which the oscilloscope uses to display a graph of the frequency domain of a sig...

Page 15: ...horizontal POSITION and SCALE controls to magnify and position the FFT waveform 5 Cursors can be used to accurately measure the FFT waveform Press CURSOR 6 Press the Source menu button until MATH is s...

Page 16: ...power line To display the power line harmonics on a current waveform 1 Press the CH 1 MENU front panel button 2 Press the Probe side menu button 3 Press the Current side menu button to select current...

Page 17: ...complex display 1 Press the CURSOR front panel button 2 Press the Source side menu button until MATH is selected 3 Press the Type side menu button until Frequency is selected 4 Press the Cursor 1 side...

Page 18: ...unt or waveform violations When a failure condition occurs the oscilloscope can be set to stop acquisition or save a screen image and or waveform file to a USB device enabling complete unattended oper...

Page 19: ...nute increments up to 8 hours of total time Waveforms are time stamped and recorded to USB device and stored in CSV file format To use the data logging feature 1 Setup an appropriate trigger mode and...

Page 20: ...cumentation tasks by directly transferring screen images to your PC over USB 1 Acquire the signal 2 Connect the oscilloscope to the PC using a USB cable 3 Launch the OpenChoice Desktop program 4 Click...

Page 21: ...of documentation The easy to use TekXL toolbar simplifies data gathering and documentation tasks inside Excel 1 Acquire the signal 2 Connect the oscilloscope to the PC using a USB cable 3 Launch Exce...

Page 22: ...se of USB plug and play 1 Acquire the signal 2 Connect the oscilloscope to the PC using a USB cable 3 Launch the SignalExpress TE program 4 SignalExpress will open with the instrument automatically co...

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