Tektronix TLA 714, Service Manual

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TLA 714 Color Portable Mainframe Service Manual
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Specifications
This chapter provides a brief product description and lists the warranted
characteristics, nominal traits, and typical characteristics of the portable
mainframe.
Product Description
The portable mainframe is the base component of a customer-configurable
portable instrument. It can function as a logic analyzer, a digital storage
oscilloscope, or both, depending on the module cards installed in its slots. The
portable mainframe has the following features:
H
Microsoft Windows operating system
H
Standard PC I/O ports, two PCMCIA PC card slots, two USB ports, and a
PC-based 266 MHz Intel Pentium with MMX processor architecture that
provides automatic connectivity to numerous off-the-shelf I/O devices
(Ethernet, modem, printers, etc.)
H
Display system provides internal color flat-panel LCD display and an
external SVGA port capable of driving large, high-resolution external
monitors
H
Four backplane slots provide compatibility with TLA 700 Series instrument
modules
H
Precision clock, bus trigger line, and event signaling between the mainframe
and instrument modules supports real-time triggering, sequencing, and time
correlation of events
H
Mainframe compatible with international power standards, certified to
international safety and EMC requirements, and tested to rugged environ-
mental standards