TEK TDS510A Digitizing Oscilloscope

Features

TDS 510A

The TDS 510A Digital Oscilloscope is a full featured, cost effective, versatile oscilloscope which meets the measurement requirements for general purpose research and design. Its industry-preferred graphical user interface makes it easy to learn and efficient to use. The TDS 510A advanced trigger capability allows the user to trigger and view signals in a wide variety of simple as well as complex design and analysis settings. With four channels, 50 K-points per channel record length, and powerful waveform acquisition modes, the TDS 510A can satisfy most complex design, debug, and analysis requirements.

A full complement of graphical and digital output formats provides report generation and documentation of measurement results. These output formats are compatible with popular word-processor applications. Output interfaces include an integral floppy disk drive, GPIB, RS232C, and Centronics.

The most complete selection of active and passive probes facilitates measuring virtually any voltage or current waveform. Probe types include active and passive voltage probes, differential voltage probes for high and low voltages, and current probes. When used with the TDS 510A, these probes automatically provide correct scaling and engineering-unit readout for voltage, current, and power waveforms. You can tailor the TDS 510A to your specific measurement environment by using the appropriate probes and accessories. This powerful combination makes the TDS 510A the ideal instrument choice for low power, medical electronics, bio-physical, automotive, and general-purpose electronic design and development.

Specifications

Vertical System

Bandwidth - 500 MHz.*¹

Channels - Four.

Waveform Capture Rate - 150 waveforms/s.

Max Sample Rate -
1 and 2 Channels: 500 MS/s.
4 Channels: 250 Ms/s.

Sensitivity - 1 mV to 10 V/div.

Position Range - ±5 divisions.

Offset -
1 to 99.5 mV/div: ±1 V.
100 to 995 mV/div: ±10 V.
1 to 10 V/div: ±100 V.

DC Gain Accuracy - ±1%.

Vertical Resolution - 8-Bits.

Analog Bandwidth Selections - 20 MHz, 100 MHz, and Full.

Input Coupling - AC, DC, or GND.

Input Impedance Selections -
1 megaohm in parallel with 10 pF, or 50 Ohm (AC and DC coupling).

Maximum Input Voltage - 300 V CAT II; ±400 V (peak). Derate at 20 dB/decade above 1 MHz. 1 megaohm or GND coupled.

Channel Isolation - >100:1 at 100 MHz;>30:1 at BW for any two channels with equal V/div settings.

AC Coupled LF Limit -
AC 1 megaohm coupled: </=10 Hz.
AC 50 Ohm coupled: </=200 kHz.

*¹ 500 MHz typical at probe tip with P6139A probe.

Time Bases - Main, Delayed.

Time/Div Range - 500 ps to 10 s/div.

Time Base Accuracy - ±25 ppm over any interval >/=1 ms.

Record Length - 50 K points.

Pre-Trigger Position - 0 to 100% of record.

Acquisition Modes - Sample, Single Sequence, Average, Envelope, Hi-Res, Peak Detect.

Trigger Types - Edge (Main and Delayed), Pulse (Width, Glitch, and Runt), Logic (Pattern and State), Video - Opt. 05 (NTSC, PAL, HDTV, FlexFormat^TM).

Main Trigger Modes - Auto, Normal, Single.

Delay Trigger Modes - Delay by time, events, or events and time.

Waveforms - Four full 50 K point records.

Setups - 10 front-panel setups.

Monitor - 7 in., 640 x 480, monochrome.

Waveform Style - Dots or vectors, infinite and variable persistence.

Display Formats - YT, XY Zoom, Fit to Screen.

Advanced Waveform Functions - FFT, Differentiation, Integration (Option 2F), Limit Testing.

Cursor Measurements - Absolute, Delta; volts, time, frequency. NTSC IRE units and line number with video trigger (Option 05).

Waveform Functions - Interpolation (sin(x)/x or linear), Average, Envelope, Autosetup.

VGA Out - Monochrome.

RS-232 and Centronics - Opt. 13.

Hardcopy Formats - Epson, Thinkjet, Deskjet, Laserjet, PostScript, TIFF, PCX, BMP, DPU411/412, HPGL, Interleaf.

Power - 90 to 250 V RMS, 45 to 440 Hz, 300 W maximum.