TEK TDS540C Monochrome InstaVu™ Acquisition Oscilloscope

Features

• Be Confident You're Seeing Actual Signals with 500 MHz Bandwidth and ±1% Accuracy
• InstaVu Acquisition Lets You Find Elusive Infrequent Glitches Instantly with Highest Waveform Capture Rate Available on a DSO.
• Connect and Acquire Four Channels Simultaneously with Full 1 mV to 10 V/div Sensitivity
• Speed up Your Circuit Analysis with 29 Built in Automatic Measurements, Waveform Histograms and Measurement Statistics
• Easily Trigger on Error-causing Conditions with a Full Complement of Advanced Trigger Modes
• Capture Transient Events to the Full Scope Bandwidth with its 2 GS/s max Sample Rate

Applications

• Digital and Analog Design
• Prototype Debug
• Research and Development

The Tektronix TDS 540C combines the high performance and ease of use of the familiar TDS oscilloscopes to provide the most comprehensive debug and measurement solutions for engineers who need to connect to, capture, and characterize their complex, high-speed electronic designs.

Specifications

VERTICAL SYSTEM

Bandwidth - DC to 500 MHz^*1.

Input Channels - TDS 540C: 4.

Maximum Real-Time Sample Rate -

TDS 540C:

1 channel: 2 GS/s.

2 channels: 1 GS/s.

3 and 4 channels: 500 MS/s.

Equivalent-Time Sample Rate - 100 GS/s max.

Max Sample-Rate Window - 4 ms.

Sensitivity - 1 mV to 10 V/div (1 mV to 1 V/div in 50 Ohm mode).

DC Gain Accuracy - ± 1%.

Vertical Resolution - 8 bits (256 levels over 10.25 div), >13 bits with HiRes, 11 bits with averaging.

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

Maximum Input Voltage - 300V CAT II - ± 400 V peak.

*1 >/= 2 mV/div in 50 Ohm mode.

TIME BASE SYSTEM

Time Basesm - Main, Delayed.

Time/Div Range - 500 ps to 10 s/div.

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

ACQUISITION SYSTEM

Acquisition Modes - InstaVu^TM, Peak Detect, Sample, Single-Sequence, Envelope, Average, HiRes, FastFrame^TM.

Record Length - 50 K/channel standard. Up to 500K on one channel optional.

TRIGGER SYSTEM

Trigger Types - Edge, Logic (pattern, state, setup/hold), Pulse (glitch, runt, width, slew rate, timeout).

MEASUREMENT SYSTEM

Automatic Measurements - 29 (on up to 500 K waveform or in gated region).

Measurement Statistics - Minimum, maximum, mean, standard deviation.

Cursor Measurements - Absolute and delta: volts, time, and frequency.

Advanced Waveform Functions - FFT (optional), Limit testing, Waveform histograms.

STORAGE

Floppy Drive - 3.5-in. DOS compatible.

DISPLAY SYSTEM

Monitor - 7-in. monochrome 640 X 480 VGA.

OUTPUTS

VGA Out - Monochrome.

Computer Interface - GPIB.

Hardcopy Ports - GPIB, RS-232, Centronics.

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

POWER

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

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Dimensions	mm	in.
Height	193	7.6
Width	445	17.5
Depth	432	17
Weight	kg	lb.
Net	14.1	31

SAFETY CERTIFICATION

UL 3111-1, CSA-22.2 No. 1010.1.

Ordering Information

TEK TDS540C/GP Acquisition Oscilloscope, 500 MHz InstaView
TEK TDS 540C/XL Adds Advanced Math and 500K Record Length