User Manual TDS 200-Series Digital Real-Time Oscilloscope 071-0398-03 This document supports firmware version FV:v1.00 and above. www.tektronix.com Copyright © Tektronix, Inc. All rights reserved. Tektronix products are covered by U.S. and foreign patents, issued and pending. Information in this publication supercedes that in all previously published material. Specifications and price change privileges reserved. Tektronix, Inc., P.O. Box 500, Beaverton, OR 97077 TEKTRONIX and TEK are registered trademarks of Tektronix, Inc. WARRANTY SUMMARY (TDS 200-Series Digitizing Oscilloscope) Tektronix warrants that the products that it manufactures and sells will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of three (3) years from the date of shipment from an authorized Tektronix distributor. If a product or CRT proves defective within the respective period, Tektronix will provide repair or replacement as described in the complete warranty statement. To arrange for service or obtain a copy of the complete warranty statement, please contact your nearest Tektronix sales and service office. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUMMARY OR THE APPLICABLE WARRANTY STATEMENT, TEKTRONIX MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL TEKTRONIX BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. WARRANTY SUMMARY (P2100 Probe) Tektronix warrants that the products that it manufactures and sells will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the date of shipment. If a product proves defective within the respective period, Tektronix will provide repair or replacement as described in the complete warranty statement. To arrange for service or obtain a copy of the complete warranty statement, please contact your nearest Tektronix sales and service office. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUMMARY OR THE APPLICABLE WARRANTY STATEMENT, TEKTRONIX MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL TEKTRONIX BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. Table of Contents General Safety Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Contacting Tektronix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Product End-of-Life Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Power Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Security Loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Extension Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Functional Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Probe Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Self Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Probe Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Probe Attenuation Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Basic Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Triggering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holdoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slope and Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Acquiring Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Acquisition Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Time Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scaling and Positioning Waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vertical Scale and Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Horizontal Scale and Position; Pretrigger Information . . . . Taking Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graticule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cursors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Automated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Up the Oscilloscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Autoset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving a Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recalling a Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defaults (Factory Setup) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v vii viii 1 2 3 3 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 10 11 11 13 14 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 20 20 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 TDS 200-Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual i Table of Contents Operating Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Display Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Menu System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Circular List Menu Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Action Button Menu Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Radio Button Menu Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page Selection Menu Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Waveform Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vertical Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Horizontal Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trigger Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Menu and Control Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taking Simple Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Autoset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taking Automatic Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Measuring Two Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taking Cursor Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Measuring Pulse Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Measuring Rise Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Measuring Ring Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Measuring Ring Amplitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Analyzing Signal Detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Looking at a Noisy Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Separating the Signal from Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Capturing a Single-Shot Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Optimizing the Acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Measuring Propagation Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Triggering on a Video Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Triggering on Video Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Triggering on Video Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Window Function to See Waveform Details . . . . Triggering on Odd or Even Video Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Analyzing a Differential Communication Signal . . . . . . . . . . . TDS 210 and TDS 220 (Firmware V 2.00 and Above), and TDS 224 (All Versions) Oscilloscopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TDS 210 and TDS 220 Oscilloscopes (Firmware Below V 2.00) without a TDS2MM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TDS 210 and TDS 220 Oscilloscopes (Firmware Below V 2.00) with a TDS2MM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing Impedance Changes in a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 24 26 26 27 27 27 28 29 31 32 33 35 37 38 38 39 40 42 42 43 45 46 47 47 48 49 50 51 53 54 54 55 57 60 61 62 62 63 ii TDS 200-Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Table of Contents Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Acquire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Autoset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cursors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Horizontal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TDS 210 and TDS 220 (Firmware V 2.00 and Above) and TDS 224 (All Versions) Oscilloscopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , TDS 210 and TDS 220 Oscilloscopes (Firmware Below V 2.00) without a TDS2MM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TDS 210 and TDS 220 Oscilloscopes (Firmware Below V 2.00) with a TDS2MM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Save/Recall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trigger Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vertical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hard Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix A: Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix B: Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix C: General Care and Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 66 70 71 72 74 76 76 77 77 79 81 83 87 89 90 91 103 107 109 115 TDS 200-Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual iii Table of Contents iv TDS 200-Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual General Safety Summary Review the following safety precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage to this product or any products connected to it. To avoid potential hazards, use this product only as specified. Only qualified personnel should perform service procedures. To Avoid Fire or Personal Injury Use Proper Power Cord. Use only the power cord specified for this product and certified for the country of use. Connect and Disconnect Properly. Do not connect or disconnect probes or test leads while they are connected to a voltage source. Ground the Product. This product is grounded through the grounding conductor of the power cord. To avoid electric shock, the grounding conductor must be connected to earth ground. Before making connections to the input or output terminals of the product, ensure that the product is properly grounded. Connect the Probe Properly. The probe ground lead is at ground potential. Do not connect the ground lead to an elevated voltage. Observe All Terminal Ratings. To avoid fire or shock hazard, observe all ratings and marking on the product. Consult the product manual for further ratings information before making connections to the product. Do Not Operate Without Covers. Do not operate this product with covers or panels removed. Use Proper Fuse. Use only the fuse type and rating specified for this product. Avoid Exposed Circuitry. Do not touch exposed connections and components when power is present. Do Not Operate With Suspected Failures. If you suspect there is damage to this product, have it inspected by qualified service personnel. Provide Proper Ventilation. Refer ...