The MDO Demo 1 board provides signals that you can use to show key features of Tektronix MDO4000 Series oscilloscopes.
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Preventing Electrostatic Damage
trostatic discharge (ESD) can damage components on the demo board. To prevent ESD:
Elec
ot touch exposed components or connector pins unless you are using ESD protective measures, such as wearing
Do n
an antistatic wrist strap.
Handle the demo board as little as possible.
Do not slide the demo board over any surface.
Transport and store the demo board in a static-protected bag or container.
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Installation
1. Plug the dual USB A connectors from
one end of the “
comes with your board, into two USB
ports of a PC or an oscilloscope. Do
this before p
connector from the other end of the U SB
cable into the MDO Demo 1 board.
You need to a
connectors to provide adequate power
to the demo board.
2. Plug the single B connector from the
other end of the USB cable into the demo
board. Two green and one red LEDs
on the board turn on and remain steady
when you apply adequate power to the
board.
If you plug the single B connector to the
demo board when there is just one of the
two USB A connectors attached to the
PC or oscilloscope, you may cause an
over-current (>500 mA) condition. This
can generate an error message.
Installation
T” USB cable, which
lugging the single USB B
ttach both USB A
3. Connect the MDO4000 Series
oscilloscope RF input to the MDO Demo
1 Board RF output using the N-to-BNC
Adapter (103–0045–00) and a 50 Ω coax
BNC cable.
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Installation
4. Connect one or more analog probes,
if desired, from the MDO4000 Series
oscilloscope
to the desired connector or
connectors on the Demo 1 Board.
NOTE. The Tektronix MDO Demo 1 board requires approximately 0.75 A to operate.
NOTE. The purpose of the USB cable is to provide power to the demo board. No communication occurs over the USB cable.
All available signals (except for single-shot) are present on their connectors when you apply power to the demo board.
Push the RESET button immediately after connecting power.
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Operation
The MDO4000 Series oscilloscope has six setups of product dem onstrations, all of which utilize the MDO 1 Demo Board.
Use these setups for the:
Multiple peaks demo
Spectrogram demo
VCO/PLL Turn On demo
ASK Modulation demo
Frequency Hop demo
Capture Bandwidth demo
To use these setups and see related demo instructions, do the following:
1. Push the front-panel Utility button of your
MSO4000 Series oscilloscope.
Operation
2. Push Utility Page
3. Turn multipurpose knob a and select Demo.
4. Push the desired demo from the
bottom-bezel menu.
Follow the probe setup instructions for the
related demo that now appear on the screen.
5. Push Recall Demo Setup from the side
menu to automatically setup the oscilloscope
optimally for the demo.
6. Push the button marked Mode on the
MDO Demo 1 Board as many times as
needed to light up the red LED on the board
corresponding to the demo you wish to run.
Utility
Page
Demo
Utility
Page
Demo
Multiple
Peaks
Spectro-
gram
VCO/PLL
Turn On
ASK
Modulation
Frequency
Hop
Capture
Bandwidth
The board does the following, depending on the mode selected:
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Operation
CW (Continuous Wave) Demo
The RF output connector generates a CW signal at 2.4 GHz.
The red LED labeled “CW” at grid location B11 turns on.
NOTE. There is no corresponding demo setup in the oscilloscope for this mode.
Multiple Peaks Demo
The RF output connector generates an array of frequencies, which are centered around 2.4 GHz, to show the ability of
the MDO4000 Series oscilloscopes to dynamically mark each peak in the frequency domain with its exact frequency
and amplit
ude.
The red LED
labeled “Multiple Peaks” at grid location B11 turns on.
Spectrogram Demo
The RF output connector generates an array of frequencies, which are centered around 2.4 GHz and are both amplitude and
frequency modulated, to show the value of the Spectrogram function on slowly changing RF phenomena.
The red LED labeled “Spectrogram” at grid location B11 turns on.
VCO/PLL Turn On Demo
The RF output connector, VCO-1 Enable loop, and PLL-1 Voltage loop, and the SPI, CLK, SPO_SS_1, and SPO_MOSI
pin connectors generate signals that show the interaction between the control signals and the latency of the RF
square
output turning on and tuning to the desired frequency. Use this mode with the VCO-1 On/Off push button, which toggles
the state of the VCO-1 on and off.
The red LED labeled “VCO/PLL-1 Turn On” at grid B11 turns on.
ASK M
The RF output connector generates an RF signal, which is centered at 2.4 GH,z and is amplitude-modulated by a control
signal that turns the RF output on and off. View the control signal and a trigger signal by connecting analog channels to the
ASK_MOD probe loop and the Trigger loop.
odulation Demo
The red LED labeled “ASK Modulation” at grid B12 turns on.
Frequency Hop Demo
The RF output connector generates three frequency steps. These are centered at 2.4 G Hz and step up and down 3 MHz from
e CF (center frequency). By using the built-in RF Frequency versus Time function of the MDO4000 Series oscilloscopes,
th
you can see the frequency hop represented as a real-time waveform in the time domain.
The red LED labeled “Frequency Hop” at grid B12 turns on.
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Capture BW Demo
The RF output connector generates both a 2.4 GHz signal and a 900 MHz signal simultaneously to show the broad
frequency capture capability.
The red LED labeled “Capture BW” at grid B12 turns on.
Signal D escriptions
Signal Descript
ions
The followi
up the connector grid location in the following S ignal Descriptions section and use the grid location information to find the
signal on the demo board.
ng diagram includes a grid to help you locate signal outputs. To find a particular signal output on the board, look
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Signal Descript
ions
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2nsPulse
Board label: 2NS_PULSE
Grid location: A8
Description: This signal is a 2 ns to 3 ns, 2.5 V pulse at a 3.3 ms repetition rate. Use this signal to show the minimum pulse
width capture specification of an instrument digital acquisition system.
2 ns Pulse Trigger
Board label: 2NS_TRIG
Grid locati
Description: This is the trigger edge signal for the 2 ns pulse. A falling edge on this signal occurs approximately 5 ns
before the 2 ns pulse.
on: A8
40 MHz
Board label: 40_MHZ
Grid location: A8
Signal Descript
ions
Description: This is a 40 MHz square wave signal.
AM Modulation
Board label: AM_MOD
Grid location: A4
Description: This is a 1.25 MHz carrier amplitude signal modulated by a 1.25 kHz sine wave signal.
The AM Mod signal is centered around ground.
Set the oscilloscope trigger level to either the top or bottom of the waveform to stabilize it on the display.
ASK_MOD
Board label: ASK_MOD
d location: F12, H11
Gri
Description: This is a digital modulation signal that is used to amplitude modulate the RF output when the board is in the
ASK Modulation demo mode. When it is high, the RF is on. When it is low, the RF is off
ption: These signals are the input to the DAC. These are also the 8-bit parallel output signals of the port expander
Descri
in the middle of the mixed signal chain. The sine wave data from the SPI bus is converted to 8 parallel bits to drive the
DAC. DAC_IN0 is the LSB. (See Figure 1.)
See the SPI Bus description for packet details.
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DAC Output
Board label: DAC_OUT
Grid location: H3
Description: This is the output of the DAC at the end of the mixed signal chain. The DAC is driven from the port expander.
The DAC output is a sine wave. Since the output is not filtered, the digitizing levels are present in the output waveform.
(See Figure 1.)
The resulting DAC voltage is a sine wave with an amplitude 0 to 3 volts, and a period of 31 ms.
Description: These FlexRay signals consist of the following test points:
FlexRay_BP, the positive half of a differential FlexRay bus
FlexRay_BM, the negative half of a differential FlexRay bus
FlexRay_Rx/Tx, the single-ended logic signal between the controller and the transceiver
The data rate is at 10 Mb/s. The swing is 0 to 3.3 V. Tri-state is at 1.65 V (BP and BM only). There are 15 individual
198-bit long frames.
Frequent Anomaly
abel: FREQ_ANOMALY
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Grid location: A9
Description: There are two frequently occurring anomalies in this pulse train.
A half height runt signal occurs approximately every 104.8 ms. Use a Runt trigger to isolate the signal.
A 25 ns (narrow) pulse appears approximately every 104.8 ms. Use a Pulse Width trigger to isolate the signal.
The pulse train is a repeating group of three pulses. The three pulses are 100 ns, 200 ns, and 100 ns wide, with a 100 ns low
between. The group repeats at a 1.6 μs rate.
The anomaly is a group of four pulses. The four pulses are 100 ns, 50 ns (narrow), 100 ns (runt), and 100 ns wide, with a
ns low between, except for a 50 ns low before the runt.
Description: These are the SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) serial bus signals. (See Figure 1.)
The SPI bus works as follows:
SCLK rising edge clock
Active Low SS
Active High MOSI data
This is the beginning of the mixed signal chain. See the descriptions of these signals: DAC Input, Parallel and DAC Output.
Packets occur approximately every 500 μs. The SPI packet contents are transferred to the Parallel DAC Input bus at the end
of the packet. The Parallel DAC Input bus then changes the vo
Description: These identical step edge (rising edge) signals, when used together, let you show different probe loading
effects. Connect two different probes simultaneously, with one on Step Edge X and the other on Step Edge Y, and compare
the rise times from each probe for these identical signals.
For example, if you put a low input capacitance probe, like the Tektronix TPP1000, on one of these signals and an alternative,
higher input capacitance probe, like the Tektronix P6139A, on the other signal, capture the waveforms on an oscilloscope and
then overlay the two captured signals, the waveform from the lower input capacitance TPP1000 will show a faster rise time.
TRIGGER
Board label: TRIGGER
Grid location: G12, H11
Description: This signal acts as a trigger reference for the ASK Modulation, Frequency Hop, and Capture BW
demonstr
ations. It provides a short positive pulse at the start of the event of interest.