Tektronix TDS 500B, TDS 600B, TDS 700A User Manual

Reference

TDS 500B, TDS 600B & TDS 700A
Digitizing Oscilloscopes

070-9382-01

To Display a Waveform:

To Preview a Waveform:

Attach a probe to CH 1

1234

and hook the probe to your
signal.

Press
CH 1.

Press

AUTOSET.

Adjust VERTICAL and HORIZONTAL
POSITION and SCALE.

Press ZOOM.

1

Press Mode in the main menu. Then press Preview
in the side menu to turn on Dual Window Zoom.

2

Upper graticule zooms the boxed area

on the selected waveform.

Lower graticule displays the selected waveform

unzoomed with the zoomed area in box.

Device Under

Test

Use the Selected Graticule menu to select the upper
or lower waveform. Use the vertical and horizontal

knobs to adjust the waveform in the graticule you select.3

To Capture Infrequent Events (TDS 500B & 700A Models):

Press InstaVu to toggle between InstaVu and
Normal waveform capture rates.

When in InstaVu mode:

 Waveforms displayed are updated thousands of

times faster than normal.

 Very brief changes in waveforms are captured.
 Certain features, such as Limit Testing, Math

Waveforms, Zoom, and record lengths longer than
500 points, are not available.

Copyright  Tektronix, Inc., 1995. Printed in U.S.A.