Tektronix TDS500C, TDS600B,TDS700C Reference manual

Reference

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

070-9861-00

To Display a Waveform:

1234

Attach a probe to CH 1
and hook the probe to your
signal.

Press
CH 1.

Press

AUTOSET.

Adjust VERTICAL and HORIZONTAL
POSITION and SCALE.

To Preview a Waveform:

1

Press ZOOM.

2

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

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

3

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.

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

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

When in InstaVu mode:
H Waveforms displayed are updated thousands of times

faster than normal.

H Very brief changes in waveforms are captured.
H Certain features, such as Limit Testing, Math Waveforms, Zoom, and

record lengths longer than 500 points, are not available.

Copyright E Tektronix, Inc., 1997. Printed in U.S.A.