Tektronix TDS6804B, TDS6604B Reference manual

Reference

TDS6000B Series
Digital Storage Oscilloscopes

071-1490-00

*P071149000*

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To Use the Front Panel

You can use the dedicated front-panel knobs and but tons to do the most commonly performed operations.

Turn INTENSIT Y to adjust waveform intensity.

CURSORS to turn cursors on and off.

Push

PRINT to make a hard copy.

Push

Push

DEFAULT SETUP to return settings to the

default values.

AUTOSET to quickly set the vertical,

Push

horizontal, and trigger controls for a

Use the multipurpose knobs to control

parameters selected from the screen interface.

Push a

FINE button to make small changes with

usable display.

a multipurpose knob.

Push to turn the touch screen on and off.

Push

MulitView Zoomt to add a magnified

graticule to the display. Push the HORIZ or VERT

button to select the axis that you want to

magnify.

Use these knobs and buttons to set horizontal

SCALE and POSITION for the waveforms. Push

DELAY to turn on horizontal delay, and then

use POSITION to set the delay time. Adjust

RESOLUTION to change the number of

acquired points in the waveform.

Use these knobs and buttons to set the basic

trigger parameters. Push

ADVANCED to display

a menu of Pinpointt trigger functions.

Use these buttons to start and stop

acquisition or start a single acquisition

sequence. The ARM, READY, and TRIG’D

lights show the acquisition status.

Turn channel displays on and off, and adjust the

channel

POSITION and SCALE using dedicated

knobs and buttons.

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To Use the Screen Interface

You can control all oscilloscope functions except the power switch using only the screen interface.

Choose the Toolbar

Touch a button in the toolbar to display a

control window at the bottom of the displ ay.

Touch a screen control to change a setting.

Touch a numerical control to assign that control

to a multipurpose knob. Turn the mul tipurpose

knob to adjust the parameter value.

Touch here to change to

Touch here to
change to menu
bar operation.

toolbar operation.

Choose the Menu Bar

Use some menu items to

display a control window at the

bottom or side of the display.

Use some menu items to

directly change settings.

Touch here to close a

control window.

More Operating Tips:

H Use the touch screen to control the oscilloscope when bench space is

unavailable, such as on a cart or in an equipment rack.

H Plug in a mouse and keyboard if you have the bench space to use them. You can

plug in a USB mouse or keyboard anytime, even while the oscilloscope is
running.

H Use the menu bar to access PC-related functions, such as Page Setup, Export,

and Copy.

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To Display a Waveform

Attach a probe to CH 1 and connect the probe

to your signal.

Push CH 1 if channel 1 is not

already displayed.

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TDS6000B Series

CH 1

Operating Tip:

H To Autoset multiple channels, turn on the desired

channels then press Autoset.

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Push AUTOSET.

Adjust VERTICAL and HORIZONTAL

POSITION

Adjust RESOLUTION to change the record

length and sample rate. You can acquire

more samples in the waveform to see more

detail or acquire fewer samples with a

and SCALE if necessary to

optimize the display.

faster update rate.

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Adjust INTENSITY to change the

brightness, vector fill, and display

persistence of acquired points.

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To See More Waveform Detail

Use MultiView Zoom

Push the MultiView ZOOMt button to display a

zoom graticule, display zoom on zoom, and

create up to 4 zoomed views of a waveform.

Push the HORIZ button or the VERT button

to select the axis to magnify in the zoom

graticule. Use the multipurpose knobs to

adjust the position and magnification

factor of the zoomed waveform.

You can also set up a MultiView Zoom

graticule from the screen interface. First

touch and drag across the segment of the

waveform that you want to see in greater

detail.

Then select a MultiView Zoom mode from the

drop-down list to magnify the highlighted

waveform segment.

Use the MultiView Zoom function to magnify an acquisition vertically, horizont ally, or
in both waveform dimensions. POSITION or FACTOR changes that you make to the
MultiView Zoom graticule affect only the zoom display, not the actual acquired
waveform. You can select and lock together waveforms, and then scroll them
automatically.

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Main graticule

MultiView Zoom

graticule

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Use Horizontal Delay

Push the front-panel DELAY button.

Adjust the delay time with the horizontal

POSITION control, or enter the delay time

in the control window.

Adjust the horizontal SCALE to acquire

the detail you need around the delay

expansion point.

More Operating Tips:

Use horizontal
the trigger location by a significant int erval of time.

Trigger point

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DELAY to acquire waveform detail in a region that is separated from

Acquired waveform

Delay time

Expansion point

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H You can use MultiView Zoom and Horizontal Delay together to magnify a delayed

acquisition. You can adjust the size of the zoom window to; 50, 80, or 100% from
Vertical Zoom setup.

H Toggle Horizontal Delay on and off to quickl y compare signal details at two

different areas of interest, one near the trigger location and the other centered at
the delay time.

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To Choose an Acquisition Mode

Select Horizontal/Acquisition Setup. . . in

the Horiz/Acq menu or touch the Horiz

button; then open the Acquisition tab.

Select an acquisition mode in the

horizontal/acquisition control window.

For Average or Envelope acquisition modes,

touch the # of Wfms control and then set the
number of waveforms with the multipurpose
knob. You can also double-touch the control

and use the pop-up keypad.

How the Acquisition

Modes Work

Sample mode retains one sampled point from

each acquisition interval.

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acquisition interval =

Interval 1 2 3 4 Interval 1 2 3 4

record duration

number of points in record

Sample

Displayed record points (at

maximum horizontal magnification)

Waveform Data Base mode takes an ensemble

of acquisitions that is best for accurate eye

pattern measurements.

Peak Detect mode uses the highest and

lowest of all the samples contained in two

consecutive acquisition intervals.

Hi Res mode calculates the average of all

the samples for each acquisition interval.

Envelope mode finds highest and lowest record

points over many acquisitions. Envelope uses

Peak Detect for each individual acquisition.

Average mode calculates the average value for

each record point over many acquisitions.

Average uses Sample mode for each individual

acquisition.

Peak Detect

Hi Res

Three acquisitions from one source

Acquisition 1 2 3

Max

WfmDB

Max

MinMin

Envelope

Average

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