Tektronix 2465

       DESCRIPTION:

The 2465 Oscilloscope allows fast and precise measurements. The instrument features: ¿ 300MHz bandwidth at probe tip ¿ 500 ps/div sweep rate ¿ 2 mV/div vertical sensitivity ¿ 500MHz minimum triggering bandwidth ¿ Four independent channels

     Tektronix TDS3VM 

       DESCRIPTION:

The TDS3VM VGA Port and RS232 Interface is an accessory for the TDS3000 Series DIgital Phosphor Oscilloscopes.

Agilent/HP 83485A Optical/Electrical plug-in

 The Agilent 83485A optical/electrical plug-in module incorporates two measurement channels, one optical and one electrical. Each channel has two selectable bandwidth settings. In the lower bandwidth modes of 12.4 GHz, oscilloscope noise performance is excellent, while the 20 GHz mode allows greater fidelity for high speed signals. The Agilent 83485B optical/electrical plug-in module incorporates a 30 GHz optical measurement channel and a 40 GHz electrical channel. The electrical channel also has a reduced-bandwidth setting of 18 GHz for improved noise performance. The integrated optical channel reduces mismatch loss variation by eliminating signal distorting cables and connectors associated with the use of external receivers in order to accurately characterize optical waveforms. The Instrument at a Glance channel is calibrated at 1310 nm and 1550 nm to provide both accurate display of the received optical waveform in optical power units and measurement of the signal's average power. In addition, the User Cal feature provides for consistent accuracy at any wavelength between 1200 nm and 1600 nm using a source and power meter. The Agilent 83485A optical/electrical plug-in module also is a calibrated SONET/SDH reference receiver that is measured to comply to ITU-TS (formerly CCITT) G.957 and Bellcore GR-253-CORE frequency response requirements for transmitter compliance testing. By either pressing a front-panel button or issuing an GPIB command, a fourth-order Bessel-Thomson filter is inserted into or removed from the measurement channel by a very repeatable Agilent microwave switch. The switch removes the potential variability and the time wasted by manually inserting and removing the filter when alternating between high-fidelity waveform characterization and SONET/SDH compliance testing. The Agilent 83485B optical/electrical plug-in module includes a reference receiver path, similar to the Agilent 83485A, for 10 Gb/s transmitter test. Although no industry standards exist for 10 Gb/s testing, the Agilent 83485B has been designed to meet anticipated future standards.

Agilent 54659B Measurement Storage Module

for the 5600b Series Oscilloscopes

The Agilent 54659B RS-232 & Parallel Measurement Storage Module is compatible with Agilent 54600B-series scopes and the Agilent 54645A/D. The Agilent 54659B can be used with the Agilent 54620A/C logic analyzers for I/0 only.

Need to analyze signals via RS-232 or parallel in the frequency domain with FFT? Need more nonvolative waveform memory? This 54659B is the module you need for your Agilent 54600-series scope.

Features

• FFT feature allows you to analyze your signal in the frequency domain
• Adds an RS-232 & parallel interface and remote programming capability
• Can store up to 100 traces in nonvolatile memory
• Adds unattended waveform monitoring -- can store out-of-limit traces

   The Agilent 54657A, 54658A, and 54659B Measurement/Storage Modules provide additional measurement and storage capabilities to the Agilent 54600¿Series oscilloscopes. The 54657A has a GPIB interface and the 54658A has a RS-232 interface. The 54659B has a RS-232 interface plus an additional parallel output  connector which allows the module to be connected to both an RS-232 controller and a parallel printer at the same time. The main features are:

• Full Programmability.

• Hardcopy output.

• Three additional automatic voltage measurements (amplitude, preshoot, and overshoot).

• Two additional automatic time measurements (delay and phase angle). User defined measurement thresholds of 10%/90%, 20%/80%, or selected voltage levels.

• Two additional cursor measurements (voltage in percent and time in degrees).

• Two additional cursor measurement sources (math function 1 and 2).

• Waveform math functions (addition, subtraction, multiplication, differentiation, integration, and FFT)

• Time and date tagging of hard copy and and nonvolatile memories.

• Three uncompressed nonvolatile trace memories.

• Additional 64K of nonvolatile trace memory (with data compression) for up to 97 more trace memories..

• Unattended waveform monitoring by use of mask templates.

• Built-in automatic mask generation and mask editing capabilities.

Agilent 54753A TDR plug-in module

The Agilent 54753A plug-in provides a 20-GHz channel and an 18-GHz channel for the Agilent 86100A Infiniium DCA. This plug-in has a built-in TDR step generator. The addition of the second vertical channel provides capability of performing single-ended TDT measurements as well as TDR measurements.

• Automatic and manual single-ended TDR and TDT measurement capability
• Automatic and manual waveform, histogram, FFT, waveform math, eye pattern measurements, statistical measurements, and limit testing capabilities.
• User selectable 12.4 or 18 GHz bandwidth (Channel 1).
• User selectable 12.4 or 20 GHz bandwidth (Channel 2).
• 2.5 GHz bandwidth trigger channel.
• 3.5 mm (m) connectors.

The HP 54753A is a two-channel vertical plug-in with a TDR step generator built into channel one. The bandwidth of the TDR/vertical channel is 18 GHZ. The bandwidth of channel two is 20 GHz. The step generator provides a 200 mV TDR step with a system rise time of <45 ps. The system has the ability to normalize the TDR by applying a digital filter. Normalization removes errors caused by loss or imperfect launchers or cables. The rise time of the normalization filter may be varied to allow you to simulate the edge speeds found in your system. You may also push the rise time up to 10 ps. Unlike the HP 54120 series, the normalization filter when activated processes every acquisition so you see changes as the DUT is adjusted. The HP 54753A provides support for external step generators such as the PicoSecond Pulse Labs 4015C.

Agilent 54825A 500 Mhz Oscilloscope

 The 54825A Infiniium Oscilloscope provides the performance you need for your most demanding signals. 500MHz bandwidth and a sample rate of up to 2 GSa/s ensure fast, accurate capture of your waveforms. Like the other Infiniium models, the 54825A¿s easy, familiar user interface makes it easy to take advantage of every bit of the performance inside. Features include: 500MHz bandwidth, 4-channels, 2GSa/s sample rates, simple, analog-like front panel, Windows98 based graphical user interface, built-in information system, built-in 120MB floppy disk, LAN printing and file sharing, eye diagrams and mask testing.

Features

• Simple, analog-like front panel with Windows® GUI
• USB Test option with embedded MatLab
• Time correlation between 16700 logic analyzer and scope
• Communications mask test kit option
• Voice Control option for hands free operation
• Web-enabled remote control from any web browser
• Email on trigger

The Agilent Infiniium family's 54825A oscilloscope 4 channel, 500 MHz, 2 GSa/s offers the versatility and performance you need for general purpose design and troubleshooting. 4 channels, 500 MHz bandwidth, and a sample rate of 2 GSa/s on all channels simultaneously ensures fast, accurate capture of your waveforms. Like the other Infiniium models, the Agilent 54825A's easy, familiar user interface makes it easy to take advantage of the performance inside. Key Features and Specifications Simple, analog-like front panel with Windows® GUI USB Test option with embedded MatLab Time correlation between 16700 logic analyzer and scope Communications mask test kit option Voice Control option for hands free operation Web-enabled remote control from any web browser Email on trigger 

Simple Analog-Like Front Panel

Infiniium oscilloscopes give you the simple, uncluttered front panel of an analog scope for accessing basic functions. Dedicated scale and position knobs for each channel provide intuitive operation. Trigger LEDs show you trigger status at a glance. To speed up measurements, the QuickMeas+ key gives you instant access to any four measurements or and four preselected functions.

Convenient Data Sharing

Infiniium scopes offer the tools you need to document and share your results. It takes just a few mouse clicks to save waveforms and screen bit maps to the 5 GByte hard drive, the 120 MByte SuperDisk floppy disk drive, or a drive on your network. LAN connectivity also lets you print your results to networked printers.

Agilent 54845A Infiniium Oscilloscope 4 Channels 1.5 GHz up to 8 GSa/s

Rent me for $1000 a month

 The Infiniium family's Agilent 54845A provides the performance you need for your most demanding signals. 1.5 GHz bandwidth and a sample rate of up to 8 GSa/s ensure fast, accurate capture of your waveforms. Like the other Infiniium models, the Agilent 54845A's easy, familiar user interface makes it easy to take advantage of every bit of the performance inside. Features Simple, analog-like front panel with Windows® GUI USB Test option with embedded MatLab Time correlation between 16700 logic analyzer and scope Communications mask test kit option Voice Control option for hands free operation Web-enabled remote control from any web browser Email on trigger The Infiniium Oscilloscope front panel has been designed to give you direct access to the functions needed to perform the most common measurements needed in troubleshooting, using a traditional oscilloscope interface. Knobs and keys are included to enable direct setting of vertical and horizontal parameters. In addi tion, the front panel has a set of LED (Light-Emitting Diode) indicators; by using these and the display, you can assess the configuration of the oscilloscope at a glance¿there is no need to enter a series of keystrokes to navigate through complex menus. The Infiniium 54845A Oscilloscope uses color consistently throughout the front panel and user interface. For example, the color of the knob for channel 1 is the same color as the waveform for channel 1. All the configuration items and values related to channel 1 are displayed in the same color.

Features

• Simple, analog-like front panel with Windows® GUI
• USB Test option with embedded MatLab
• Time correlation between 16700 logic analyzer and scope
• Communications mask test kit option
• Voice Control option for hands free operation
• Web-enabled remote control from any web browser
• Email on trigger

View and Trigger on up to 4 Analog and 16 Digital Channels

With the Agilent 54830D Series of Mixed-Signal Oscilloscopes (MSOs), you can easily view the complex relationships of your analog and digital signals, as well as the analog characteristics of digital signals. If your embedded designs include complex digital buses such as PCI or SDRAM, the 54830D Series of MSOs allow you to easily trigger on and view up to 20 time-aligned analog and digital signals to isolate problems and cycles of interest.

Industry-Leading Deep Memory with Instant Response

With up to 128 Mpts of acquisition memory, the Agilent 54830 Series of MSOs and DSOs offers superior resolution when capturing long, complex waveforms. But a deep-memory scope doesn¿t have to be difficult to use.

Agilent/HP 83480A Digital Communications Analyzer

Rent me for $500 a month

The Agilent/HP 83480A is a modular platform that accepts up to two plug-in modules. Integrated optical channels include calibrated reference receivers for 155, 622, 1063, 1250, 2488, and 9953 Mbit/s SDH/SONET, Fibre Channel, or Gbit Ethernet transmitter test. Electrical channels have up to 50 GHz bandwidths. TDR and TDT modules are available for optimization of circuit board transmission lines. Data acquisition and measurement analysis are performed in parallel, enabling the Agilent 83480A to achieve outstanding measurement throughput. The digital communications analyzer provides fast, repeatable communications waveform performance analysis with automated pulse and eye-diagram statistical measurements. Optical or electrical conformance tests to both user-defined and industry standard eye-diagram masks or pulse templates are easily executed.

 The Agilent/HP 83480A-series digital communications analyzer and Agilent/HP 54750A-series digitizing oscilloscopes are powerful and versatile instruments designed for use in research, development, production and evaluation testing in the telecommunication, data communication, RF/microwave and signal integrity areas. Data acquisition and measurement analysis are performed in parallel, enabling the instrument to achieve outstanding measurement throughput. The instrument provides fast, repeatable  communications waveform performance analysis with automated pulse and eye diagram statistical measurements. Optical or electrical conformance tests to both user-dened and industry standard eye diagram masks or pulse templates are eciently executed. The instrument is a modular platform which accepts up to two dual-channel electrical or optical measurement modules.The instrument provides you with the necessary capabilities to test and measure analog and digital circuits.

The Agilent/HP 83480A-series digital communications analyzer include these unique capabilities:

• A full range of custom and standard telecom and datacom masks and templates with automated conformance and margin testing.

• Automated extinction-ratio and q-factor measurements.

• The ability to set the timebase display to bit period, select the appropriate telecom bit rate, and enter the number of bits to be displayed.

 

Rent me for $500 a month

The Agilent 83483A electrical plug-in module provides

• User selectable 12.4 or 20 GHz bandwidth
• 2.5 GHz bandwidth trigger channel
• 3.5 mm (m) connectors

This module provides two accurate measurement channels with user-selectable bandwidths of 12.4 or 20 GHz. The lower bandwidth mode provides excellent oscilloscope noise performance for accurate measurement of small signals. The high bandwidth mode provides high-fidelity measurement and display of very high-speed waveforms.

The purpose of the plug-in module
The purpose of the plug-in 83483A module is to provide measurement channels, including sampling, for the mainframe. The plug-in module scales the input signal, sets the bandwidth of the system, and allows the o set to be adjusted so the signal can be viewed. The output of the plug-in module is an analog signal that is applied to the ADCs on the acquisition boards inside the mainframe. The plug-in module also provides a trigger signal input to the time base/trigger board inside the mainframe.

Trigger
The external trigger level range for this plug-in module is 1 V. The trigger source selection follows the slots the plug-in module is installed in. For example, if the plug-in module is installed in slots 1 and 2, then the trigger source is listed as trigger 2. If it is installed in slots 3 and 4, then the trigger source is listed as trigger 4.
C A U T I O N
The maximum safe input voltage is 2 V + peak ac (+16 dBm).

Scale Factor full scale is eight divisions
Minimum 1 mV/div
Maximum 100 mV/div
dc set Range 500 mV
Nominal Input Impedance 50

Connectors 3.5mm (m), channel and trigger
Input Reection/Return Loss 5% for 30 ps rise time
Number of Channels 2
Dynamic Range/Maximum Specifieded Input Power 400 mV relative to channel offset
Maximum Safe Input 2V + peak ac (+16 dBm)

Agilent/HP 54120B Digitizing Oscilloscope Mainframe

Rent me for $400 a month

   The Agilent/HP 54120B Series of digitizing oscilloscopes combines high bandwidth, a time domain reflectometer, four input channels, and superb stability in an easy-to-use, fully programmable oscilloscope that needs no manual loop gain adjustment. Whether your application involves a high-speed digital device, interconnect or circuit characterization, high-speed telecom analysis, or microwave design, the HP 54120B Series of digitizing oscilloscopes gives you a new confidence in state-of-the-art measurements.

Features

• Color display
• Built-in interface cable
• 0.25ps time interval resolution
• Sweep speed: 1s/div to 10ps/div
• 32µV resolution
• 4% vertical accuracy
• Time and voltage histograms
• HP-IB interface
• 115/230Vac +15% -25%; 48-66Hz operation
• Weight: 59lb; Size: 234mm (9.22 in)H x 426mm (16.75 in)W x 641mm (25.25 in)D

Agilent/HP 54503A 4 Channel 500 MHz Oscilloscope

Rent me for $500 a month

Features

4 Channels

500 MHz Bandwidth

20 MS/s Sampling Rate on 2 Channels

1 GS/s Simultaneous Maximum Sampling Rate/Ch

768 pts Maximum Record Length

1mV/div-5V/div Vertical Sensitivity

   The Agilent/HP 54503A is a 500 MHz, 4 channel digitizing oscilloscope designed primarily for repetitive signal applications.  All four channels have full featured attenuators.  Like all the Agilent/HP 54500 family oscilloscopes, the 54503A features 2 channel simultaneous sampling and has the digitizing advantages of oscilloscopes much higher in price.  It's four channels, 500 MHz repetitive signal bandwidth, ease of use, HPIB programmability, and HP 54500 family general purpose features make it a powerful tool for both bench and automated test applications. The 54503A oscilloscope has a well earned reputation for quality and reliability particularly in telecommunications measurement due to the telecom pulse mask feature.

Agilent/HP 54602B 4 Channel 150 MHz Oscilloscope

Rent me for $400 a month

 

For a high-quality scope when your needs go past 100 MHz, take a closer look at the Agilent 54602B. You get the same capabilities as the other Agilent 54600- series scopes, with the added advantage of 150 MHz bandwidth and 1 mV/div sensitivity.

Features

• Up to 1.5 Million points per sec screen update rate

• 150 MHz bandwidth with 4 channels

• Easy-to-use analog front panel

• Fast, responsive display

• Automatic measurements

• Pretrigger viewing, trace storage

• Optional remote control/hard copy

Analog feel and digital power for precise, accurate troubleshooting at an affordable price

   With many models to choose from, you will be able to pick the oscilloscope that best fits your measurement and troubleshooting needs while meeting your budget.

Displays you can trust

   Agilent Technologies 54600-series oscilloscopes feature real-time vector displays that give you a clear and accurate picture of your waveforms. Like analog oscilloscope displays, these enhanced displays give you waveform slew rate information at a glance, with brighter traces representing more slowly changing waveforms and dimmer traces representing more rapidly changing waveforms. The multiprocessor architecture of Agilent 54602B oscilloscope permits a display update rate of up to 3.0million points per second. This fast display update means the oscilloscope screen reflects changes in the waveform instantaneously, giving you the display responsiveness you need to make adjustments quickly and see complex waveforms accurately.

Powerful digital features

   The digital architecture of Agilent 54600-series oscilloscopes gives you a multitude of features that help you get your job done easier and faster:

¿ Pretrigger viewing capability lets you view events that you¿d miss with an analog scope. This feature lets you see what happened before the trigger event, so you can troubleshoot more effectively.

¿ Autoscale frees you from resetting the scope every time you move the probe from test point to test point. You simply hit the autoscale button and it sets voltage, time and trigger parameters for you.

¿ With autostore, the waveform displays at full brightness while all previously acquired waveforms remain on the scope¿s screen at half brightness. You see a history of waveform activity while simultaneously viewing the live waveform.

Agilent/HP 54810A 2 Channels 500 MHz Infiniium Oscilloscope

Rent me for $500 a month

The Agilent Infiniium family's 54810A provides the versatility and performance you need for general purpose design and troubleshooting. 2 channels, 500 MHz bandwidth, and a sample rate of 1 GSa/s on both channels simultaneously gives you the power needed to get your job done faster. Like the other Infiniium models, the Agilent 54810A's easy,familiar user interface makes it easy to take advantage of the performance inside.

 

Features

• Simple, analog-like front panel with Windows® GUI
• USB Test option with embedded MatLab
• Time correlation between 16700 logic analyzer and scope
• Communications mask test kit option
• Voice Control option for hands free operation
• Web-enabled remote control from any web browser
• Email on trigger

Simple Analog-Like Front Panel

   Infiniium oscilloscopes give you the simple, uncluttered front panel of an analog scope for accessing basic functions. Dedicated scale and position knobs for each channel provide intuitive operation. Trigger LEDs show you trigger status at a glance. To speed up measurements, the QuickMeas+ key gives you instant access to any four measurements or and four preselected functions.

Familiar Graphical User Interface

   Infiniium scopes employ a graphical user interface based on Microsoft® Windows®. The familiar Windows interface minimizes time spent learning and relearning the scope. Pull-down menus give you easy access to advanced features. Dialog boxes display all the choices you need to make for measurement setups. In addition, waveforms, markers, and measurements can be easily positioned on the display by using your mouse to drag and drop.

Easy Remote Access

   Access your Infiniium scope remotely over the web or LAN. You can remotely display and control your Infiniium from any Java¿ -enabled web browser, or set up your Infiniium to send an e-mail with a bit map of the display screen when the scope triggers on an intermittent event. You can even control your scope with GPIB commands over LAN.

Agilent/HP 54832D Infiniium 1 GHz 4 Channel Oscilloscope

Rent me for $600 a month

with options

• 080 Memory Upgrade 2m/CH to 8m/ch
• E2681A  Jitter Software
   

   The Agilent 54832D 4+16-Channel 1 GHz Mixed-Signal Oscilloscope (MSO), with 4 scope channels and 16 timing channels, uniquely combines the detailed signal analysis of a scope with the multi-channel timing measurements and triggering of a logic analyzer. Digital and analog events are aligned in time so you can easily relate cause and effect in difficult mixed-signal, digital and analog troubleshooting situations. The 54832D also incorporates Agilent's innovative MegaZoom technology, now available up to an unprecedented 128 Mpts, that provides instant response and fast waveform update rates, even with the deepest memory being acquired. Mixed-signal triggering provides a complete set of triggering features across all 16 timing channels and 4 scope channels.

Features

• Integrated 4 scope and 16 timing channels
• 1 GHz bandwidth
• Up to 4 GSa/s sample rate
• Standard 4 Mpts memory
• Up to 128 Mpts optional memory
• Simple, analog-like front panel with Windows® GUI
• Web-enable remote control and email on trigger

Seamless Integration of Analog and Digital Channels

   The Agilent 548302 Series Mixed-Signal Oscilloscopes uniquely combine the detailed signal analysis of a high-performance scope with the 16-channel timing measurements of a logic analyzer, plus the benefits of fast, usable, and affordable MegaZoom deep memory. On one display you can have both the analog circuit characteristics displayed on the 2 or 4 scope channels and the digital signals displayed on the 16 logic timing channels. Digital and analog events are aligned in time so you can easily relate cause and effect in difficult mixed-signal troubleshooting situations. The analog and digital channels are seamlessly integrated giving you familiar scope-like controls of both the analog and digital timing channels. And there is no compromise on the scope side ¿ you just can treat all 18 or 20 channels the same.

Powerful Mixed-Signal Triggering

   No matter how complicated the signals you¿re dealing with, the Infiniium MSO has a triggering feature that can help you easily untangle it. The Infiniium MSOs provide you with the most complete triggering functionality ever offered in an oscilloscope. The 54830D Series Infiniium MSOs come with powerful triggering capabilities across all 16 digital channels and all available analog channels so you can easily isolate and analyze complex signals and interactions in your mixed analog and digital designs. The 54830 Series Infiniium scopes use advanced MegaZoom technology so you get all the benefits of fast, automatic, affordable deep memory. Due to its unique ASIC architecture, this powerful memory management system called MegaZoom can quickly display up to 128 million points of continuous signal history without the usual bottlenecks and frustrating delays.

Agilent/HP 54846A Infiniium 4 Channel 2.25 Ghz Oscilloscope

 

Rent me for $1000 a month

 

The Infiniium family's Agilent 54846A provides the performance you need for your most demanding signals. 2.25 GHz bandwidth and a sample rate of up to 8 GSa/s ensure fast, accurate capture of your waveforms. Like the other Infiniium models, the Agilent 54846A's easy, familiar user interface makes it easy to take advantage of every bit of the performance inside.

Features

• Simple, analog-like front panel with Windows® GUI
• USB Test option with embedded MatLab
• Time correlation between 16700 logic analyzer and scope
• Communications mask test kit option
• Voice Control option for hands free operation
• Web-enabled remote control from any web browser
• Email on trigger

  See fast events ¿ as fast as 250 ps ¿without using special modes like peak detect. Peak points are displayed in a darker color than the waveform indicating more data points are available. Just zoom in to see the event in detail. Drag and drop markers with your mouse or use the arrow keys. Bus mode display allows quick readout of digital channel value in hexa-decimal representation at every transition. See your signal more clearly with a large (8.4-inch) high-resolution color display. Infiniium's bright TFT display with anti-glare coating lets you see the details of your signal from all angles.

   Store all your setups and results on the hard drive for future recall or sharing via the LAN interface. Order option 017 to make it removeable for operation in secure environments.

Remote access with web-enabled connectivity, e-mail on trigger, and GPIB over LAN.Save all waveforms, including digital and analog channels, that allows you to store multiple waveforms in ASCII file formats to a single file with a single mouse click.

Dialog Boxes for Easy Setup

   With Infiniium, you don¿t need to navigate through annoying softkey menus. Dialog boxes display all the choices you need for measurement setups, all in one place. Help is available for each field, guiding you through each step.

Agilent/HP 83485B Optical/Electrical plug-in

with option

• Option 040 = 9953 Mb/s Fourth Order filter

  The 83485B Optical / Electrical Plug-in features an Optical Channel, which is unamplified 980 nm -1625 nm Single Mode (SM), 30GHz BW, Sensitivity: -8 dBm and an Electrical Channel, which is 18GHz and 40GHz BW , 2.4 mm connectors. The unit is a plug-in module for the 83480A Digital Communications Analyzer.

 The  Agilent/HP 83485B features two measurement channels, one optical, the second electrical. Both channels have selectable bandwidth settings for selecting between lowest oscilloscope noise and highest bandwidth (over 30GHz) for greater measurement fidelity on high-speed signals.

The integrated optical channel eliminates distortion caused by cables and connectors associated with the use of external receivers in order to accurately characterize optical waveforms. The optical channels are calibrated at 1310nm and 1550 nm to provide both a built-in power meter and accurate display of the received optical waveform in microwatts.

The electrical channel may be used to perform measurements on tributary signals, transmitter modulation signals, to evaluate receiver performance in transceiver testing, for measurements with an external optical receiver, or for general purpose measurements.

Rent me for $300 a month

For the 86100A/B/C and 83480A Mainframes

   Agilent/HP 83493A clock recovery modules are designed to operate in 86100-series infiniium Digital Communications Analyzers (DCA) and 83480A DCAs. These modules recover clock and data information at standard telecom and datacom rates. The resulting trigger signal is made available to the DCA mainframe via a connector located on the module¿s rear-panel. An external front-panel cable passes the data signal, with some insertion loss, to the receiver module.

Optical clock recovery for 9/125 fibers

• Wavelength range: 1200-1600 nm
• Data rates: 0.155/0.622/1.250/2.488/2.500 Gb/s
• PLL bandwidth: 50 to 70 kHz (internal triggering), 4 to 5 MHz (external output)
• Input power: -20 to +3 dBm

   If you use an 83493A module in an 83480A DCA, you¿ll notice that, unlike most modules designed to be used with the 83480A, the clock recovery modules do not include Channel keys or menus. Also, there are no GPIB programming commands for these modules when used in an 83480A mainframe.

Direct triggering through clock recovery

   Typically an external timing reference is used to synchronize the oscilloscope to the test signal. In cases where a trigger signal is not available, clock recovery modules are available to derive a timing reference directly from the waveform to be measured. The Agilent 83493A  clock recovery modules are available for single-mode optical input signals. 83493A modules have excellent jitter performance to ensure accurate measurements. Each clock recovery module is designed to synchronize to a variety of common transmission rates. The 83493A can derive triggering from optical and electrical signals at any rate up to OC-48. Since the clock recovery system is integrated with the samplers, measurements are achieved with a single instrument connection.

   The Agilent/HP clock recovery modules have adjustable loop bandwidth settings. Loop bandwidth is very important in determining the accuracy of your waveform when measuring jitter, as well as testing for compliance. When using recovered clocks for triggering, the amount of jitter observed will depend on the loop bandwidth. As the loop bandwidth increases, more jitter is ¿tracked out¿ by the clock recovery resulting in less observed jitter.

¿Narrow loop bandwidth provides a ¿jitter free¿ system clock to observe a wide jitter spectrum

¿Wide loop bandwidth in some applications is specified by standards for compliance testing. Wide loop bandwidth settings mimic the performance of communications system receivers

Rent me for $1000 a month

   If you are designing, debugging or validating a serial-data-based design, consider the DSA80000B Digital Signal Analyzer. The DSA80000B is built around an Infiniium DSO80000B Series oscilloscope and the InfiniiMax probing system, to provide critical capabilities for achieving accurate and repeatable measurements. The oscilloscope includes as standard the option 001 memory, the E2688A high-speed serial data analysis software, and the N5400A EZJIT Plus jitter analysis software at an attractive price.

Features

• 6 GHz bandwidth real-time oscilloscope with up to 40 GSa/s sample rate
• Up to 2 Mpts MegaZoom deep memory at 40 GSa/s sample rates and 64 Mpts MegaZoom deep memory at 4 GSa/s
• System bandwidth of 6 GHz with InfiniiMax 1134A probing system
• Industry's lowest noise floor: 241 uV @ 5 mV/div
• Trigger jitter less than 500 fs rms
• Industry's largest sets of software applications
• XGA touch screen display with 256 level intensity grading
• Fully upgradeable bandwidth
• Unrivaled InfiniiMax probing accessories support browsing, solder-in, socketed, and SMA use models
   

Agilent/HP DSO80804B 4 Channel 8 GHz Oscilloscope

Rent me for $2000 a month

with options

• 001 2-M (2 channels), 1-M (4 channels) memory upgrade 64 M (2 channels at 4 GSa/s) or 32 M (4 channels ≤ 2 GSa/s)
• 003 High-speed serial data analysis/mask testing with clock recovery and 8b/10b decoding (installed at the factory)
• 004 EZJIT Plus jitter analysis software
• 007 Low-speed serial data analysis for I2C/SPI
• 009 InfiniiScan event identification software
• N5394A DVI compliance

   With the superior signal integrity, probing and application software selection of Agilent Technologies¿ Infiniium 80804B Series and InfiniiMax II probing system will lead to improved measurements and increased design margins. The signal integrity advantages of Agilent¿s Infiniium 80804B Series Scopes and InfiniiMax probing system include the industry¿s lowest noise floor, lowest jitter measurement floor, lowest trigger jitter and flattest frequency response. These foundational capabilities are crucial for achieving accurate and repeatable measurements. These superior signal integrity capabilities come from Agilent¿s RF design experience, proprietary packaging technologies and unique CMOS ADC architecture. Superior signal integrity maximizes your design margins by not wasting any measurement accuracy due to poor noise, jitter or frequency response of the scope or probing system.

Features

• 4 Channels
• Analog bandwidth (-3 dB): 8 GHz
• Real-time bandwidth on 2 channels and 40 GSa/s: 8 GHz
• Equivalent-time bandwidth on 4 channels with 1.56 ps point spacing: 8 GHz
• Real-time bandwidth on 4 channels at 20 GSa/s: 8 GHz

Signal integrity

• Industry¿s lowest scope noise floor
• Industry¿s lowest jitter floor
• Industry¿s lowest trigger jitter
• Industry¿s flatest frequency response
• Industry¿s leading hardware sensitivity
• Industry¿s only bandwidth upgradeable series

 

Agilent/HP E2625A Infiniuum Telecom Mask Kit

 Rent me for $150 a month

   The Infiniium E2625A Communication Mask Test Kit builds on the Infiniium oscilloscopes¿ ease-of-use legacy by making communications conformance testing accessible with one mouse click. Infiniium¿s familiar Windows® XP Pro open operating system enables you to quickly and easily load mask templates to the oscilloscope application and configure mask testing. As an added feature, the Communication Mask Test Kit includes a set of electrical communication adapters to ensure convenient, reliable, and accurate connections to your device under test.

Features

• 43 industry-standard ANSI T1.102, ITU-T G.703, and IEEE 802.3 communication signal mask templates
• Mask testing for positive and negative pulses
• Electrical communication adapters optimized for use with the Agilent Infiniium AutoProbe Interface
• FCC Part 68 Option A, B, and C masks for ¿line build-out¿ testing of DS1/T1 signals
• Automatic ¿isolated ones¿ triggering for some pulse mask types
• One-button alignment for best fit of mask templates to test waveforms for standard that allow scaling and/or offset
• Automatic pass/fail comparison of mask templates to corresponding input waveforms
• Failure highlighting for fast identification of mask failure areas
• Flagging of out-of-specification waveform amplitudes for ANSI T1.102 masks
• Mask failure waveform characterization with features such as color-graded persistence, histograms, drag and drop measurements and eye diagram measurements
• Ability to load user-defined masks from ASCII text files
• Screen annotation for complete documentation of measurements to electronic files or printers
• Familiar Windows® graphical user interface
• Built-in LAN interface for connecting your scope to PCs, network printers and other Infiniium oscilloscopes
• Remote programmability of mask test features using GPIB commands for automated test applications

Easy Mask Setup

  The E2625A Communication Mask Template library comes on 1.44 MB floppy disks. If you have a recent Agilent Infiniium oscilloscope, you'll find that these mask templates are already preinstalled in C:\scope\masks\comms. Configuring a mask test is fast and easy. The mask test dialog box lets you select the oscilloscope channel and display masks contained in the mask template library. Once your test is configured, you can dismiss the dialog box to maximize waveform viewing area and control your test directly using pop-up menus. You¿ll see an on-screen indication of the current mask and its data rate.

Agilent/HP MSO7104A 1 GHz 4 Channel Oscilloscope and Logic Analyzer

Rent me for $1000 a month

with options

• OPTIONS 232 RS232/UART SERIAL DECODE AND TRIGGER
• AMS CAN AND LIN AUTOMOTIVE SERIAL DECODE
• LMT  LIMIT MASK TESTING
• LSS  12C AND SPI LOW SPEED SERIAL DECODE
• SGM  SEGMENTED MEMORY

   The Agilent InfiniiVision MSO7104A oscilloscopes deliver powerful features and high performance. The Infi niiVision MSO7104A Series offers bandwidths up to 1 GHz. Each model, equipped with a large 12.1¿ XGA LCD display, comes in an whisper-quiet package that is just 6.5¿ deep and weighs only 13 pounds.

• 1 GHz bandwidth

• Up to 4 GSa/s sample rate.

• Powerful triggering including analog HDTV, I2C, SPI, LIN, CAN, FlexRay, and USB.

• USB and LAN ports make printing, saving and sharing data easy.

• 4-channel Digital Storage Oscilloscope (DSO) models.

• 4+16-channel Mixed Signal Oscilloscope (MSO) models.

• 12.1 inch XGA display.

• An MSO lets you debug your mixed-signal designs using up to four analog signals and 16 tightly correlated digital signals simultaneously.

• You can easily upgrade an InfiniiVision 7000 Series oscilloscope from a DSO to an MSO.

• You can easily add SPI and I2C decode, CAN and LIN automotive trigger and decode, FlexRay trigger and decode, RS232/UART trigger and decode, and/or an FPGA dynamic probe.

Biggest display

  Oscilloscopes are visual tools and large, high-resolution screens make the product better. Bigger displays have become increasingly important as general purpose scopes need more space to display digital and serial signals in addition to traditional scope channels.

Lecroy 9350AL 500 MHz 2 Channel Oscilloscope

Rent me for $200 a month

with options

• CKIO
• GPIB GPIB Interface
• RS232 RS232 Interface
• CLBZ
• GP01 Internal Graphics Printer
• CENT
• HD01 Hard Drive Adapter
• CPU3
• I2C

   High speed and long memory make this family the Lecroy 9350AL the ideal 500 MHz general-purpose Digital Storage Oscilloscope. Two channel simultaneous sampling at 500 MS/s meets demanding high speed design applications. Even faster sampling may be achieved by combining channels, up to a maximum of 1 GS/s. Acquisition memories may also be combined, providing up to 8 M points of continuous or segmented waveform recording. Repetitive signals are digitized at up to 10 GS/s.

   A unique peak detect scheme triggers on glitches down to 1ns and keeps the ADC sampling at 2.5 ns - even at slow time bases - without destroying the underlying data. This provides circuit designers with the benefits of peak detection without any loss of precision. Live waveforms on the main time base may be viewed simultaneously with up to 3 expansions, showing all of the signal detail. Expansions are shown as highlights on the main trace. Each zoomed detail may be expanded horizontally and vertically as required.

   SMART Trigger modes like Glitch, Pattern, Dropout and TV allow you to capture precisely the events of interest. Pre- and Post-Trigger delay, and Time and Events Holdoff are also standard. The Lecroy 9350AL family features the proven user-interface of LeCroy's portable scopes. A bright 9" CRT allows optimum waveform viewing on a high resolution 810 x 696 pixel screen. Menus and text are arranged around the graticules - they never overwrite the waveforms. Dedicated control knobs keep the scope's performance at your fingertips.

LeCroy Wavemaster 8620A 4 Channel 6 GHz Oscilloscope

Rent me for $1000 a month

   The LeCroy WaveMaster 8000A Series oscilloscope offers a unique combination of high bandwidth, fast sampling speeds, and long memory capture, ideal for digital and communications systems. Equipped with our patented X-Stream technology, its fast data transfer and processing system deliver unprecedented measurement capabilities, at speeds 10-100 times faster than conventional oscilloscopes. Providing true WaveShape Analysis, its high-performance capabilities are changing the way engineers think about design and testing.

Features

• High bandwidth 6 GHz
• Fast sampling speeds-to 20 GS/s on 4 channels
• Full sampling speed maintained over entire memory length
• Standard memory 10 Mpts/Ch
• High signal integrity with an SiGe amplifier, ADC, and trigger circuit
• Intuitive GUI for easier WaveShape Analysis
• 10-100 times faster processing speeds
• A wide array of standard math tools
• Optional math and measurement packages

Superior timebase performance and very low jitter noise floor make WaveMaster a truly remarkable instrument. Delivering extremely stable and precise measurements, its high level of accuracy includes:

• 1 ps rms jitter noise floor
• Timebase stability of ±1 ppm clock accuracy aging < 1 ppm/year clock accuracy
• Low trigger jitter < 2.5 ps
• Rise time as fast as 75 ps captures fast signal edges

   The LeCroy 8620A WaveMaster offers a comprehensive array of triggers for maximum performance. The SiGe trigger circuit offers a 5 GHz edge trigger bandwidth for capturing fast signals with superior sensitivity. The versatile SMART TriggerT captures a variety of signals, including glitches and pulse widths down to 600 ps. The logic trigger makes it easy to capture a pattern of up to 5 inputs, or to qualify on 4 signal inputs and trigger on the 5th.

   The WaveMaster model 8620A is fully compatible with LeCroy¿s wide assortment of passive and active, single-ended and differential probing solutions for the WaveMaster oscilloscope line, including the new WaveLink family of active probes. When used in conjunction with the 7.5 GHz D600 active differential probe, the model 8620A offers 6 GHz system bandwidth at the probe tip. The WaveLink probes also offer the lowest circuit loading and smallest attenuation of any high bandwidth differential probe. Together, the WaveMaster 8620A and WaveLink D600 provide the highest performance DSO/probe combination available. The WaveMaster model 8620A also allows the user to create customized parameter measurements or waveform math functions and insert them into the DSO¿s UI (user interface). Users can write a visual basic script, MATLAB, MATHCAD, or Excel function and integrate it seamlessly into the model 8620A¿s processing chain, without having to run a different program, establish remote communications between the DSO and another program, create a new reference waveform, or transfer large data files between the DSO and another program. Once defined, implementation of a custom measurement or function is no more difficult than a typical "cut and paste" activity.

Lecroy Wavepro 960 4 Channel 2 GHz Oscilloscope

Rent me for $1000 a month

   Wavepro oscilloscopes offer the most extensive combination of capabilities to help you design, troubleshoot and understand your signals and designs and increase your productivity. The high-speed 16 GS/s A-to-D converters and 64 Mpts deep memory give the fastest and longest signal capture of any oscilloscope in its class.

   A simple to operate front panel layout and use of colors for probing and channel identification combine to simplify an engineer's bench work. One-touch operation gives the best signal viewing of multiple channel zooms and a clear understanding of signal faults with the new History/Analog Persistence function. The Wavepilot toolbar gives instant access to the power of LeCroy signal analysis. WaveAnalyzer Pro options turn the scope into a complete signal analyzer. And best of all, WavePro scopes come at affordable prices, offering tremendous value. 

High Speed, Precision, and Accuracy

   The WavePro scope is the only one in its class capable of capturing, viewing and analyzing signals of 2 GHz bandwidth, with a sample rate of 16 GS/s (8x oversampling) and up to 4 ms duration. This lets you view and analyze the full signal and assures maximum signal fidelity to gain insight into your designs. The SMART Memory system automatically manages memory and sample rate, ensuring the most accurate view of the signal without aliasing.

   The precision Analog-to-Digital converters and timebase sample your waveform every 62.5 picoseconds. That's one measurement in the time it takes light to move across an engineer's thumbnail. Every WavePro scope comes standard with 4 GS/s sample rate and 250 kpoints of memory on each channel. When you use a WavePro scope, it automatically samples at the maximum rate, with maximum memory depth based on the channels in use, so you don't have to even think about it. Extend your signal viewing up to 64 times longer with memory options from 4 Mpoints to 64 Mpoints. The WavePro scope's architecture gives you the right capability today with expandability for tomorrow. With a sample rate up to 16 GS/s, you can precisely (5 ps resolution) measure critical sub-nanosecond timing over long time intervals. Oversampling at 8x the bandwidth, 64 Mpts for signal acquisition, and 4 zoom traces assure maximum signal fidelity and precise measurements on long acquisitions.

High Quality with Full Detail

   Cameras and digital oscilloscopes have much in common when you want to capture an image (or a signal) without loss of detail. A professional camera (and a WavePro scope) can capture a wide view with excellent resolution.

• 2 GHz bandwidth
• 16 GS/s max, single-shot sample rate
• 50 GS/s for repetitive signals
• Up to 64 million data points to view signals 

   WavePro scopes provide a minimum of 8X oversampling and the deepest memory available in their class for superior signal acquisition and fidelity on long-duration signals.

New Fluke 199B Scopemeter 200 Mhz Dual Channel ScopeMeter

Also Available

196B/003 100 Mhz Scopemeter $2340

192B/003 60 Mhz Scopemeter $1995

New Instek GDS-1152A 150 MHz 2 Channel Digital Storage Oscilloscope

Include limited lifetime warranty. See Instek website for details

  The new Instek GDS-1152A series provide a unique solution. Operating 150 MHz with a real-time sampling rate of 1GSa/s, the GDS-1152A employs MemoryPrime technology. Using MemoryPrime technology, the GDS-1152A is able to overcome the problems associated with memory constraints. Unlike traditional DSOs, high sample rates can be maintained over longer periods of time, without effecting performance. Coupled with the high resolution, 5.6¿ color TFT display, SD memory card support, user-friendly interface and USB remote control make the GDS-1152A series compellingly feature-rich. Furthermore, the GDS-1152A series provide a lifetime warranty program!

Features

150MHz Bandwidth

1 GSa/s Real-Time Sample Rates Maximum, 25GSa/s Equivalent-Time

2Mega Point Record Length

2mV~10V Vertical Scale

1ns~50s Horizontal Range

Up to 27 Automatic Measurements

Versatile Math Functions + , -, x, FFT, FFTrms

5.6" TFT LCD Display

USB Interface & SD Card Supported

Multi-Language Support on Operation Menu & On-Screen Help

   The New GDS-1152A Series is a general purpose 2 channel oscilloscope and originally designed to meet educational and industrial requirements without specializing in DSO features. This series provides bandwidths of 150MHz together with innovative human machine interface design plus an TFT color LCD display, users will enjoy better measurement experience! The GDS-1152A series offers dual sampling mode, giving users two options for 1GSa/s Real-Time sampling or 25GSa/s high-speed Equivalent sampling rate. What's more, with high-speed wave handling capability, more advanced triggering functions, and 2.5 kg light-weight design, it is a powerful functional oscilloscope with the best price than ever. Ultimately, GDS-1152A series is considered for the replacement of analog oscilloscope and further promoted as a personal DSO affordable to any situation such as each student in educational labs, service technicians, or industrial field needing big quantity. Besides, the requirement of measuring data exchange and analysis is intergraded into the GDS-1152A series. The convenient PC standard interface is also available, such as USB interface and SD card socket.

Easy to use

   Several acquisition mode and 27 auto measurement functions help user to measure the accurate property of waveforms. The advanced auto-set function makes GDS-1152A Series catch waveform  automatically and display waveform quickly. With arithmetic functions, FFT function keeps user being aware of the results by updating value immediately.

SD Card & USB Device supported

   A total of 15 waveforms could be saved into the internal memory for later recall and display, and 2 saved reference waveforms plus 2 live waveforms could be shown on the screen at the same time for comparison. SD card mass storage and USB device port are supported, providing storage/transfer of measurement data and remote control for diversified solutions.

New Instek GDS-2202 2 Channel 200 MHz Digital Storage Oscilloscope

with a two year warranty

A new Digital Storage Oscilloscope at an unbelievably low price with a two year warranty.  GPIB Available as an option

   This 200 MHz Digital Storage Oscilloscope covers most major applications in laboratories, production lines, or field services. 1GSa/s high sampling rate and 25k point deep memory give a detailed view into the target waveforms while keeping a high sampling rate . USB host and slave connection allows data save and recall, screen image printout, and remote control. The bright TFT color LCD display with wide viewing angle eliminates obscurity in any situation . Battery operation option gives a much-desired mobility in rapidly changeable environments.

Signal Detection

   The GDS-2000 Series can pick up signals even in the most extreme cases, powered by 1GSa/s real time and 25GSa/s equivalent sampling rate combined with 3 types of acquisition modes: sample, peak detect, and average. 25k points of deep memory collects more information of a given waveform, guiding into further signal details. 4 types of flexible triggers add another signal capturing flexibility: edge , video ( NTSC, PAL, SECAM ) with line selection, pulse-width, and delay/event using external trigger signal ( for 2CH models ). Measurement Functions A variety of measurement shortcuts reduce repetitive manual operations and save you time. Autoset automatically configures the horizontal scale , the vertical scale , and the trigger , giving an instant view of almost any signal . 27 types of automatic measurements include voltage , frequency ( time ) , and delay . GDS-2000 Series run and update results of all the relevant measurements in real time. You can view the results independently , or together in a single display view . Add and subtract math operation, with 4 types of FFT are also provided : flattop , blackman , hanning , and rectangular . Go/No Go test function detects a user-defined incoming waveform shape, and can also send a signal to external devices in case of detection. Program and play feature automatically runs predefined sequence and setup , boosting productivity in routine measurements like production line inspection.

Data Transfer and Printout

   The USB host connector transfers data quickly and easily between USB flash drive, which guarantees almost unlimited amount of memory. Internal storage includes 4 sets of reference waveform and 20 sets of general-use memory area. GDS-2000 Series handle three types of data : display image (*.bmp) for viewing waveform shape and pasting into documents and presentations, panel setting (*.set) for saving and restoring system setup, and waveform configuration (*.csv) for further analysis of signal information. Printout of display image, color or grayscale, is available through the printer connected to the USB host port. You can set the printout or data saving preference to allow a single-press operation for consecutive works.

New Instek GDS-2204 4 Channel 200 MHz Digital Storage Oscilloscope

with a two year warranty

A new Digital Storage Oscilloscope at an unbelievably low price with a two year warranty.  GPIB Available as an option

   This 200 MHz Digital Storage Oscilloscope covers most major applications in laboratories, production lines, or field services. 1GSa/s high sampling rate and 25k point deep memory give a detailed view into the target waveforms while keeping a high sampling rate . USB host and slave connection allows data save and recall, screen image printout, and remote control. The bright TFT color LCD display with wide viewing angle eliminates obscurity in any situation . Battery operation option gives a much-desired mobility in rapidly changeable environments.

Signal Detection

   The GDS-2000 Series can pick up signals even in the most extreme cases, powered by 1GSa/s real time and 25GSa/s equivalent sampling rate combined with 3 types of acquisition modes: sample, peak detect, and average. 25k points of deep memory collects more information of a given waveform, guiding into further signal details. 4 types of flexible triggers add another signal capturing flexibility: edge , video ( NTSC, PAL, SECAM ) with line selection, pulse-width, and delay/event using external trigger signal ( for 2CH models ). Measurement Functions A variety of measurement shortcuts reduce repetitive manual operations and save you time. Autoset automatically configures the horizontal scale , the vertical scale , and the trigger , giving an instant view of almost any signal . 27 types of automatic measurements include voltage , frequency ( time ) , and delay . GDS-2000 Series run and update results of all the relevant measurements in real time. You can view the results independently , or together in a single display view . Add and subtract math operation, with 4 types of FFT are also provided : flattop , blackman , hanning , and rectangular . Go/No Go test function detects a user-defined incoming waveform shape, and can also send a signal to external devices in case of detection. Program and play feature automatically runs predefined sequence and setup , boosting productivity in routine measurements like production line inspection.

Data Transfer and Printout

   The USB host connector transfers data quickly and easily between USB flash drive, which guarantees almost unlimited amount of memory. Internal storage includes 4 sets of reference waveform and 20 sets of general-use memory area. GDS-2000 Series handle three types of data : display image (*.bmp) for viewing waveform shape and pasting into documents and presentations, panel setting (*.set) for saving and restoring system setup, and waveform configuration (*.csv) for further analysis of signal information. Printout of display image, color or grayscale, is available through the printer connected to the USB host port. You can set the printout or data saving preference to allow a single-press operation for consecutive works.

Includes three year warranty

 The GDS-820C 150MHz Digital Storage Oscilloscopes have color LCD displays with a balanced performance and comprehensive standard features designed to meet the flexible needs demanded from a modern test instrument. With 125k points of memory and 25GSa/s equivalent-time (ET) sampling rate per channel, the GDS-800 Series provides a great balance of memory depth versus sampling speed. With No/NoGo, a printer port and USB as standard and optional GPIB, the GDS-820C is extremely versatile.

Features

•  150MHz Bandwidth with Color LCD Display
•  125k Long Memory and 12 Division Horizontal Display
•  25Gsa/s Sampling Rate for Repetitive Waveforms
•   15 Auto Measurement Functions to get quick and accurate results
•  Advance Trigger: Pulse Width, TV-Line, Event Delay and Time Delay
•  GO-No Go, Learn Mode and Auto Setup Sequence
•  FFT Function
•  Standard Interface: USB, RS232, Printer Port, Option: GPIB Interface

Superior DSO Performance

With Equivalent TimeSampling Technique, GDS-820 series perform up to 25G S/s sampling capability and provide high resolution of 40ps for repetitive waveforms. Comparing with 1GS/s and 2GS/s sampling DSOs, The GDS-820 gives higher or equal sampling rate and longer record length of a transient signal at the same time-base because of its 125K long memory. Furthermore, this series offer an alternative to view the signal with 12 horizontal divisions, which matches long memory applications! GDS-820/840 advanced trigger functions, such as Pulse Width, TV Line, Event-Delay, and Time-Delay, offer a very strong trigger capability that could only be found in a high-end DSO!

The straightforward operation of GDS-820 lets the user get started with DSO measurements right after the power-on! The Auto-Set function enables the DSO to automatically adjust the set-up and display the waveform in a proper way! The on-screen Help Manu tells you the operation information you need. Besides, 15 auto measurement functions of GDS-820 give you direct readouts of most of the frequently measured parameters!

Color Display

FEATURES

•  250MHz Bandwidth with Color LCD Display
•  125k Long Memory and 12 Division Horizontal Display
•  25Gsa/s Sampling Rate for Repetitive Waveforms
•  15 Auto Measurement Functions to get quick and accurate results
•  Advance Trigger: Pulse Width, TV-Line, Event Delay and Time Delay
•  GO-No Go, Learn Mode and Auto Setup Sequence
•  FFT Function
•  Standard Interface: USB, RS232, Printer Port, Option: GPIB Interface

Monocrome Display

FEATURES

•  250MHz Bandwidth with either Monochrome LCD Display
•  125k Long Memory and 12 Division Horizontal Display
•  25Gsa/s Sampling Rate for Repetitive Waveforms
•   15 Auto Measurement Functions to get quick and accurate results
•  Advance Trigger: Pulse Width, TV-Line, Event Delay and Time Delay
•  GO-No Go, Learn Mode and Auto Setup Sequence
•  FFT Function
•  Standard Interface: USB, RS232, Printer Port, Option: GPIB Interface

New Instek GOS-6200 200 Mhz Dual Channel Analog Oscilloscope

with two year warranty

 The Instek GOS-6200 Analog Oscilloscope satisfies the massive needs in diverse professional applications up to 200MHz. Embedded with Delay Sweep and Hold Off features, the GOS-6200 is capable of measuring sophisticated signals. The Cursor Readout with 7 measurements, Panel Setup Save/Recall, and the built-in 6 Digit Universal Counter all makes waveform observation and measurement easier, faster and more accurate. The advanced Time Base Auto Range function, acquires waveforms with the push of a button convenience. The Counter function, 10 memory settings and advanced Auto functions are among some of the extra benefits available in GOS-6200.

Features

200MHz Bandwidth, Dual Channel, Delayed Sweep

Auto Set

Built-in 6 Digits Counter

Cursor Readout with 7 Measurements

10 Sets Memory for Front Panel Setting Save & Recall

TV-Line Selection (NTSC, PAL, SECAM)

Panel Setup Lock of Digital-Control Functions

Buzzer Alarm

LED Indicators

Trigger Signal Output

Z-axis Modulation Input

SMD Technology, High Stability and Reliability

VERTICAL SYSTEM
Sensitivity	2mV~5V/div, 11 step in 1-2-5 sequence
Sensitivity Accuracy	≦3% (5div at the center of display)
Vernier Vertical Sensitivity	Continuously variable to 1/2.5 or less of panel-indicated value
Bandwidth(-3dB)	DC~200MHz (5mV/div:DC~150MHz) ; (2mV/div:DC~20MHz)
Rise Time	1.75ns (5mV/div:2.33ns, 2mV/div:17.5ns)
HORIZONTAL SYSTEM
Horizontal Modes	MAIN(A), ALT, DELAY(B)
A(main) Sweep Time	20ns~0.5s/div, continuously variable (UNCAL)
B(delay) Sweep Time	20ns~50ms/div
Accuracy	±3% ( ±5% at x 10 MAG)

 

New Tektronix TDS3032B 2 Channel 300 Mhz Oscilloscope 

A key added feature is e*Scope¿ Web-based remote control. The TDS3032B is truly an e*Scope, allowing you to control it over the Internet using a PC. Simply connect your DSO to a LAN via the built-in Ethernet port, open a browser window on the PC and enter the scope's IP address in the Address window. The instrument will respond and allow you to control it from your browser. You can download advanced e*Scope control software to your PC for a graphical interface that displays the DSO screen and front panel controls for easy access. Such e*Scope control gives you simple remote access to your measurement instrument whether across the room or across the globe. You can check operation of your prototype running in the lab from your desktop PC, help service technicians troubleshoot equipment at remote locations or gather data from a colleague's instrument at another development site. With e*Scope, the TDS3032B extends your work space from your bench to the whole world.

Many other new enhancements are standard including WaveAlert¿ waveform anomaly detection, built-in Ethernet port and "Save All" feature. You also get faster CPU (speed doubled to 50 MHz), timebase accuracy improved 10 times to 20 ppm plus delay and phase measurements between channels.

Two standard modules are provided with your DPO. The TDS3TRG Advanced Trigger application module adds pulse and logic triggers to the traditional edge and basic video triggers that are included on the main instrument. Pulse triggers include width (or glitch), runt and slew rate. Note that the times for these triggers are selectable from 39.6 sn to 50 s. Logic triggers include pattern and state triggering but can be used only on combinations of two inputs. TDS3FFT Fast Fourier Transform application module adds FFT capability for frequency analysis of waveforms. The magnitude of frequency components can be displayed on a linear or dB scale.

An intensity graded color display provides information about the frequency of occurrence of signal amplitudes and widths. This helps the user locate and characterize waveform anomalies that can be elusive on traditional DSOs. A fast update rate also makes capturing and displaying infrequent waveforms or waveform variations easier. 

Features

• 300 Mhz Bandwidth
• 5 GS/s maximum real-time sample rate, with sin(x)/x interpolation
• 3,600 wfms/s continuous waveform capture rate
•  4 Channels
• Full VGA Color LCD
• 25 Automatic Measurements
• FFT Standard
• Multi-language User Interface
• QuickMenu Graphical User Interface for Easy Operation
• WaveAlert® Automatic Waveform Anomaly Detection
• OpenChoice® Solutions Simplify Instrument Control, Documentation, and Analysis
  • e*Scope® Web-based Remote Control
  • Built-in Ethernet port
  • GPIB, RS232, VGA
  • TDSPCS1 OpenChoice® Software
  • WaveStar¿ Software
  • Integration with Third-party Software
• Application Modules for Specialized Analysis
  • Advanced Analysis Module
  • Limit Testing Module
  • Telecommunications Mask Testing Module
  • Extended Video Module
  • 601 Serial Digital Video Module
• Optional Internal Battery Operation up to 3 Hours Without Line Power
• Plug-in Printer for Portable Documentation of Results
• TekProbe® Interface Supports Active, Differential, and Current Probes for Automatic Scaling and Units

Features

• 500 Mhz Bandwidth
• 5 GS/s maximum real-time sample rate, with sin(x)/x interpolation
• 3,600 wfms/s continuous waveform capture rate
•  4 Channels
• Full VGA Color LCD
• 25 Automatic Measurements
• FFT Standard
• Multi-language User Interface
• QuickMenu Graphical User Interface for Easy Operation
• WaveAlert® Automatic Waveform Anomaly Detection
• OpenChoice® Solutions Simplify Instrument Control, Documentation, and Analysis
  • e*Scope® Web-based Remote Control
  • Built-in Ethernet port
  • GPIB, RS232, VGA
  • TDSPCS1 OpenChoice® Software
  • WaveStar¿ Software
  • Integration with Third-party Software
• Application Modules for Specialized Analysis
  • Advanced Analysis Module
  • Limit Testing Module
  • Telecommunications Mask Testing Module
  • Extended Video Module
  • 601 Serial Digital Video Module
• Optional Internal Battery Operation up to 3 Hours Without Line Power
• Plug-in Printer for Portable Documentation of Results
• TekProbe® Interface Supports Active, Differential, and Current Probes for Automatic Scaling and Units

Tektronix 11401 1 GHz Digitizing Oscilloscope

• Up to 8 Channels of Display and Acquisition
• Waveform Processing and Automatic Measurements
• Multiple 10,240-point Waveform Records
• Fully Programmable over RS-232 or GPIB
• 10-bit Vertical Resolution, up to 14-bit with averaging
• 1% Vertical Accuracy
• Two Identical Timebases
  

The Most Accurate Instruments of Their Kind

The 11401 and 11402 are the most accurate high-bandwidth scopes on the market.  They combine the timing accuracy inherent in digital time bases with 1% vertical accuracy.  The Enhance Accuracy feature ensures that the highest accuracy is maintained.  The scope prompts the user to start the routines whenever temperature or configuration changes warrant it.  You can even assign the 11401/11402 to start Enhanced Accuracy routines automatically.  Timebase accuracy is 100 ps +0.002% of the measured time interval.  The 11401 and 11402's accurate measurements can replace dedicated counter/timers and ac voltmeters.   Devices and subassemblies can be tested to tighter tolerances, improving end product performance and quality.

The 11401 and 11402 can perform waveform-processing functions, pulse-parameter analysis, cursor functions, and trigger-to-trigger measurements that combine to can cover a full range of measurement needs.  A special annotation mode shows where measurements are being made on the trace so users can feel confident that they are on target.  Dot cursors can be split between two waveforms to make propagation-delay measurements or to compare voltages.  Measurement zones can be set to limit the automatic measurement to a portion of the displayed trace.  Users can set proximal, distal, and mesial levels to customize timing measurements.  Up to six measurements can be displayed at once and continuously updated as the data changes.  This lets users make adjustments and see the results quicker than ever before.  A direct hard-copy output is provided that includes time and date of the measurement for archiving.

Tektronix 11801B Digital Sampling Oscilloscope

Rent me for $800 a month

 Requires additional plug in channel modules for operation

   The Tektronix 11801B oscilloscope is a graph-displaying device ¿ it draws a graph of an electrical signal. In most applications, the graph shows how signals change over time: the vertical (Y) axis represents voltage and the horizontal (X) axis represents time. The intensity or brightness of the display is sometimes called the Z axis. The Tektronix 11801B oscilloscope's simple graph can tell you many things about a signal, such as: the time and voltage values of a signal, the frequency of an oscillating signal, the ¿moving parts¿ of a circuit represented by the signal, the frequency with which a particular portion of the signal is occurring relative to, other portions, whether or not a malfunctioning component is distorting the signal, how much of a signal is direct current (DC) or alternating current (AC) and how much of the signal is noise and whether the noise is changing with time.

  The 11801B Digital Sampling Oscilloscope offers the widest range of on-board measurement and waveform processing capabilities. The bandwidth of the unit is DC to 50GHz with a rise time of 7 ps. It has a sampling rate of 200 kS/s. It has 8 channels and features automatic measurements for Jitter/Noise, Statistical, Histograms, Mask Testing, and Pulse with statistics. It has a color display.

Features

• DC to 50 GHz Bandwidth
• 7 ps Rise Time
• 8 Channels, Expandable to 136 (with SM-11)
• 10 fs Sampling Interval (0.01 ps)
• Modular Architecture
• 200 kS/s Sample Rate
• Dual Time Base
• Non-volatile Waveform and Setting Storage
• FFT
• Predefined Telecom Masks (Opt. 1T)
• TDR
• Automatic Measurements:
  • Jitter/Noise, Statistical
  • Histograms, Mask Testing
  • Pulse with Statistics
• Programmable for ATE Applications
• Color Display

Benefits

• Comprehensive Waveform Processing

Applications

• Semiconductor Testing
• TDR Characterization of Circuit Boards, IC Packages and Cables

Tektronix 2430A 150 Mhz 2 Channel Oscilloscope 

Rent me for $100 a month

 100MS/s DSO 2 channel input at 150MHz bandwidth and 2% accuracy w/2 ext trigger channels. 21 automatic measurements including fall time, rise time, frequency, width, pk-pk, amp, and others at the push of a single button. Built-in GPIB, with auto setup, trigger, save/recall setup and waveform, and sequencing. 5s-5ns/division sweep speed with clock accuracies to 0.001%. Hundreds of additional Tektronix Oscilloscopes in all models, ages and prices. Everything from parts units to fully calibrated with a warranty. Please call for your requirements

Features

• Auto Setup
• Auto Measure
• Auto PAss / Fail
• Auto Sequence
• HPIB Interface
• Direct Plot Capable
• On Screen Help 

Specifications for the 2430A

Bandwidth 150 MHz 
Number of Channels 2 ch 
Simultaneous Channels 2 ch 
Simultaneous Maximum Sampling Rate/ch 100 MSa/s 
One ch. only max. sampling rate 100 MSa/s 
Max. Single Shot bandwidth 40 MHz 
Max. Record Length 1024 pt/sec 
Min. Vertical Sensitivity 2 mV/div 
Maximum Vertical Sensitivity 5 V/div 
Rise time 2.33 ns 
Number of Bits 8 bits 
Input Impedance 1 MOhm 
Input Impedance (alternate) 50 Ohm 
Input Coupling AC,DC,GND 
Maximum Input Voltage 400 Vrms 
Maximum Input#2 (for Impedance #2) 5 Vrms 
Main time base - lowest 5 ns/div 
Main time base - highest 5 s/div 
Timebase accuracy .0015 % 
Trigger Source External,Internal 
Minimum Glitch Trigger 2 ns 
Display Type CRT Monochrome 
Display Size 12.7 cm 

Tektronix 2432A 300 MHz 2 Channel Digital Storage Oscilloscope

Rent me for $200 a month

 

   The 2432A Portable Oscilloscope is a 500 MS/s, 300MHz scope with a 20 MHz sampling rate, 8-bit vertical resolution, and 2 ns capture glitch. Time bases: main, delay. Menu driven for easy setups and diagnostic, extensive programming (GPIB) and measurement capabilities

 

Features

• 2 channels
• DC to 300MHz bandwidth
• 250MSa/s sampling rate
• 1024-points record length per channel
• 2ns glitch capture
• Extensive triggering capabilities
• Direct printer / plotter output
• Built-in automatic measurements
• CRT display
• GPIB
• Min. Vertical Sensitivity : 2 mV/div
• Max. Vertical Sensitivity : 5 V/div

Tektronix 2440 300 MHz 2 Channel Oscilloscope

Rent me for $200 a month

 

   The 2440 Portable Oscilloscope is a 500 MS/s, 300MHz scope with a 20 MHz sampling rate, 8-bit vertical resolution, and 2 ns capture glitch. Time bases: main, delay. Menu driven for easy setups and diagnostic, extensive programming (GPIB) and measurement capabilities

 

Features

• Bandwidth : 300 MHz
• Number of Channels : 2
• Sample Rate : 500 MSa/s
• Record Length : 1,024 pts.
• Min. Vertical Sensitivity : 2 mV/div
• Max. Vertical Sensitivity : 5 V/div

Tektronix 2445B 150 Mhz 4 Channel Oscilloscope 

  Hundreds of additional Tektronix Oscilloscopes in all models, ages and prices. Everything from parts units to fully calibrated with a warranty. Please call for your requirements

Precision Measurements

The 2465/2445 Family oscilloscopes set new norms in measurement precision. With 1% horizontal system accuracy and 2% vertical deflection accuracy, they give you greater measurement confidence than ever before. On-screen vertical and horizontal cursors deliver immediate and
accurate results of voltage, time, frequency, ratio, and phase measurements.

Cursors increase accuracy and operator productivity. With them, measurements can be made quickly, with almost no chance of interpretation errors and no CRT linearity error. The front panel controlled Channel 1 - Channel 2 delay-matching adjustment compensates probe and vertical-channel delay differences.

Features

• Auto Setup
• Auto Measure
• Auto PAss / Fail
• Auto Sequence
• HPIB Interface
• Direct Plot Capable
• On Screen Help 

Measurement Convenience

Four channels produce clear and complete views to simplify complex measurements. With the B sweep you can display any portion of the A sweep, including the A-sweep trigger event. Sweep-delay range is adjustable down to zero delay. This combination allows easy timing measurements
to be made on highly asymmetric or jittering waveforms. It provides accurate delayed and ΔTime measurements--from the first pulse on the trace-- and allows the operator to examine the A-trigger event in detail.

Specifications for the 2445B

Bandwidth 150 MHz  
Rise time 2.33 ns  
Number of Channels 4 ch  
Channel-Channel Isolation 50 dB  
Min. Vertical Sensitivity 2 mV/div  
Maximum Vertical Sensitivity 5 V/div  
Vertical(or Deflection Factor) Accuracy 2 %  
Input Coupling AC,DC,GND  
Input Impedance 1 MOhm  
Input Impedance (alternate) 50 Ohm  
Maximum Input Voltage 400 V(dc+p  
Maximum Input#2 (for Impedance #2) 5 Vrms  
Main time base - lowest 10 ns/div  
Main time base - highest 500 ms/div  
B Sweep Time Base (low) 10 ns/div  
B Sweep Time Base (high) 50 ms/div  
Time base Magnification factor (X?) x10  
Timebase accuracy 0.7 %  
Trigger Source External,Internal  
Trigger Sensitivity 0.35 mV  
Display Type Color CRT  
Display Size 13 cm  
Trace writing speed (Analog Oscilloscope) 2 div/s  

    Tektronix 2465A 

  DESCRIPTION:

The 2465A Oscilloscope is a four-channel oscilloscope with a bandwidth of 350MHz. Sensitivity is 2 mV at 350MHz. Risetime on all channels is 1 ns. The instrument has a sweep speed of 500 ps/Div. It has Volts and Time cursors with on-screen readout. Input is switchable between 1 Mohm and 50 ohms. On-board capture allows you to digitize, store and recall waveforms or analyze them on your PC. It also has a 20 ps Time Interval Resolution. Other features include Auto Setup, Set-Up Sequencing and Cursor After Delay.

Rent me for $250 a month

This price includes 4 P6139A probes

 

DESCRIPTION

   The 2465B Oscilloscope is a four-channel oscilloscope with a bandwidth of 400MHz. Sensitivity is 2 mV at 400MHz. Risetime on all channels is 0.875 ns. The instrument has a sweep speed of 500 ps/Div. It has Volts and Time cursors with on-screen readout. Input is switchable between 1 Mohm and 50 ohm. On-board capture allows you to digitize, store and recall waveforms or analyze them on your PC. It also has a 20 ps Time Interval Resolution. Other features include Auto Setup, Set-Up Sequencing and Cursor After Delay.

   The analog display allows gray scaling and persistence, whereby faster signals appear fainter than slower signals. And when an event only occurs occasionally in a repetitive signal, the anomaly will fade quicker and look dimmer than the rest of the waveform, which can provide critical information when analyzing complex designs. The 2465B also offers a real time display that responds instantly to changing signal conditions. Since it doesn't have to acquire and then process signal information before displaying it like a digital scope, it can trigger on many more waveforms per second. And with a complete selection of trigger modes, the 2465B can display any signal regardless of its complexity.

DESCRIPTION
The 2467 Portable Oscilloscope is a four channel oscilloscope with a bandwidth of 400 MHz. Sensitivity is 2 mV at 350MHz. Risetime on all channels is 1 ns. 500 ps/Div. sweep speed. It has Volts and Time cursors with on-screen readout. Input is switchable between 1 Mohm and 50 ohms. The 4 ns/Div visual writing speed sets it apart from the other oscilloscopes in its family. On-board capture allows you to digitize, store and recall waveforms or analyze them on your PC. It also has a 20 pS Time Interval Resolution. Other features include Auto Setup, Set-Up Sequencing and Cursor After Delay.

DESCRIPTION
The 2467 Portable Oscilloscope is a four channel oscilloscope with a bandwidth of 400 MHz. Sensitivity is 2 mV at 350MHz. Risetime on all channels is 1 ns. 500 ps/Div. sweep speed. It has Volts and Time cursors with on-screen readout. Input is switchable between 1 Mohm and 50 ohms. The 4 ns/Div visual writing speed sets it apart from the other oscilloscopes in its family. On-board capture allows you to digitize, store and recall waveforms or analyze them on your PC. It also has a 20 pS Time Interval Resolution. Other features include Auto Setup, Set-Up Sequencing and Cursor After Delay.

DESCRIPTION
The 2467 Portable Oscilloscope is a four channel oscilloscope with a bandwidth of 400 MHz. Sensitivity is 2 mV at 350MHz. Risetime on all channels is 1 ns. 500 ps/Div. sweep speed. It has Volts and Time cursors with on-screen readout. Input is switchable between 1 Mohm and 50 ohms. The 4 ns/Div visual writing speed sets it apart from the other oscilloscopes in its family. On-board capture allows you to digitize, store and recall waveforms or analyze them on your PC. It also has a 20 pS Time Interval Resolution. Other features include Auto Setup, Set-Up Sequencing and Cursor After Delay.

The dual-channel, DC-to-200 megahertz vertical deflection system provides calibrated deflection factors from 2 millivolts to 5 volts/division. A BW/TRIG VIEW switch permits limiting the bandwidth of the vertical system to reduce interference from high-frequency signals when viewing lower-frequency, low-level signals. The switch also permits displaying of the signal applied to the 'A'Trigger Generator on the CRT.

Tektronix 485 350 Mhz 2 Channel Oscilloscope

The 485 Dual Trace Oscilloscope provides both versatility and reliability in a convenient, easy-to-use package. You'll have plenty of power; bandwidth is rated at 350MHz and vertical sensitivity to 5 mV/div! Selectable input impedance of 1 Mohm and 50-ohms. Also available are horizontal sweep rates to 1ns/division. Automatic deflection factor readout, 3 div/ns writing speed plus many more features. The unit weighs only 21 lbs.

     Tektronix 6247

     Description:

     A command line tool which can import the binary files generated by Tektronix TDS series oscilloscopes.

Tektronix 714L 500 Mhz 4 Channel Oscilloscope

Rent me for $500 a month

with options

• 13 RS-232/Centronics Hardcopy Interface Ports
• 1F Floppy Disk Drive
• 1M Extend record length from 50,000 samples standard to 130,000
• 2F Add advanced DSP math features such as FFT, integration, and differentiation

 

Features

• 500 MHz Bandwidth
• 500 MS/s Sample Rate
• 4 Channels
• 1% Vertical Accuracy
• 8-Bit Vertical Resolution, Over 11-Bits with Averaging and Over 12-Bits with Hi-Res
• 1 ns Peak Detect
• 1 mV/div to 10 V/div Sensitivity
• Channel Deskew
• Record Lengths to 8 M Points
• Floppy Disk Storage
• Iomega Zip and Zip Plus Drive Compatible
• Advanced Triggering
• 29 Automatic Measurements and Measurement Statistics
• FFT and Advanced Math
• Histograms With Statistics
• Limit Test
• Full GPIB Programmability

Applications

• Power Supply Design and Debug
• Electro-mechanical Design and Analysis
• Bio-medical Product Development
• Automotive Electronics Design and Debug
• Industrial Control

High Fidelity Signal Acquisition

The high bandwidth (500 MHz) of the TDS714L together with its sample rate (500 MS/s) shows the true signals that other scopes may be missing. The TDS714L provides a wide dynamic range, flat response, fast overdrive recovery, calibrated DC offset, 1 mV/div sensitivity, 1 ns peak detect and internal calibration.

Easy to Learn and Easy to Use

Extensive user interface design has made the TDS714L truly intuitive to operate. It offers a familiar front panel layout with dedicated vertical, horizontal, and trigger controls. A graphical user interface with over 200 icons helps facilitate understanding and use of the advanced features. A color monitor helps rapidly distinguish between multiple waveforms and measurements. Online help provides a convenient built-in reference manual.

Tektronix CSA8000 Communications Analyzer Mainframe

Rent me for $1000 a month

Requires additional modules for operation

   Specifically designed for high-performance communications applications, the CSA8000 Communications Signal Analyzer is the ideal tool for design evaluation and manufacturing test of datacom and telecom components, transceiver subassemblies and transmission systems. The CSA8000 generates measurement results, not just raw data, with time and amplitude histograms, mask testing and statistical measurements. It provides a communications-tailored measurement set that includes jitter, noise, duty cycle, overshoot, undershoot, extinction ratio, Q-factor, mean optical power and amplitude measurements for both RZ and NRZ signals. In addition, mask testing of SDH/SONET, Gigabit Ethernet and other standards simplifies conformance testing. A large, full color display helps you to discriminate waveform details. Color-grading of waveform data adds a third dimension, sample density, to your signal acquisitions and analyses.

Features

• Automatic Communication Measurements (RZ and NRZ)
  • Q-factor
  • Extinction Ratio
  • Optical Power
  • Signal-to-Noise Ratio
  • Jitter
• Wide Bandwidth (DC to 70+ GHz*¹ with up to 12.5 GHz Trigger)
• Automatic ITU/ANSI Mask Testing
• Normal, Infinite, Variable Persistence and Color Graded Display Modes
• Intuitive User Interface
  • Large Color Display (10 in.)
  • MS Windows Operating System
• Modular Architecture
• Fast Acquisition Rate
• Excellent Signal Fidelity (Jitter <800 fsec RMS - Typical)
• FrameScan¿ Acquisition Mode
  • Isolate Data Dependent Faults
  • Examine Low-power PRBS Signals
  • Eliminate Random Noise and Jitter Via Averaging
• Windows 2000 for enhanced network security

Applications

• Manufacturing/Testing for ITU/ANSI Conformance
• Designing/Verification of Telecom and Datacom Elements

*¹ Bandwidth is determined by plug-in modules and may exceed 70 GHz should higher speed modules become available in the future.

   The CSA8000 supports a large and growing family of optical and electrical plug-in modules. This modular architecture lets you configure the instrument with the right features for your application both now and in the future. The available optical modules provide complete optical test solutions for both telecom (155 Mb/s to 43 Gb/s) and datacom (Fibre Channel, InfiniBand and Gigabit Ethernet) applications. Each optical module includes all of the elements necessary for communications testing, including an optical to electrical converter, an average power monitor, up to five data rate filters, a full bandwidth path and a low-noise electrical sampler. In addition, clock recovery is available as an option for most optical modules. The electrical plug-ins include a variety of modules with bandwidths up to 70+ GHz and specialized features such as Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR). High bandwidth probes are also available for constructing a total acquisition and measurement solution.

Tektronix CSA8000B Communications Signal Analyzer

Rent me for $1000 a month

Communications Signal Analysis Solutions

Specifically designed for high-performance communications applications, the Tektronix CSA8000B Communications Signal Analyzer is the ideal tool for design evaluation and manufacturing test of datacom and telecom components, transceiver subassemblies and transmission systems. The CSA8000B generates measurement results, not just raw data, with time and amplitude histograms, mask testing and statistical measurements. It provides a communications-tailored measurement set that includes jitter, noise, duty cycle, overshoot, undershoot, extinction ratio, Q-factor, mean optical power and amplitude measurements for both RZ and NRZ signals. In addition, mask testing of SDH/SONET, Gigabit Ethernet and other standards simplifies conformance testing. A large, full color display helps you to discriminate waveform details. Color-grading of waveform data adds a third dimension, sample density, to your signal acquisitions and analyses.

Features

• Automatic Communication Measurements (RZ and NRZ)
  • Q-factor
  • Extinction Ratio
  • Optical Power
  • Signal-to-Noise Ratio
  • Jitter
• Wide Bandwidth (DC to 70+ GHz with up to 12.5 GHz Trigger)
• Automatic ITU/ANSI Mask Testing
• Normal, Infinite, Variable Persistence and Color Graded Display Modes
• Intuitive User Interface
  • Large Color Display (10 in.)
  • MS Windows Operating System
• Modular Architecture
• Fast Acquisition Rate
• Excellent Signal Fidelity (Jitter <800 fsec RMS - Typical)
• FrameScan¿ Acquisition Mode
  • Isolate Data Dependent Faults
  • Examine Low-power PRBS Signals
  • Eliminate Random Noise and Jitter Via Averaging
• Windows 2000 for enhanced network security

Applications

• Manufacturing/Testing for ITU/ANSI Conformance
• Designing/Verification of Telecom and Datacom Elements

Modularity and Flexibility

   The CSA8000B supports a large and growing family of optical and electrical plug-in modules. This modular architecture lets you configure the instrument with the right features for your application both now and in the future. The available optical modules provide complete optical test solutions for both telecom (155 Mb/s to 43 Gb/s) and datacom (Fibre Channel, InfiniBand and Gigabit Ethernet) applications. Each optical module includes all of the elements necessary for communications testing, including an optical to electrical converter, an average power monitor, up to five data rate filters, a full bandwidth path and a low-noise electrical sampler. In addition, clock recovery is available as an option for most optical modules.

Superior Performance

   With its industry-best horizontal timebase stability, trigger jitter, signal sensitivity and noise performance, the CSA8000B ensures the most accurate acquired signal for high-speed optical communications testing. The CSA8000B's multi-processor architecture, with dedicated per channel digital signal processors (DSP), also provides industry-best waveform acquisition rates that shorten test times.

FEATURES

Tektronix DSA602 1 GHz Digitizing Signal Analyzer

Rent me for $300 a month

Requires additional modules for operation

   The DSA602 Digitizing Signal Analyzer contains powerful internal digital signal processors that can process digitized signals up to 180 times per second. Features include: 2 GS/s Sampling Rate. 8-Bit Vertical Resolution. 1GHz System Bandwidth. 12 channels of acquisition display of 8 waveforms. Up to 4 channels of concurrent single-shot capability. Time, Event, Level, and Boolean Qualified Triggering.
 

Features

• 1GHz system bandwidth.
• 2G samples/s sampling rate.
• 8-bit verticle resolution.
• 12 channels of acquisition display of 8 waveforms.
• 32k record length.
• Up to 4 channels of concurrent single-shot capability.
• 3.5 floppy drive.
• Time, event, level, and Boolean qualified triggering.
• Over 24 waveform functions and 24 automatic measurements.
• Centronics, RS-232, and GPIB interfaces.
• Requires 11000 Series plug-ins

Tektronix TAS485 200 Mhz 4 Channel

The TAS485 is modeled after the TDS series interface to simplify operation without limiting capabilities. It offers many advanced features, such Auto Setup instantly deliver meaningful waveforms. Cursors with readouts in the display great ease the task of measuring waveforms. Save/Recall stores up to four front panel setups. Comprehensive VIDEO TRIGGERING simplifies triggering on complex video waveforms. You can cleanly trigger on any NTSC, PAL, or SECAM video signal. Versatile dual time bases, X-Y operation, Z-Axis Input, and many more features make the TAS485 your best choice.

Key Features

• Bright, Crisp Display with High Writing Rate

• Four Independent Channels

• 100 MHz Bandwidth With 2 ns/Div Time Base

• On-Screen Scale-Factor readouts

• Flexible Triggering¿Auto Level and Auto HF, LF, Noise Reject, TV Line and TV Field

• Delayed Sweep

• Control Status Lights

• 2% Vertical and Horizontal Accuracy

• 2 mV/Div Vertical Sensitivity at Full Bandwidth

• New Labeled Volts Cursors With Ground Referenced Reading and On-Screen Readouts

• Meets or Exceeds MIL-28800 for Harsh Environments

• Hands Off Voltmeter Measurements (+Peak and ¿Peak), Peak-to-Peak, Gated Peaks, Gated Peak-to-Peak and DC

• New SmartCursors

• Track Voltmeter Measurements

• Visually Indicate Trigger Level and Ground

• Time Measurements With Cursors or Alternate Delayed Sweep or ÆTime

Specifications

Bandwidth  200 MHz 
Rise time  1.75 ns 
Number of Channels  4 ch 
Min. Vertical Sensitivity  2 mV/div 
Maximum Vertical Sensitivity  5 V/div 
Vertical(or Deflection Factor) Accuracy  2.5 % 
Input Coupling  AC,DC,GND 
Input Impedance  1 MOhm 
Maximum Input Voltage  400 V(dc+p 
Main time base - lowest  10 ns/div 
Main time base - highest  0.5 s/div 

Tektronix TDS 3TMT Telecom Mask Option

TDS 3TMT - Telecommunications Mask Testing Module

When this module is installed in the TDS 3000 Series scope, the TDS 3000 DPO becomes a Pass/Fail test instrument for telecommunications standard compliance testing.

• ITU-T G.703 (DS0, DS1, E1, Clk Interface, DS2, E2, E3, and DS3 rates) standards supported
• ANSI T1.102 (DS1, DS1A, DS1C, DS2, DS3, and STS-1 rates) standards supported
• Custom mask editing also available using WaveStar¿ software for oscilloscopes.
• Use TDS 3GM (GPIB) or the NEW TDS 3EM (LAN) communication modules to program the TDS 3000 for automated testing

Typical Application of TMT Module

When testing network line cards in manufacturing, one of the most important considerations is throughput! The combination of DPO waveform throughput and hardware assisted mask testing results in breakthrough test speeds for mask testing on single and multiple channel devices.

Network Line Card Testing using the TDS3000 DPO

While telecommunication network data rates continue to climb with the emergence of high-speed electrical interfaces such as STM-1E and STS-3 and optical interfaces such as OC-192, the "bread and butter" of today's network access equipment still lies in low to medium data rate electrical interfaces such as ITU-T G.703 E1/E3, ANSI T1.102 DS1/DS3, and custom variations of these standards. An STM-1E (156 Mb) signal contains enough information to service 63 E1 (2 Mb) drops in an Add/Drop multiplexer. Low to medium data rates are also used heavily for wireless access to the network through radio link equipment.

With the combination of increased channel count and higher volume demand, the need for high-speed testing in telecommunication equipment manufacturing is critical. The TDS3000 with the TDS3TMT (Telecom Mask Test) application module was designed to maximize test throughput for single and multiple channel digital interface line cards.

Application Modules

With the application module concept, the TDS 3000 Series can be easily adapted to the needs of the user. These modules are easily installed by the user. At power on the scope indicates which modules are installed. Currently, there are five application modules available for the TDS 3000 Series - a telecommunications mask test module, an FFT module, an advanced trigger module, a 601 digital video module and an extended video module. In addition, there are three communication modules available - a 10Base-T LAN/RS-232 module, a GPIB/RS-232 module and a VGA/RS-232 module. Centronics port is standard.

Tektronix TDS 3TRG Trigger Module

Advanced Trigger Features

The TDS3TRG Advanced Trigger application module adds logic and pulse triggering capabilities to your TDS3000 series oscilloscope.

Logic Trigger Features

Logic triggering triggers the oscilloscope when two signals meet a Boolean logic condition. The advanced trigger module provides pattern and state logic trigger modes.

Pattern Trigger

 Pattern triggering triggers the oscilloscope when two signals become logically true or false. Basically, the pattern-triggering feature triggers the oscilloscope from the output of a two-input AND, OR, NAND, or NOR logic gate. You can specify time constraints and signal threshold levels as part of the triggering condition. This trigger is useful for digital logic troubleshooting.

State Trigger

 State triggering triggers the oscilloscope when a state signal is true or false at the time a clock signal transition is true. This trigger is useful for troubleshooting digital logic synchronous state machines.

Pulse Trigger Features

Pulse triggering triggers the oscilloscope when a signal meets a timing or threshold condition. The advanced trigger module provides three pulse trigger modes: pulse width, runt pulse, and slew rate.

Pulse Width

 Pulse-width triggering triggers the oscilloscope when a signal pulse width is less than, greater than, equal to, or not equal to a specified pulse width. This trigger is useful for digital logic troubleshooting.

Runt Pulse

 Runt-pulse triggering triggers the oscilloscope when a signal pulse is less than a specified threshold level. You can also specify runt pulse-width parameters. This trigger is useful for troubleshooting bus-contention problems.

Slew Rate

 Slew-rate triggering triggers the oscilloscope when a signal¿s slew rate (rise or fall time) is less than, greater than, equal to, or not equal to a specified slew rate. This trigger is useful for troubleshooting digital bus transceivers, transmission lines, and op-amp circuits.

Tektronix TDS3032 2 Channel 300 Mhz Oscilloscope 

The TDS 3000 Series of Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes The TDS 3000 oscilloscopes are the lowest priced, most portable Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes (DPOs). Now every design engineer and technician can take advantage of the tremendous benefits of DPOs. DPOs deliver a new level of insight that makes dealing with complex signals simple. DPOs display, store, and analyze, in real-time three dimensions of signal information: amplitude, time, and distribution of amplitude over time. 

Benefits of DPO 

DPOs have an intensity graded color display that provides information about the frequency of occurrence of signal amplitudes and widths. This helps the user locate and characterize waveform anomalies that can be elusive on traditional Digital Storage Oscilloscopes. The fast update rate of DPOs also makes it easier to capture and display infrequent waveforms or waveform variations. 

Quick to Learn and Quick to Use 

The TDS 3000 Series graphical user interface offers a new operating mode called QuickMenu. This quick access user interface makes the main oscilloscope controls accessible with a push of a single button. Included with every scope is an On-Line Tour disk that runs in the oscilloscope. This disk gives an overview of the product's operation and capabilities. 

Flexible Features for Every Application

 The portable form factor allows the instrument to go wherever it is needed. The Communication and Application Modules enable the instrument to be configured for specific applications or upgraded without returning it to the manufacturer. The TekProbe® Level II interface provides power to a range of application specific accessories. 

Application Modules

 With the application module concept, the TDS 3000 Series can be easily adapted to the needs of the user. These modules are easily installed by the user. At power on the scope indicates which modules are installed. Currently, there are five application modules available for the TDS 3000 Series - a telecommunications mask test module, an FFT module, an advanced trigger module, a 601 digital video module and an extended video module. In addition, there are three communication modules available - a 10Base-T LAN/RS-232 module, a GPIB/RS-232 module and a VGA/RS-232 module. Centronics port is standard.

Remote Control

A key added feature is e*Scope¿ Web-based remote control. The TDS3052B is truly an e*Scope, allowing you to control it over the Internet using a PC. Simply connect your DSO to a LAN via the built-in Ethernet port, open a browser window on the PC and enter the scope's IP address in the Address window. The instrument will respond and allow you to control it from your browser. You can download advanced e*Scope control software to your PC for a graphical interface that displays the DSO screen and front panel controls for easy access. Such e*Scope control gives you simple remote access to your measurement instrument whether across the room or across the globe. 

The TDS 3000 oscilloscopes are the lowest priced, most portable Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes (DPOs). Now every design engineer and technician can take advantage of the tremendous benefits of DPOs. DPOs deliver a new level of insight that makes dealing with complex signals simple. DPOs display, store, and analyze, in real-time three dimensions of signal information: amplitude, time, and distribution of amplitude over time.

Benefits of DPO

DPOs have an intensity graded color display that provides information about the frequency of occurrence of signal amplitudes and widths. This helps the user locate and characterize waveform anomalies that can be elusive on traditional Digital Storage Oscilloscopes. The fast update rate of DPOs also makes it easier to capture and display infrequent waveforms or waveform variations.

Quick to Learn and Quick to Use

The TDS 3000 Series graphical user interface offers a new operating mode called QuickMenu. This quick access user interface makes the main oscilloscope controls accessible with a push of a single button. Included with every scope is an On-Line Tour disk that runs in the oscilloscope. This disk gives an overview of the product's operation and capabilities.

Features

• 300 MHz Bandwidth
• Sample Rates up to 2.5 GS/s
•  4 Channels
• Full VGA Color LCD 
• Built-in Floppy Disk Drive For Easy Storage and Documentation
• 21 Automatic Measurements
• Centronics Port Standard on all Models for Quick, Convenient Hardcopies
• 9-bit Vertical Resolution
• Multi-Language User Interface
• QuickMenu User Interface Mode for Quick, Easy Operation
• Optional Modules for RS-232, GPIB, LAN or VGA Communication Ports
• Advanced Triggers, such as, Glitch, Width, and Logic Standard on 4 Channel Models
• Telecommunications Mask Testing (TMT)
• Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) for Frequency and Harmonic Analysis Standard on 4 Channel Models
• Extended Video Application Module
• Support for Active Probes, Differential Probes, and Current Probes that Provide Automatic Scaling and Units

Applications

• Telecommunications Manufacturing (Telecom Mask Test Application Module for Pass/Fail Compliance of ITU-T G.703 and ANSI T1.102 (Up to STS-1 Rates) Standards)
• Digital Design and Debug
• Video Design and Service (Video Application Modules Offer Line Count, HDTV and Custom Video Trigger, Video Display Graticules, SDI to Analog Video Conversion with Composite and Component Outputs, Video Picture Identification and Vectorscope)
• Industrial Electronic Design
• Power Supply Design
• Connected Instrumentation (10Base-T LAN, GPIB and VGA Modules with RS-232)
• Highly Mobile Environments (Optional Battery Pack for Convenient Use in the Field or Away from the Bench)

Benefits of DPO

DPOs have an intensity graded color display that provides information about the frequency of occurrence of signal amplitudes and widths. This helps the user locate and characterize waveform anomalies that can be elusive on traditional Digital Storage Oscilloscopes. The fast update rate of DPOs also makes it easier to capture and display infrequent waveforms or waveform variations.

• 500 MHz Bandwidth
• Sample Rates up to 5 GS/s
• 2 Channels
• Full VGA Color LCD on all Models
• Built-in Floppy Disk Drive For Easy Storage and Documentation
• 21 Automatic Measurements
• Centronics Port Standard on all Models for Quick, Convenient Hardcopies
• 9-bit Vertical Resolution
• Multi-Language User Interface
• QuickMenu User Interface Mode for Quick, Easy Operation
• Optional Modules for RS-232, GPIB, LAN or VGA Communication Ports
• Advanced Triggers, such as, Glitch, Width, and Logic Standard on 4 Channel Models
• Telecommunications Mask Testing (TMT)
• Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) for Frequency and Harmonic Analysis Standard on 4 Channel Models
• Extended Video Application Module
• Support for Active Probes, Differential Probes, and Current Probes that Provide Automatic Scaling and Units
  

Applications

• Telecommunications Manufacturing (Telecom Mask Test Application Module for Pass/Fail Compliance of ITU-T G.703 and ANSI T1.102 (Up to STS-1 Rates) Standards)
• Digital Design and Debug
• Video Design and Service (Video Application Modules Offer Line Count, HDTV and Custom Video Trigger, Video Display Graticules, SDI to Analog Video Conversion with Composite and Component Outputs, Video Picture Identification and Vectorscope)
• Industrial Electronic Design
• Power Supply Design
• Connected Instrumentation (10Base-T LAN, GPIB and VGA Modules with RS-232)
• Highly Mobile Environments (Optional Battery Pack for Convenient Use in the Field or Away from the Bench)

Tektronix TDS3052B 500 Mhz 2 Channel Oscilloscope

Rent me for $600 a month

 

The TDS3052B Series digital phosphor oscilloscopes pack the power of digital phosphor waveform acquisition technology, WaveAlert automatic anomaly detection, OpenChoice documentation and analysis solutions with e*Scope® web-based remote control, and five application-specific modules into a lightweight, battery-capable design.

Features

• 500 MHz Bandwidth
• Sample Rates up to 5 GS/s
• 2 Channels
• Full VGA Color LCD
• 25 Automatic Measurements
• 9-Bit Vertical Resolution
• FFT Standard
• Multi-language User Interface
• QuickMenu Graphical User Interface for Easy Operation
• WaveAlert Automatic Waveform Anomaly Detection
• OpenChoice Solutions Simplify Instrument Control, Documentation, and Analysis e*Scope Web-based Remote Control
• Built-in Ethernet port
• GPIB, RS232, VGA
• TDSPCS1 OpenChoice
• WaveStar Software
• Integration with Third-party Software
• Application Modules for Specialized Analysis
• Plug-in Printer for Portable Documentation of Results
• TekProbe Interface Supports Active, Differential, and Current Probes for Automatic Scaling and Units

The TDS3000B Series of Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes Provides Unmatched Performance and Portability at an Affordable Price

The TDS3052B packs the power of a DPO, digital real-time (DRT) sampling technology, WaveAlert waveform anomaly detection, OpenChoice documentation and analysis solutions, and five application-specific modules into a lightweight, battery-capable design.

A DPO Provides a Greater Level of Insight into Complex Signals

The TDS3052B Series DPO delivers 3,600 wfms/s continuous waveform capture rate to capture glitches and infrequent events three times faster than comparable oscilloscopes. Some oscilloscope vendors claim high waveform capture rates for short bursts of time, but only DPOs can deliver these fast waveform capture rates on a continuous basis ¿ saving minutes, hours, or even days by quickly revealing the nature of faults so advanced triggers can be applied to isolate them.

In addition, the TDS3052B's DPO's real-time intensity grading highlights the details about the "history" of a signal's activity, making it easier to understand the characteristics of the waveforms you've captured.

Rent me for $500 a month

with options

• TDS3TRG Advanced Trigger
• TDS3FFT FFT
• TDS3GM

Features

• 500 Mhz Bandwidth
• 5 GS/s maximum real-time sample rate, with sin(x)/x interpolation
• 3,600 wfms/s continuous waveform capture rate
•  4 Channels
• Full VGA Color LCD
• 25 Automatic Measurements
• FFT Standard
• Multi-language User Interface
• QuickMenu Graphical User Interface for Easy Operation
• WaveAlert® Automatic Waveform Anomaly Detection
• OpenChoice® Solutions Simplify Instrument Control, Documentation, and Analysis
  • e*Scope® Web-based Remote Control
  • Built-in Ethernet port
  • GPIB, RS232, VGA
  • TDSPCS1 OpenChoice® Software
  • WaveStar¿ Software
  • Integration with Third-party Software
• Application Modules for Specialized Analysis
  • Advanced Analysis Module
  • Limit Testing Module
  • Telecommunications Mask Testing Module
  • Extended Video Module
  • 601 Serial Digital Video Module
• Optional Internal Battery Operation up to 3 Hours Without Line Power
• Plug-in Printer for Portable Documentation of Results
• TekProbe® Interface Supports Active, Differential, and Current Probes for Automatic Scaling and Units

Rent me for $500 a month

with options

• TDS3TRG Advanced Trigger
• TDS3FFT FFT

Features

• 500 Mhz Bandwidth
• 5 GS/s maximum real-time sample rate, with sin(x)/x interpolation
• 3,600 wfms/s continuous waveform capture rate
•  4 Channels
• Full VGA Color LCD
• 25 Automatic Measurements
• FFT Standard
• Multi-language User Interface
• QuickMenu Graphical User Interface for Easy Operation
• WaveAlert® Automatic Waveform Anomaly Detection
• OpenChoice® Solutions Simplify Instrument Control, Documentation, and Analysis
  • e*Scope® Web-based Remote Control
  • Built-in Ethernet port
  • GPIB, RS232, VGA
  • TDSPCS1 OpenChoice® Software
  • WaveStar¿ Software
  • Integration with Third-party Software
• Application Modules for Specialized Analysis
  • Advanced Analysis Module
  • Limit Testing Module
  • Telecommunications Mask Testing Module
  • Extended Video Module
  • 601 Serial Digital Video Module
• Optional Internal Battery Operation up to 3 Hours Without Line Power
• Plug-in Printer for Portable Documentation of Results
• TekProbe® Interface Supports Active, Differential, and Current Probes for Automatic Scaling and Units

Tektronix TDS3GM RS232/GBIP Module

 This module adds RS232/GPIB capability to the TDS 3000 series oscilloscope. It plugs into the rear panel and is automatically detected by the software.

Tektronix TDS460 4 Channel 350 Mhz Oscilloscope 

For professionals who demand high precision and fidelity from their measurements, the TDS 400A Personal Lab Scopes combine excellent performance and broad feature set, all at affordable prices. A choice of 2 and 4 channel models ranging from 200 MHz to 400 MHz with a 100MS/s sample rate on all channels makes the TDS 400A Series a worthy fit for a variety of demanding applications. The highly featured, portable, and easy to use TDS420, 430 and TDS460 personal lab scopes are ideal for simple to complex applications, including electro-mechanical research and analysis, power electronics/power supply design, bio-physical research and analysis, digital and analog design. With its standard video trigger capability, the scopes are ideal instruments for measuring video signals including NTSC, PAL and SECAM. The TDS 400 Series uses the renowned TDS Graphical User Interface which offers intuitive icon-based menus along with help text, making scope operation extremely simple. Knobs and buttons allow easy selection of commonly used scope functions. The standard floppy disk drive makes the saving of screen images or data to a disk simple. The disk can then be inserted into your PC for importing to desktop publishing or spreadsheet programs.

• Be Confident You¿re Seeing Actual Signals with up to 350 MHz Bandwidth and ±1.5% Accuracy

• Capture Transient Events to the Full Scope Bandwidth with its 100 MS/s Sample Rate

• 4 Channels

• Record Lengths to 120K (option XL), 30K Standard

• Floppy Disk Storage

• Speed up your Circuit Analysis with 25 built-in Automatic Measurements and optional extended Waveform

• Math/FFT

• Roll Mode Allows You to See Acquired Data Points Without

• Waiting for the Acquisition of the Complete Waveform

• Use the Video Trigger Mode to See NTSC, PAL, SECAM Signals or your Own Custom Video Signals

• Capture those glitches with the 10 ns Peak Detect Mode

Specifications

Bandwidth 350 MHz 
Number of Channels 4 ch 
Simultaneous Channels 4 ch 
Simultaneous Maximum Sampling Rate/ch 100 MSa/s 
One ch. only max. sampling rate 100 MSa/s 
Max. Single Shot bandwidth 400 MHz 
Max. Record Length 500 pt/sec 
Min. Vertical Sensitivity 1 mV/div 
Maximum Vertical Sensitivity 10 V/div 
Number of Bits 8 bits 
Input Impedance 1 MOhm 
Input Impedance (alternate) 50 Ohm 
Input Coupling AC,DC,GND 

Tektronix TDS460A 4 Channel 400 Mhz Oscilloscope 

For professionals who demand high precision and fidelity from their measurements, the TDS 400A Personal Lab Scopes combine excellent performance and broad feature set, all at affordable prices. A choice of 2 and 4 channel models ranging from 200 MHz to 400 MHz with a 100MS/s sample rate on all channels makes the TDS 400A Series a worthy fit for a variety of demanding applications. The highly featured, portable, and easy to use TDS420A, 430A and 460A personal lab scopes are ideal for simple to complex applications, including electro-mechanical research and analysis, power electronics/power supply design, bio-physical research and analysis, digital and analog design. With its standard video trigger capability, the scopes are ideal instruments for measuring video signals including NTSC, PAL and SECAM. The TDS 400A Series uses the renowned TDS Graphical User Interface which offers intuitive icon-based menus along with help text, making scope operation extremely simple. Knobs and buttons allow easy selection of commonly used scope functions. The standard floppy disk drive makes the saving of screen images or data to a disk simple. The disk can then be inserted into your PC for importing to desktop publishing or spreadsheet programs.

• Be Confident You¿re Seeing Actual Signals with up to 400 MHz Bandwidth and ±1.5% Accuracy

• Capture Transient Events to the Full Scope Bandwidth with its 100 MS/s Sample Rate

• 4 Channels

• Record Lengths to 120K (option XL), 30K Standard

• Floppy Disk Storage

• Speed up your Circuit Analysis with 25 built-in Automatic Measurements and optional extended Waveform

• Math/FFT

• Roll Mode Allows You to See Acquired Data Points Without

• Waiting for the Acquisition of the Complete Waveform

• Use the Video Trigger Mode to See NTSC, PAL, SECAM Signals or your Own Custom Video Signals

• Capture those glitches with the 10 ns Peak Detect Mode

Specifications

Bandwidth 400 MHz 
Number of Channels 4 ch 
Simultaneous Channels 4 ch 
Simultaneous Maximum Sampling Rate/ch 100 MSa/s 
One ch. only max. sampling rate 100 MSa/s 
Max. Single Shot bandwidth 400 MHz 
Max. Record Length 500 pt/sec 
Min. Vertical Sensitivity 1 mV/div 
Maximum Vertical Sensitivity 10 V/div 
Number of Bits 8 bits 
Input Impedance 1 MOhm 
Input Impedance (alternate) 50 Ohm 
Input Coupling AC,DC,GND 

Tektronix TDS5052B 500 Mhz 5GS/s 2 Channel Oscilloscope

Rent me for $600 a month

   The TDS5052B Series offers the industry¿s first easily customizable oscilloscope user interface. MyScope control windows is a revolutionary new feature that allows you to build your own control windows with only the controls, features, and capabilities that you care about and are important in your job. For the first time, you can pull all the functionality you need from all the various parts of the oscilloscope into one control window, effectively creating your own personalized ¿toolbox¿ of oscilloscope features. No longer do you need to search through menus for features or re-learn how to drive the oscilloscope after a break from the lab. MyScope control windows enable you to spend your valuable time focused on the task at hand rather than navigating menus on your oscilloscope. And creating these custom control windows isn¿t a long drawn-out or complex process. They are easily created in a matter of minutes using a simple, visual, drag and drop process. Once created, these custom control windows are easily accessed through a dedicated MyScope button and menu selection on the oscilloscope button/menu bar, just like any other control window. You can make an unlimited number of custom control windows, enabling each person who uses the oscilloscope, in a shared environment, to have their own unique control window. Since the control windows are stored as files on the hard drive, they can easily be transferred to other TDS5000B Series oscilloscopes, or they can even be e-mailed to a co-worker around the world when the need arises.

   MyScope control windows will benefit all oscilloscope users, from eliminating the ramp-up time that many face when returning to the lab after not using an oscilloscope for a while, to the power user who can now operate far more efficiently. Everything you need is found in one control window rather than having to constantly navigate through menu after menu to repeat similar tasks.

 Features

• 500 MHz Bandwidth Model
• 2 Channel Model
• 5 GS/s Sample Rate
• Up to 16 M Record Length
• 100,000 wfms/s Maximum Waveform Capture Rate
• MyScope¿ Custom Control Windows Enhance Productivity
• Right Mouse Click Menus for Exceptional Efficiency
• OpenChoice® Platform with Windows 2000 Delivers Built-in Networking and Analysis
• Small Footprint/Lightweight
• 10.4 in. Bright Display
• Suite of Advanced Triggers
• Communication Mask Testing
• Pass/Fail Limit Testing
• Remote Viewing and Control
• E-mail on Event
• CD-RW Drive
• Built-in Printer (Optional)
• Interoperability with Tektronix Logic Analyzers
• GPIB Controller

Tektronix Tektronix TDS540 4 Channel 500 Mhz Oscilloscope 

Rent me for $300 a month 

Your Tektronix digitizing oscilloscope is a superb tool for acquiring, displaying, and measuring waveforms. Its performance addresses the needs of both benchtop lab and portable applications with the following features

• 500 MHz maximum analog bandwidth.
• 1 Gigasample/second maximum digitizing rate (TDS 540 & 544A); 500 Megasamples/second maximum digitizing rate (TDS 520A & 524A).
• The TDS 540 offers four full-featured channels and two channels with limited vertical scale selections: 100 mV, 1 V, and 10 V.
• Waveform Math ¿ Invert a single waveform and add, subtract, multiply, and divide two waveforms. On instruments with Option 2F: Advanced DSP Math (standard on the TDS 524A & 544A), integrate or differentiate a single waveform or perform an FFT (fast fourier transform) on a waveform to display its magnitude or phase versus its frequency.
• Eight-bit digitizers.
• Up to 15,000-point record length per channel (50,000-point optional).
• Full GPIB software programmability. Hardcopy output using RS-232 or Centronics ports (Optional on TDS 520A & 540A) and the GPIB.
• Complete measurement and documentation capability.
• Intuitive graphic icon operation blended with the familiarity of traditional horizontal and vertical knobs.
• On-line help at the touch of a button.

Specifications

Bandwidth 500 MHz 
Number of Channels 4 ch 
Simultaneous Channels 4 ch 
Simultaneous Maximum Sampling Rate/ch 250 MSa/s 
One ch. only max. sampling rate 500 MSa/s 
Max. Single Shot bandwidth 500 MHz 
Max. Record Length 15000 pt/sec 
Min. Vertical Sensitivity 1 mV/div 
Maximum Vertical Sensitivity 10 V/div 
Channel to Channel Delay 250 ps 
Rise time 700 ps 
Number of Bits 8 bits 
Input Impedance 1 MOhm 
Input Impedance (alternate) 50 Ohm 
Input Coupling AC,DC,GND 
Maximum Input Voltage 400 Vrms 
Main time base - lowest 500 ps/div 
Main time base - highest 10 s/div 
Timebase accuracy .005 % 
Trigger Source Internal 
Trigger Modes Auto,Edge,Logic,Normal,Pulse,Single 
Minimum Glitch Trigger 2 ns 
Display Type CRT Monochrome 
Display Size 17.78 cm 
Display modes Dot,Persistence,Vector 
Display Update Rate 130 wv/sec 

Tektronix TDS694C 3 GHz 4 Channel Oscilloscope

Rent me for $700 a month

with options

• 13 Centronics RS232
• 1F Floppy Drive
• HD Internal Hard Drive
• 1M Extended Memory
• 2F Advanced DSP Math

   Whether you are working on next generation microprocessor designs, high-speed data communications equipment or in high-energy physics research, the TDS694C captures your fastest signals with the best fidelity and resolution available. Its 3 GHz bandwidth preserves your waveform's fast rising edges and accurately shows signal details. With 10 GS/s digitizing rate simultaneously on all four channels and a high-stability timebase, the TDS694C makes your critical timing measurements with the highest resolution and accuracy - even channel-to-channel measurements made in a single acquisition.

Features

• 3 GHz and 1 GHz Bandwidths to Work with the Fastest Signals in Today's Digital Designs
• 10 GS/s and 5 GS/s Sample Rates on all Channels Simultaneously for Full Bandwidth Single-shot Capture
• Waveform Math and Advanced Waveform DSP
• Waveform Pass/Fail Template Testing
• Color Display
• RS-232, Centronics and GPIB Interfaces Included Standard
• Record Length to 120,000 Points/Channel*¹
• Timebase Accuracy to 10 ppm, Time Interval Measurement Accuracy to ±15 ps (TDS694C)
• Trigger Jitter 8 ps_RMS (Typical)
• 1% Vertical Accuracy (TDS694C)
• 100 ps Peak Detect (TDS694C Only)

Applications

• Validation and Characterization of High Speed Digital Designs
  • Verify Simulation Performance with Real Measurements
  • Ensure that Desired Design Margins Exist
  • Jitter Measurements on High-speed Data, Phase-locked Loops and Spread-spectrum Clock Circuits
  • Capture Glitches, Cross-talk, Setup/Hold Violations
• Telecommunications/Data Communications Design
  • Characterize Rise Times, Overshoot, Channel-to-channel Timing
  • Verify and Test High-speed Serial Data Streams
• High-energy Physics
  • Transient Event Capture

   The TDS694C oscilloscopes incorporate all the advanced trigger features you expect in a high performance oscilloscope: triggering on Glitches, Slew Rate violations, Setup-and-hold Time violations, Timeouts, Logic Patterns and States on four channels. For applications where sophisticated multi-channel debugging is required, the TDS694C can be configured for cross triggering with a Tektronix TLA700 Logic Analyzer.

   The TDS694C oscilloscopes give you the total solution to your digital design characterization and debugging needs. Now you have the tool you need to verify design margins, characterize setup-and-hold times and measure clock-to-data skew on the fastest digital designs. The TDS694C's companion probe, the P6249, offers small size to reliably contact your high-density boards with their fine-pitch, hard to reach components. The P6249 has short ground connection to give the maximum system bandwidth and preserve the details of your signals.

Tektronix TDS7404B 4 Gigahertz 4 Channel Oscilloscope

Rent me for $3500 a month

with options

• 4M   Extended Memory 32 MS Max, 8MS/CH
• JA3   JIT3 VER 2 Jitter S/W
• RJA  RTE + JA3 Bundle
• RTE  RT-Eye Diagram S/W
• SM   Serial Mask Test
• ST     Serial Trigger

   The TDS7404B Series' superior measurement fidelity, analysis, and uncompromised usability combine to simplify and speed the design of high-speed, complex systems. This family offers a superior solution to the challenging signal integrity issues faced by designers verifying, characterizing and debugging sophisticated electronic designs. Tektronix's exclusive DPX(R) acquisition technology enables waveform capture rates up to 400,000 wfms/s to quickly find rare glitches in seconds or minutes, instead of hours or days. Software solutions deliver domain expertise for advanced analysis and compliance testing, while the OpenChoice(R) architecture enables users to integrate their expertise through the ability to easily write custom programs or utilize popular commercial software. The intuitive graphical user interface delivers sophisticated capability to advanced users without intimidating occasional users.

About the TDS7404B

The TDS7404B DPO delivers unmatched 4-GHz real-time performance, enabled by Silicon Germanium technology developed by IBM Corp. Based on an Open Windows® platform, this innovative instrument offers unprecedented customization and extensibility using Windows-compatible hardware and software, including third-party analysis tools. The TDS7404B DPO provides engineers with advanced test capabilities for verification, debug and characterization of sophisticated electronic designs.

Classic analog-style controls, large touch-sensitive display and graphical menus provide intuitive control. Standard interfaces allow expansion of the TDS7404B to include peripherals such as storage devices, a modem, or a wireless LAN connection. Once networked, users can share files with team members worldwide, access print resources, surf the Web, and exchange e-mail.

Tektronix TDS744A 4 Channel 500 Mhz Oscilloscope 

with options 13, 1F, 1M, 2F

The 2 GS/sec sample rate ensures full analog bandwidth to 500 MHz. The TDS744A also includes 4 Input Channels. The award winning "InstaVu" delivers the fastest waveform capture rate in the market and also provides the capability to instantaneously capture glitches and infrequent anomalies. "FastFrame" allows you to capture multiple events in a single record.

Features

•  Bandwidth: dc to 500 MHz
•  Vertical Sensitivity: 1 mV/div to 10 V/div
•  4 input channels
•  Sample rate: 2 GSa/s (1 channel)
•  Sweep speed: 10 s/div to 500 ps/div
•  Color display
•  Interfaces: GPIB, VGA out, RS-232, Centronics
•  BNC(f) input connectors
•  1 megohm or 50 ohm input impedance
•  90-250 Vac; 45-440 Hz operation
•  Weight: 27 lb; Size: 193 mm (7.6 in)H x 445 mm (17.5 in)W x 432 mm (17.0 in)D

Specifications

 

Bandwidth 500 MHz 
Number of Channels 4 ch 
Simultaneous Channels 4 ch 
Simultaneous Maximum Sampling Rate/ch 1 GSa/s 
One ch. only max. sampling rate 2 GSa/s 
Max. Record Length 50000 pt/sec 
Min. Vertical Sensitivity 1 mV/div 
Maximum Vertical Sensitivity 10 V/div 
Channel to Channel Delay 50 ps 
Rise time 700 ps 
Number of Bits 8 bits 
Input Impedance 1 MOhm 
Input Impedance (alternate) 50 Ohm 
Input Coupling AC,DC,GND 
Maximum Input Voltage 400 Vrms 
Main time base - lowest 500 ps/div 
Main time base - highest 10 s/div 
Timebase accuracy 0.0025 % 
Trigger Source External,Internal 
Trigger Modes Auto,Edge,Logic,Normal,Pulse,Single 

Tektronix TDS784A 1 Ghz 4 Channel Oscilloscope

Tektronix TDS784D 1 Ghz Oscilloscope

Rent me for $750 a month

with options

•  13
• 1F
• 1M
• 2F

   The TDS784D Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes deliver a level of insight that makes dealing with complex signals elementary. DPOs capture, store, display and analyze, in real time, three dimensions of signal information: amplitude, time and distribution of amplitude over time. The benefit of this third dimension of information is an interpretation of the signal dynamics, including instantaneous changes and the frequency of occurrence displayed in the form of quantitative intensity information. The resulting information-rich display enables the user's eye to integrate the subtle patterns and variations of actual signal behavior. Easy to Learn and Easy to Use Extensive user interface design has made the TDS784D truly intuitive to operate. Its familiar front panel layout offers dedicated vertical, horizontal and trigger controls. A graphical user interface with over 200 icons helps facilitate understanding and use of the advanced features. A color monitor helps rapidly distinguish between multiple waveforms and measurements. Online help provides a convenient built-in reference manual. High Fidelity Signal Acquisition The high waveform capture rate of the TDS784D DPO, together with its high bandwidth and sample rate, delivers instantaneous signal feedback to show the true signals that other scopes may be missing. The DPO acquisition acquires over 1,000 times more data than traditional DSOs, allowing the capture of complex signals, reducing debugging times from hours to seconds. Channels can be transparently combined to achieve higher sample rates and longer record lengths. The record length can be optionally increased to 8 M points, providing a high-resolution representation of the signal over a long period of time. The TDS784D also provides wide dynamic range, flat response, fast overdrive recovery, calibrated DC offset, 1 mV/div sensitivity, 1 ns peak detect and internal calibration. Powerful and Flexible Triggering In addition to basic triggering such as edge and pulse-width, this digital phosphor oscilloscope has several trigger modes tailored for specific design and debug applications. Logic and pulse triggers, including setup/hold, glitch, slew rate and timeout triggers, capture hard-to-catch digital design problems. The optional video trigger provides line and field selection for NTSC, PAL and HDTV standards. The optional communications trigger capability addresses needs to acquire a wide variety of AMI, CMI, NRZ and Ethernet communication signals.

Tektronix TDS794D 2 GHz 4 Channel Oscilloscope

Rent me for $1000 a month

with options

• 13 RS232
• 1F Floppy Drive
• HD Internal Hard Drive
• 2M 2 Megabytes of internal memory
• 2F Extended Math Functions

   The TDS794D oscilloscopes are the first in the TDS family of Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes (DPOs) designed to keep pace with current and evolving needs in advanced electronic design and debug. DPOs deliver a new level of insight that makes dealing with complex signals elementary ¿ a new level of insight that must be seen to be believed. DPOs capture, store, display and analyze, in real-time, three dimensions of signal information: amplitude, time and distribution of amplitude over time. The benefit of this new third dimension of information is an interpretation of the signal dynamics, including instantaneous changes and the frequency of occurrence displayed in the form of quantitative intensity information. Extensive user interface design has made the TDS family of products truly intuitive to operate. Each family member shares a familiar front panel layout with dedicated vertical, horizontal, and trigger controls. A graphical user interface with over 200 icons helps facilitate understanding and use of the advanced features. A color monitor helps rapidly distinguish between multiple waveforms and measurements. Online help provides a convenient built-in reference manual.

   The high waveform capture rate of the TDS794D DPO, together with its high bandwidth and sample rate, delivers instantaneous signal feedback to show the true signals that other scopes may be missing. The DPO acquisition acquires over 1,000 times more data than traditional DSOs, allowing the capture of complex signals, reducing debugging times from hours to seconds. Channels can be transparently combined to achieve higher sample rates and longer record lengths. The record length can be optionally increased to 8 M points, providing a high-resolution representation of the signal over a long period of time. All of the TDS products provide wide dynamic range, flat response, fast overdrive recovery, calibrated DC offset, 1 mV/div sensitivity (10 mV maximum sensitivity on TDS794D), 1 ns peak detect and internal calibration.

   In addition to basic triggering such as edge and pulse-width, these Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes have several trigger modes tailored for specific design and debug applications. Logic and pulse triggers, including setup/hold, glitch, slew rate and timeout triggers, capture hard-to-catch digital design problems. The optional video trigger provides line and field selection for NTSC, PAL and HDTV standards. The optional communications trigger capability addresses needs to acquire a wide variety of AMI, CMI, NRZ and Ethernet communication signals.

Tektronix THS730A 200 Mhz 2 Channel Oscilloscope

Rent me for $300 a month

The THS730A Series is ideal for electronic applications - at the bench or at the site.

Features

 

• 200 MHz Bandwidth
• 1 GS/s and 500 MS/s Sampling Rates per Channel
• Two Channels and Dual Digitizers
• External Trigger
• 3-3/4 Digit DMM with Datalogger
• Roll Mode
• Extra Bright Backlit Display
• 8 ns Glitch Capture
• Independently Floating Isolated Scope and DMM Channels for Safety
• Full Floating Measurement Capability up to 600 VRMS
• Advanced Trigger - Delay, Pulse, and Video (Line Count and Field Select)
• 21 Automatic Measurements
• RS-232 Programmability/Communications
• NiCd Battery and AC Adapter
• Deluxe Soft Carrying Case

Oscilloscope Functions

Channels - Two.

Sensitivity - 5 mV to 50 V/div (to 500 V/div with 10X probe).

Position Range - ±10 div.

DC Gain Accuracy - ±2%.

Vertical Resolution - 8-Bits.

Record Length - 2500 points.

Horizontal Accuracy - ±200 ppm.

Roll Mode - ≥ 0.5 s/div.

Autorange - User-selectable.

Trigger Modes - Auto, Normal.

Trigger Types - Edge, Pulse, Video, External.

Video Trigger Formats and Field Rates - Odd field, even field, and line.

External Trigger Input - 5 MHz TTL compatible.

Waveform Processing - Add, Subtract, Multiply, Calculate Watts = V x I.

Waveform Storage - 10 waveforms.

Acquisition Modes - Sample, Envelope, Average, Peak Detect.

Cursor Measurements - delta Volts, delta Time, 1/deltaTime (Hz), Degree (phase).

Cursor Types - Horizontal Bars, Vertical Bars, Paired (volts @ time).

Tektronix Wavestar Software

Rent me for $150 a month

Software to Capture, Analyze, Document and Control Data

WaveStar for Oscilloscopes is a Microsoft Windows application bringing measurement information to your Windows desktop.

Features

• Capture Measurement Waveforms and Data Easily Without Programming
• Create, Edit and Transfer Telecommunication Masks
• Access, Organize, Move and Manipulate Instrument Files
• Data Log Measurements from Single or Multiple Instruments
• Perform Harmonic Analysis on Power Waveforms
• Control Instrument Settings and Measurements Remotely from the PC
• Works on Tektronix Open Windows Oscilloscopes
• WaveStar Reader Application Included for Information Sharing

Applications

• Telecommunications
• Digital Design
• Research and Development
• Manufacturing Test
• Service
• Education

Capture

Set up communication to instruments through the WaveStar Instrument Manager. The Explorer View displays these instruments and reveals their corresponding properties. To capture measurements, select a property, click, drag and drop into an active application sheet and begin analysis.

Analyze

Use up to twelve data sheets for analysis:

Graticule Sheets ¿ Capture waveforms in YT or XY mode. Graphically view or edit multiple waveforms and masks on a graticule, with the same scale and position as the oscilloscope. Includes cursor measurements, horizontal and vertical gates, zoom function and annotation.

Instrument Explorer Sheet ¿ Move and manipulate files to and from the MS Windows desktop or other instruments, add/delete directories, format drives and more.

Stripchart Sheet ¿ Automatically plots multiple waveform measurements, such as rise time data, in a classic stripchart fashion. Sheet features cursor measurements, alarm control and annotation capabilities.

Tabular Sheets ¿ Capture, store, display and edit either waveform or data log information as a table of numbers on corresponding sheets. The Scalar Viewer Sheet displays measurements from the oscilloscope.

Measurement Sheet ¿ Calculate frequency, pulse width, rise/fall time, duty cycle, overshoot, peak-to-peak, amplitude, min, max, mean, cycle mean and RMS measurements.

Harmonic Analysis Sheet ¿ Produce power waveforms from current and voltage and calculate up to 51 harmonics.

Notes Sheet ¿ Prepare simple reports; capture and save instrument hard copy; save, edit and restore instrument setups.

Document

Quickly and simply insert information into Microsoft Office applications, such as Excel, Word or PowerPoint. Transfer Information into Microsoft Windows applications, such as MATLAB, through the MS Windows clipboard.