Tektronix 442 User manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Serial Number ———______ First Printing AUG 1977

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TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ........ bene neee
LIST OF TABLES........ seen e cert eens
BEFORE OPERATION
Introduction... 0.0... cee tee ee eens
Safety Information .......... 00.0002 eee
Operating Voltage... . 2... 0. eee ee ees
Power Operation. ........0 ccc eee euee
Fuse Information ..........0. 000008.
LOCATION AND OPERATION OF EXTERNAL
CONTROLS, CONNECTORS, AND INDICATORS
Introduction...
2.2...
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Crt
Display
and
Power
...........6--000-
External
Blanking...
0.0...
02
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Power
Selectors
and
Dc
Balance............
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Page
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LOCATION
AND
OPERATION
OF
EXTERNAL
CONTROLS,
CONNECTORS,
AND
INDICATORS
(cont)
nee
NL
7
Horizontal...
2...
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ew
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ccs
10
Triggering
..
2...
cc te
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ets
1
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weed
BASIC
OSCILLOSCOPE
OPERATION
ceed
Preliminary
........
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14
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Signal
Ground.
.......
00
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14
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Input
Coupling
Capacitor
Precharging.........
14
Operators
Adjustments
and
Checks.............
15
Probe
Compensation
.........00.00000008
15
Vertical
Gain
Check...
0...
0.
cee
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15
Basic
Timing
Check...
..
2.000220
cee
ccees
15
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Normal
Sweep
Operation
............
0000s
16
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Applications.........
020
c
cece
ener
cece
17
...
6
Peak-to-Peak
Voltage
Measurements
..........
17
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6
Instantaneous
Voltage
Measurements—Dc
......
19
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Operators
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (Cont.)
Page
BASIC OSCILLOSCOPE OPERATION
Comparison Measurements ............200¢ 20
Time Duration Measurements .............0- 23
Frequency Measurement. ..........0.00005 24
Rise Time Measurements.......------..--- 25
Time Difference Measurements ............. 27
Multi-Trace Phase Difference Measurements..... 28
X-Y Phase Measurement............0000005 30
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LIST
OF
ILLUSTRATIONS
——
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Fig.
No.
Page
Fig.
No,
Page
442
Oscilloscope...
0.0
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iv
10
Probe
compensation.
........
0.000200
eee
ee
15
Power
switches
on
bottom
.....5---
52
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ee
2
11.
Display
of
0.5PROBE
ADJ
output
signal.......
17
Line
fuse
location
on
Rear Panel
..........2-5
3
12
Measuring
peak-to-peak
voltage
of
a
waveform
...18
CRT
DISPLAY
and
POWER
front
panel
13
Measuring
instantaneous
dc
voltage
with
respect
ee
controls
and
indicators...
.
2.0...
ee
eee
en
4
to
a
reference
voltage...
2...
2.
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ee
ee
eee
19
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External
Z-AXIS
input
on
Rear
Panel.,,.......
6
14
Measuring
the
time
duration
between
points
Controls
through
bottom
of
cabinet.
..........
7
on
awaveform
....--..02-2
02sec
eee
eee
24
Vertical
system
controls...
0...
..0
05
ce
eee
ee
9
15
Measuringrisetime
......-...2.02
22s
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26
Horizontal
system
controls,
.........0
cue
ee
10
16
Measuring
time
difference
between
two
pulses
.
.
.28
Triggering
system
controls...
......00.-0045
11
17
Measuring
phase
difference
................
29
18
Phase
difference
measurement
from
an
[
Peep rage eect 7
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LIST OF TABLES
Table No. Page
1
Ac
Regulating
Ranges...........-
0000
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2
2
Ac Fusing
.......
0000 e
ee ee eee
ee eens
3
3 Rise Time Measurements..............000- 25
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Operators
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