Tektronix TBS2000 Series User manual

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TBS2000 Oscilloscope
Demo Guide

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Table of Contents
TBS2000 Series Oscilloscopes
About This Guide & Required Equipment
Setting up the Equipment
Front Panel Tour
Understanding the Display
1. Activating HelpEverywhere Tips
2. Using the Scope Intro Built-in Handbook
3. Using Autoset to Acquire a Waveform
4. Triggering the Scope
5. Using Pan and Zoom to Navigate through Long Records
6: Using Cursors to Measure Time and Amplitude
7. Making Automated Measurments
8. Using an FFT to Analyze Signal’s Frequency Spectrum
9. Saving Screen Images
10. Setting up a Wireless Connection
11. Using LXI for Remote Control
12. Updated Courseware function with step reference
13. Configure lab with TBS2000 and TekSmartlab software

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TBS2000 Series Oscilloscopes
The TBS2000 offers the biggest display and longest record length in its class, so you can see
more of your signals. It offers a powerful set of measurement and analysis tools with built-in
tips make them easy to use.
◦100, 70 MHz bandwidth models
◦2 and 4 analog channel models
◦Up to 1 GS/s sampling rate
◦9-inch WVGA color display
◦15 horizontal grids for 50% more signal
◦TekVPI™ probe interface supports active
differential, and current probes with
automatic scaling and units
◦Wi-Fi dongle supports wireless connectivity
◦32 automated measurements, and FFT
function for thorough waveform analysis
Key performance specifications
Key features
◦Configurable HelpEverywhere provides on-
screen tips for specified settings
◦2-channel models are highly-portable at
2.62 kg
◦Built-in Scope Intro handbook provides
operating instructions and oscilloscope
fundamentals
◦Courseware education feature with step
assistant
◦TekSmartlab collaboration working flow
assistant
◦20 megapoint record length on all channels
◦5-year warranty

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About This Guide
Begin by exploring the controls and display of the
TBS2000 Series. Then move on to a series of hands-on
exercises.Acquire waveforms, learn about triggering,
take measurements, and learn how to save data. Get an
introduction to the TBS2000’s connectivity and remote
control capabilities, and tools for education.
◦TBS2000 Series Oscilloscope
◦Power Cord for your region (included with
instrument)
◦Two TPP0100 passive probes with hook tips
attached (included with instrument)
◦A USB flash drive (to demonstrate screen image
capture)
◦TEKUSBWIFI USB Wi-Fi dongle (to demonstrate
wireless communications)
◦PC with Ethernet connection (to demonstrate LXI)
◦Ethernet cable (to demonstrate LXI)
Required Equipment

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Setting up the Equipment
Power on the instrument
1. Plug in the power cord for your region
2. Press the power button to turn on the instrument. Allow the instrument’s power-up
sequence to finish.
3. Connect TPP0100 passive probes to Channel 1 and Channel 2
To see the firmware version
1. Press the Utility button
2. Press the Configuration bezel button
3. Scroll the Multipurpose knob to highlight System Status, and press the
Multipurpose knob to enter the System Status menu
4. Review the firmware version at the bottom. Visit www.tek.com for the latest firmware.

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Front Panel Tour, Two-Channel Models
Courseware
Student Lab
Support
HelpEverywhere
and Scope Intro
Multipurpose knob for
Waveform Navigation &
Quick Oscilloscope Setup
Probe
Compensation
Output TekVPI™ Probe
interface
One-Button Save
USB Flash Drive (Host)
Port
9-inch WVGA Display
Menu On/Off
Power On/Off

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Front Panel Tour, Four-Channel Models
Courseware
Student Lab
Support
HelpEverywhere
and Scope Intro
Multipurpose knob for
Waveform Navigation &
Quick Oscilloscope Setup
Probe Compensation
Output
TekVPI™ Probe interface
One-Button Save
USB Flash Drive (Host) Port
9-inch WVGA Display
Menu On/Off
Power On/Off

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Understanding the Display
Waveform
Record View
Wireless
Connectivity
Indicator
LAN Connectivity
Indicator
Data Transfer
in process
Time/Date
Hardware based Counter
Sample Rate and Record Length
Horizontal Scale
Trigger Delay
Vertical Scale
Channel Indicator
Active Channel
Acquisition Status
Trigger Status
HelpEverywhere
Enabled

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1. Activating HelpEverywhere
Tips
While you’re learning your way around the scope,
HelpEverywhere provides helpful tips. Once you
become proficient, you can turn the tips off if you
wish.
1. Press Function button on the front panel
2. Press HelpEverywhere bezel button (Figure
1).
3. Select Set All to On by pressing the
Multipurpose Knob (MPK)
4. When you use the Trigger, Measure, and
Cursor function later on, you’ll see
HelpEverywhere tips that explain trigger
modes, measurements, and cursor types
(Figure 2).
Figure 1. Turning on HelpEverywhere
Figure 2. A HelpEverwhere tip helps with FFT setup. You’ll
see more tips as you work through the rest of this booklet.

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2. Using the Scope Intro Built-
in Handbook
If you get stuck, or want to know more about a
particular control, Scope Intro provides a built-in,
handy reference.
1. Press Function button on the front panel
2. Press Scope Intro bezel button (Figure 3)
3. Select Oscilloscope Basic with the
Multipurpose Knob (MPK)
4. Select Why use an oscilloscope
5. Use the MPK to scroll through the content
(Figure 4)
6. Press Scope Intro again back to the top
menu, and explore the other topics.
TBS2000 Overview gives good explanation
of the instrument’s controls and menus.
7. Press Menu On/Off to exit Scope Intro when
you are finished exploring.
Figure 3. Selecting Oscilloscope Basics
Figure 4. Using the Multipurpose Knob to scroll through
the handbook

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3. Using Autoset to Acquire a
Waveform
Autoset can often provide a stable signal display,
automatically.
1. Attach a TPP0100 passive probe to the
Channel 1 BNC connector. Clip the probe tip
to the Probe Comp output. Clip the ground
clip to the Probe Comp ground terminal.
2. Press Default Setup in Resources section of
the front panel. This will set the scope into
it’s default state.
3. Press Autoset at the top of the front panel to
automatically acquire and display the 5 Vpp,
1 kHz waveform from the probe
compensation output
Figure 5. Autoset button and display after pressing
autoset

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4. Triggering the Scope
Although the square wave signal of the probe
compensation does not require pulse width triggering,
we will set it up for demonstration purposes.
1. Keep Channel 1 connected to the Probe Comp
output, as in the last demonstration.
2. Press Default Setup in Resources section of the
front panel
3. Adjust the Vertical Scale on Channel 1 to 2.00V
4. The default trigger type is Edge with a rising
slope. The default level is 0V. This is shown in
yellow in the lower right of the display.
5. Adjust the Trigger Level toward the center of
the waveform. The trigger level indicator
appears during the adjustment.
6. Press Menu in the Trigger section. Press the
Type side-bezel button (Figure 6). Note that the
LED under the multipurpose knob (MPK) is
lighted, prompting for a selection.
7. Scroll the MPK to highlight the Pulse Width
trigger type, and press the MPK to select it
8. Note that the Source is CH1 and the Polarity is
Positive
9. Press Trigger When, and use the MPK to select
Pulse Width >. Change the pulse duration to >
10ns. Since the pulse width is much greater
than 10 ns, the waveform triggers (Figure 7).
10. Press Menu On/Off button below the display to
exit the menu
Figure 6. The M logo in the Trigger Type menu indicates
that the Multipurpose Knob (MPK) should be used for
selection
Figure 7. Setting pulse width trigger parameters

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5. Using Pan and Zoom to
Navigate through Long
Records
Especially for acquisitions of 20M points, it is
important to be able to navigate through the record.
Pan and zoom enable this.
1. Press the Acquire button on the front panel.
Notice that the Multipurpose Knob LED is on,
which means it can be used to make a
selection.
2. Set Record Length to 20M by turning the
Multipurpose Knob (MPK) and press the
knob to make the selection.
3. Change the horizontal scale to 10ms/div with
the Horizontal Scale knob
4. Press the Zoom button. The button lights to
show that Zoom is active.
5. Turn the MPK to change the zoom scale
factor from 1X to 100000X. See the details
of the trigger edge (Figure 8).
6. Set the zoom factor back to 100X. Press the
Position bezel button. Turn the MPK to
position a falling edge in the center of the
zoom area.
7. Press the Scale bezel button, and use the
MPK to zoom in on the falling edge detail.
Adjust position if needed (Figure 9).
Figure 8. Zooming in on a rising edge
Figure 9. Zooming in on a falling edge

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6. Using Cursors to Measure
Time and Amplitude
Cursors enable quick visual measurements on the
selected waveform. The TBS2000 features on-
waveform readouts to make it easy to visualize
measurements.
1. Press Default Setup. Press Autoset.
2. Press the Cursors button beside the MPK
(Figure 10).
3. Press the Screen bezel button to select
independent control of both amplitude and time
cursors
4. Turn the MPK to move the left time cursor close
to the position you would like to measure
5. To position the cursor more precisely, press the
Fine button. Now turn the MPK to left cursor
exactly on a rising edge of the signal.
6. Press the MPK to change control to the right
time cursor. Turn the MPK and use Fine to
position the cursor on the next rising edge.
7. Note the delta time readout between the cursors
and the time position for each bar
8. Press MPK again to change control to the upper
cursor for amplitude measurements. Move the
cursor to the top of the signal and note the delta
readout (Figure 11).
9. In the next section, you’ll use automated
measurements to get similar results.
Figure 10. Location of the Cursors and Fine
buttons (two-channel model shown)
Figure 11. Using the cursors to measure period and
amplitude of the Probe Comp signal

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7. MakingAutomated
Measurements
Automated measurements use the processing power of
the scope to provide a frequency, time, amplitude, and
area measurements.
1. Connect passive probes to Channel 1 and
Channel 2. Connect both probe tips to Probe
Comp and both ground clips to Probe Comp
ground.
2. Press Autoset.
3. Press the Measure button in the resource section
of the front panel.
4. Notice, from top to bottom:
•Measurement selection indicator bar
•Snapshot button
•Most Used measurement list
•Measurements grouped by Frequency, Time,
Amplitude,Area
5. Press the CH1 bezel button. Scroll and press
MPK to select Frequency and +Duty for Channel
1.
6. Press the CH2 bezel button. Scroll and press
MPK to select Peak-Peak and Mean for Channel
2 (Figure 12).
7. Press Menu On/Off to return to the waveform
window.
8. Note the measurement readout (Figure 13).
9. Press Menu On/Off a couple of times to hide and
recall the measurement readout panel .
Figure 12. Peak-Peak and Mean measurements selected
for Channel 2. Note the two blue boxes in the
measurement selection indicator at the top of the display.
Figure 13. Transparent readouts let the signal show
through.

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8. Using an FFT to Analyze a
Signal’s Frequency Spectrum
The FFT function calculates the frequency input of the
source waveform. Cursors make it easy to measure
frequency and amplitude in the spectrum.
1. Keep the TPP0100 passive probe connected to
Channel 1 and the Probe Comp output.
2. Press Default Setup. Press Autoset.
3. Press the Fbutton for FFT function on the front panel
(Figure 14).
4. By default, the source waveform is on. Turn it off by
pressing the Source wfm bezel button.
5. Source Channel, Vertical Units, Window Type ,
Horizontal Center Position and Scale may be adjusted
by selecting the corresponding bezel button and
adjusting with the MPK .
6. The FFT readout panel in the top right corner of the
waveform display shows important settings.
7. The default FFT window is Hanning. Use the Window
bezel button and MPK to switch to the Rectangular
window and note the result.
8. Press the Horizontal Scale bezel button and use the
MPK to adjust the horizontal scale to 1.56 kHz/div,
9. Press the Cursor button and position the cursors on
the third and fifth harmonic frequencies (Figure 15).
10. The delta between third harmonic and fifth harmonic
frequency should be 2 kHz, which is consistent with
the 1 kHz fundamental frequency of the Probe Comp
output.
Figure 14. The FFT Menu
Figure 15. Cursors positioned on the 3 kHz and 5 kHz
harmonics of the 1 kHz probe comp output .

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9. Saving Screen Images
You can save screen images, waveform data, and
setups to a USB flash drive. This demonstration
shows how to save a screen image.
1. Press Default Setup. Press Autoset.
2. Plug a USB flash drive into the USB host port on
the oscilloscope’s front panel
3. Press Save/Recall in the Resource section of the
front panel
4. Use the side bezel button to set the Action to
Save Image
5. Set the Format to JPG
6. Assign the button with the floppy disk icon to
“Assign to Image”. Now each time you press the
button above the side bezel buttons, a screen will
be saved.
7. Press File Utility, press New Folder, and use the
MPK to set up a new folder named “DEMO
GUIDE” (Figure 16).
8. Press Back
9. Highlight and select the new DEMO GUIDE folder
with the MPK
10. Press the Floppy Disk button outside the right
top corner of the display to save an image into the
DEMO GUIDE folder on the USB thumb. The hint
line should say that the image was successfully
saved.
11. Take the flash drive to a PC equipped with a USB
host port. You can now open the screenshot
image as you would any .jpg file.
Figure 16. Setting up a directory on a flash drive
Figure 17. The hint line, in the upper left of the display,
indicates a successful save.

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10. Setting up a Wireless
Connection
The TBS2000 Series supports wireless
communication through a USB to Wi-Fi adapter. To
remotely control the scope, a PC, tablet or cell
phone must be available and on the same network
as the instrument.
1. Press Default Setup. Press Autoset.
2. Plug the TEK-USB-WIFI adapter into the rear
USB host port (Figure 18)
3. Press Utility, press Config, select Wi-Fi
Config and press Available Networks. Select
the wireless network that will be used for
control (Figure 19)
4. Enter the network key/password if the network
is secured. This is usually an encryption
key/password set in the network router. (Note:
The TBS2000 does not support entering a
username and password for a corporate
network)
5. Press Wi-Fi Settings menu to confirm
configuration information
6. The Wireless Icon in the top right corner of
the display should be on, indicating that the
scope is connected to Wi-Fi
Figure 18. Insert the TEK-USB-WIFI adapter to enable
wireless communications
Figure 19. Configuring Wi-Fi communications via the Utility
Menus

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11. Using LXI for Remote Control
The built-in web server in the TBS2000 enables remote
control from any device with an Ethernet connection and web
browser. This demonstration requires a PC and an Ethernet
cable. Note: If you established a wireless connection in the
previous exercise, you can also use that connection.
1. With the probe connected to the Probe Comp output,
press Default Setup in the Resource section of the
front panel
2. Connect an Ethernet cable from the PC to the LAN port
on the rear of the instrument.
3. Verify that the Ethernet connection icon is on in the
upper right corner of the display
4. In a few seconds a window will pop up on the scope
display, saying “DHCP On Instrument IPAddress:
XXX.XX.XXX.XXX.” (If not, go to Utility->Config-
>Ethernet Config-> DHCP to set DHCP on, and repeat)
5. Open a web browser on the PC.
6. Type the IP address of the instrument into the address
box of the web browser. (Refer to the scope’s LAN
settings menu if you missed the pop up dialog window.)
7. The Welcome Page displays important configuration
information
8. Before you can control the scope, you will be asked for
a password. The default password is blank.
9. Click the Control Panel button on the top of the PC
screen, to access the control panel.
10. Press Menu Off on the scope
11. Click Autoset on the PC to get a stable waveform.
Figure 20. After connecting the cable, you should see the Ethernet
icon (upper right) and the scope’s IP address
Figure 21. On the PC, the IP has been entered into the address box of
the browser, and autoset has been performed remotely
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