Tektronix TDS 310 User manual

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Instruction Manual
Tektronix
TDS 310, TOS 320, & TDS 350
Two Channel Oscilloscopes
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TDS 300 Series oscilloscopes are simple to use. To reduce the clutter of
knobs and buttons on the front panel (see Figure 3-1), many instrument
control functions are menu driven. Use menus to access instrument func -
tions that you typically set once before making measurements. Use knobs
or buttons to control instrument functions that you most often adjust during
measurements.
Figure 3-1: The TDS 320 Oscilloscope Front Panel
The menus are easy to use. For example, to make a change to the vertical
operating system, press the VERTICAL MENU button to display the menu
choices.
This section illustrates each control and connector and contains brief de -
scriptions of its use or function.
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Display and Power
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The ON/STAY button toggles
instrument power.
The Main Menu buttons provide
access to mainmenu selections. See
page 2-3 for more in formation on the
user interface.
The Side Menu buttons provide
access to side menu selections. See
page 2-2 for more information en the
user interface.
The CLEAR MENU button clears all
menus from the screen.
Operation
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Vertical Controls
The Waveform $ele~t buttons
d~spfay and select wavEforms (CHI,
CH2, MATH, REFI, and RE~2). ~
light next to a button illuminates
when that waveform Is selected.
The V&,’jj~~J POSITION knob
CofltfOlS the vertical position of
the presently selected wao/Oform.
The VERTICAL MENU buttOn calls
up the vertical operations menu.
l~or more i,~o rmaf ion OtT vert/cal
operations, see page 3- 7.
The VOLrS/Qft( knob controls the
vertical scale of (he presently
selected waveform.
The WAVEFORM OFF button
turnS off the presently selected
waveform.
Probe compensation output.
See page 2-7 for instruOt,onson
110W tO compensate the probes.
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Connector to chassis
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Horizontal Controls
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HORIZONTAL
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The HorizOntal POSITION knob
controls the horIzontal position of all
waveforms.
The HORIZONTAL MENU button calls
up the honzorotal operations menu.
For more Information on hori~c’nfal
operations see page 3-20.
The SEC/DIV knob controls the
horizontal scale of the active
waveforms.
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Trigger Controls
The Trigger Status Lights
Indicate the Status Of the
iri~gering system. The ThIGD
light illuminates when the
iFJ$frunJeflt recognizes a valid
trigger.
The READY light illuminates
when the instrument can accept
a valid trigger and is waiting for
that event to occur.
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The Trigger LEVEL knob controls
the trigger.
The TRIGGER MENU bUtton calls
up the trigger menu. See
page 3-25 for more hlfornJatIOn
on triggering.
TRIGGER
SET LEVEL
TO 50%
FORCE
T~GER
The SET LEVEL TO 50% button sets
the (rigger ievol at the half-way point
between the peaks of the tngger
signal.
The FORCE TRIGGER button forces
the oscilloscope to start acquiring a
waveform regardless of whet her a
trigger event occurs. This button has
no effect if tile acquisition system is
stopped.
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Miscellaneous
Controls
The MEASURE button calls up the
automated measurements menu.
See page 3-29 for more information
on autO~flated measurements.
The UTILITY button calls up the utility
menu. See page 3-45 far more
information on utilities.
The AUTOSET button automatically
sets up the instrument to produce a
usable display of the input signals.
For more on the autoset function,
see page 2-11.
The RUN/STOP button starts
and stops acquisition.
The HARDCOPY button starts
print operations. See page 3-41
for more in? ormstiOfl On making
har~l copies.
SAVE/AECALL
SETUP CURSOR
The General Purpose Knob controls
many side menu functions, including
the cursors. the TOGGLE button
switches control from cur5or 10
cursor.
The SAVEIRECALL. SETUP button
calls up the save/recall setup menu.
See page 3-43 for more information
On 5aving and recalling setups.
ACQUIRE
The 4COUIRE button calls tip the
acquisition menu. See page 237
for more information on
controlling acquisition.
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The CURSOR button calls up ~he
cur5or menu. See page 3-33 for
Information on making
measurements with cursors.
The DISPLAY button calls up the
display menu. See page 3-39 for
informatiOn on controlling the
display.
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The Status Readouts show trigger status
(stopped, waiting for trigger, etc.) and
acquisition status (mode and sampling
rate or number of acquisitions).
The side menu offers
a choice of specific
actions.
The Trigger Readout
shows the trigger source
and level and whether
the instrument is
triggered on the rising or
falling edge of the
waveform.
The value entered with When the general purpose
the general purpose knob is first assigned, the
Trigger position (T). knob, knob icon appears here.
Trigger Level: —1 OmV
Run: 2OMS/s Sample
indicates
position of
vertical bar
cursors in the
waveform
record.
Shows what part of the wave form record is displayed.
The waveform
record icon.
Trigger level
indicator
Trigger point
indicator
Channel Ground
Indicator
Cursor measurement
readouts. See
page 3-33 for more
in formation on cursors.
The Channel Readout
shows the VOLTS/DIV
of all active channels.
The main menu offers
a Choice of major
actions.
The Time Base Readout
shows the time base setting.
M indicates (M)ain time base,
D indicates (D)elayed time
base.
When in video trigger
mode, the readout
displays source and
trigger feature (Field 1,
Field 2, or Lines).
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Inputs
The channel BNC inputs (CHI The EXT TRIG in put accepts
and CH2) accept electrical external trigger signals. See
signals for display. page 3’26 for more information
on external triggering.
Operation