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News Release from: Tektronix | Subject: TDS3000 Series Oscilloscope
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 17 August 2001
More value from Digital Phosphor
Oscilloscopes
Six new oscilloscopes in the TDS3000B Series provide more power and portability to engineers and technicians faced with testing dynamic, complex signals in environments
Tektronix has introduced a new oscilloscope family that enhances its award-winning TDS3000 Series Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope With over 50,000 units sold since it was introduced in 1999, the TDS3000 is one of the most successful products in Tektronix history
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 23 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Building on its overwhelming market acceptance, the six new models in the TDS3000B Series provide more power and portability to engineers and technicians faced with testing dynamic, complex signals in environments ranging from design labs to television studios to field troubleshooting applications.
'Today's market conditions are forcing customers to buy the most product features within a tightly controlled budget.
The TDS3000 brought the capability of the DPO to this price range - the features in the TDS3000B provide customers with a more powerful instrument than before at an affordable price', said Craig Overhage, vice president, Instruments Business Unit, Tektronix, : 'By implementing new capabilities suggested by real-world users, the TDS3000B makes abnormal signal behaviour easier to see, improving mainstream design and shortening troubleshooting time.' Performance enhancements expedite design, and troubleshooting work The TDS3000B Series offers a host of new features aimed at users doing the hands-on work of electronic design, production, and maintenance.
Among the most innovative of these is the new WaveAlertT Waveform Anomaly Detection, which automatically detects anomalous waveforms.
As a standard feature on every model in the TDS3000B Series, WaveAlert makes it easy to detect and take action against events that fall outside the normal repetitive patterns of waveform activity.
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Not only does it highlight the anomalous waveform, but it can also be programmed to beep, then stop acquisition and freeze the anomaly on the screen, save the anomalous wave to disk, or print a hardcopy of it.
Whether the user is with the instrument or not, anomalies are detected.
Tracking these 'stray' events can help engineers quickly identify problems in their designs.
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Also new to the TDS3000B Series is the e*ScopeT web-based remote control capability, which enables remote instrument control via Internet browser, as well as information sharing and monitoring.
The TDS3000B is the first mid-priced oscilloscope with these networking features built in.
The e*Scope web-based remote control feature facilitates contact with service technicians at distant customer sites, remote control by distributed engineering teams, and more.
A built-in Ethernet connection is also provided as standard equipment on all models.
The TDS3000B Series is designed to accept up to four application modules at a time.
FFT (TDS3FFT) and triggering (TDS3TRG) modules are standard on all models in the TDS3000B series, and five optional modules are currently available including telecom masks (TDS3TMT), video (TDS3VID, TDS3SDI) and the newly developed advanced analysis and limit testing.
The TDS3AAM Advanced Analysis Module delivers the extended maths capability engineers need for analysing and characterising their digital designs.
The module adds several automated measurements as well as measurement statistics, arbitrary maths expressions, and more.
The TDS3LIM Limit Testing Module offers fast, simple verification that a circuit is operating within its intended parameters.
Users may easily create waveform reference templates to compare with live waveforms or make comparisons of any number of input channels with any combination of four references.
Actions may also be set for the TDS3000B to take if a waveform strays outside the reference limits: stop acquisition, sound a beep, print a hardcopy, or save the waveform to disk.
The TDS3LIM is excellent for manufacturing test and other repetitive testing applications where quick 'go/no-go' decisions are required.
A new compact thermal printer, the TDS3PRT, plugs into the back panel of the TDS3000B instruments.
The printer provides a means of documenting measurement results in the field or wherever the oscilloscope is used.
The optional TDS3PRT draws its power from the instrument and is activated by a front-panel button on the TDS3000B. Request a free brochure from Tektronix ...
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