Tektronix TBS1000C 2 Channel Digital Storage Oscilloscope User Guide

Tektronix TBS1000C 2 Channel Digital Storage Oscilloscope

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• This selection guide provides an overview of the broad portfolio of Tektronix oscilloscopes.
• Whether you need an oscilloscope for teaching, troubleshooting, design validation or advanced research, Tektronix has an instrument for you.

USING INSTRUCTIONS

TBS1000C Series

The TBS1000C oscilloscope provides industry-leading quality and reliability. With an intuitive UI, built-in help, and a 5 year warranty, this 2-channel scope empowers you to learn and innovate with confidence. Whether you’re a student, an engineer, or a business owner, the TBS1000C helps you achieve your goals with ease.

• Two channel instruments
• Up to 1 GS/s sample rate on all channels
• Built-in EDU features including courseware
• 32 automated measurements, and FFT function for quick waveform analysis
• 5-year warranty as standard

TBS2000B Series

The TBS2000B Series, with up to 200 MHz bandwidth, a 9-inch WVGA display, 5 -million-point record length and up to 2 GS/s sample rate, can capture and display significantly more signal to help you debug and validate designs faster. The front panel design facilitates accurate measurements and includes unique features for education labs.

• Large, 9-inch display, with 15 horizontal divisions lets you see more of your signal
• Up to 200 MHz bandwidth and four analog channels
• 32 automated measurements, and FFT function for quick waveform analysis
• TekVPI® probe interface supports active, differential, and current probes with automatic scaling and units
• Search and Mark features for easy identification of events that occur in the acquired waveform

2 Series MSO

Unlock more space on your bench without compromising performance. At only 1.5 inches thick and less than 4 pounds, the 2 Series MSO is a fullfeatured, real- time touchscreen oscilloscope in a compact, portable form factor that feels like a tablet. On the benchtop, in the classroom, or to the field, take it wherever your measurement challenges take you.

• Optional two-slot battery pack supports up to 8 hours of battery life and can be hot swapped in the field
• Full suite of capture and analysis capabilities with advanced triggers, search and mark, math and measurements
• Optional 16 channel MSO, Bode plot feature for analyzing frequency response, 50 MHz AFG, and 4-bit digital pattern generator
• Supports decoding, triggering and analysis for the most common serial protocols
• Industry standard VESA mount for use with various accessories

Series MDO

The 3 Series mixed domain oscilloscope has an award-winning user interface, the largest HD display in its class and more capabilities, including RF measurements with unique built-in hardware spectrum analyzer for EMI and IoT tests. All without using more bench space.

• The largest 11.6-inch HD (1920×1080) capacitive touch display in its class
• Award-winning user interface
• Optional 16 digital channels for mixed signal analysis
• Built-in spectrum analyzer available in 1 GHz or 3 GHz versions
• Optional built-in function generator

4 Series B MSO

With the largest display and highest available channel count in its class, the 4 Series offers unprecedented insight in a bench-friendly package. And its made-fortouch user interface works exactly as you’d expect.

• 13.3 inch, HD capacitive touch display
• 4 or 6 FlexChannel™ inputs can each handle 1 analog or 8 digital signals
• 12-bit Analog-to-digital converters with enhanced resolution up to 16-bits
• Up to 62.5 Mpoints/ch record length
• Spectrum View spectrum analysis

5 Series B MSO

With a remarkably innovative pinch-swipe-zoom touchscreen user interface, the industry’s largest high-definition display, and 4, 6, or 8 FlexChannel™ inputs that let you measure one analog or eight digital signals, the 5 Series MSO is ready for today’s toughest challenges, and tomorrow’s too. It sets a new standard for performance, analysis, and overall user experience.

• 15.6 inch, HD capacitive touch display delivers unmatched signal visibility
• 4, 6 or 8 FlexChannel™ inputs can each handle 1 analog or 8 digital signals
• 12-bit Analog-to-digital converters with enhanced resolution up to 16 bits
• Maximum 500 Mpoints/ch record length
• Spectrum View spectrum analysis

6 Series B MSO

For analyzing and debugging systems with GHz clock and bus speeds, the 6 Series B MSO provides the best signal fidelity with the lowest input noise and up to 10 GHz analog bandwidth. With its intuitive touchscreen user interface, a 15.6-inch high definition display and FlexChannel™ inputs, the 6 Series is a high-performance instrument that’s also a pleasure to use.

• 15.6 inch, HD capacitive touch display delivers unmatched signal visibility
• 4 FlexChannel™ inputs can each handle 1 analog or 8 digital signals
• Lowest noise at high sensitivity

• 70% noise reduction from previous generation oscilloscopes

• 12-bit Analog-to-digital converters with enhanced resolution up to 16 bits

MSO/DPO70000DX Series

Whether you’re at first power-up on your latest design, verifying compliance to the fastest standards, or researching fundamentals of the universe, these oscilloscopes deliver the performance, precision, and tools to get your job done faster.

• 8 to 33 GHz true analog bandwidth for measurements on the latest high-speed serial standards
• 100 GS/s sample rate on 2 channels
• 16 logic channels with 80 ps timing resolution for debug of digital and analog signals (MSO70000 models)
• iCapture – One connection for analog and digital signals (MSO70000 models)
• Fastest waveform capture rate with >300,000 wfms/s maximum

DPO70000SX Series

The DPO70000SX provides low-noise, real-time acquisition using Tektronix’s patented Asynchronous Time Interleaving technology. Its compact, scalable package allows flexible system configurations. Get the most accurate real-time performance for ultra bandwidth measurement applications like coherent optical modulation, 100G/400G Datacom, wideband RF, and leading-edge research.

• Wide range of models from 13 to 70 GHz bandwidth with low noise, high ENOB
• Compact package allows the scope to get very close to the device under test for accurate measurement results
• UltraSync architecture ensures precise data synchronization and convenient Master/Extension operation for scalability in multi-unit systems
• 200 GS/s sample rate for precise 5 ps timing resolution
• Up to 1 Gpoints record length with multiview zoom for quick navigation and advanced search

8 Series Sampling Oscilloscope

The 8 Series Sampling Oscilloscope provides a flexible, efficient solution for the research and design, validation, and manufacturing of optical devices. It combines a disaggregated architecture that’s compact and easy to configure with an intuitive user interface, making it well suited for applying modern test methodologies on devices that demand faster, more complex signal modulations.

• Best in class noise performance. Highest sensitivity for low power Multimode or Single Mode signal analysis
• Comprehensive signal analysis supporting complex optical measurement, eye diagram visualization, mask test, equalization, and others
• User reconfigurable, compact design with scaling from 1 to 4 optical channels as needed
• Waveform data streaming through network interface.
• Compliance testing for a wide range of industry NRZ / PAM4 standards, including 10G, 50G, 100G, 200G, and 400G IEEE 802.3TM standards

5 Series MSO Low Profile Digitizer

In applications that demand extreme channel density, the 5 Series MSO Low Profile Digitizer sets a new standard for performance. This mixed signal oscilloscope offers 8 input channels (plus AUX Trig) and 12-bit analog-to- digital converters in a compact package, only 3.5 inches high (2U). Replace your oscilloscopes and fit six times more channels into your existing rack space.

• 8 FlexChannel™ inputs with 1 GHz bandwidth
• 12-bit Analog-to-digital converter
• 125 Mpoints/ch record length
• Only 2 rack units (3.5 inches) high
• Aux trigger input

6 Series Low Profile Digitizer

Applications requiring high-speed digitizers shouldn’t trade-off performance when turning on channels. The 6 Series Low Profile Digitizer sets a new standard by not interleaving sample rate, bandwidth or record length. You get the highest performance digitizer on all channels – all in a 2U space.

• 1 GHz, 2.5 GHz, 4 GHz, 6 GHz, 8 GHz
• 12-bit Analog-to-digital converter
• 2 GHz RF capture bandwidth (span) with I/Q data offloading
• Only 2U rack units (3.5 inches) high
• Aux trigger input

Serial Bus Decoding and Advanced Analysis

Serial Decode

| Aerospace serial triggering and analysis (MIL-STD-1553, ARINC429)|  | •
Audio serial triggering and analysis (I2S, LJ, RJ, TDM)|  | •
Automotive serial triggering and analysis (CAN, CAN FD, LIN)| •| •
Automotive serial triggering and analysis (FlexRay)|  | •
Automotive sensor serial triggering and analysis (SENT)| •| • (decode only)
Computer serial triggering and analysis (RS-232/422/485/UART)| •| •
Embedded serial triggering and analysis (I2C, SPI)| •| •
USB serial triggering and analysis (USB 2.0 LS, FS, HS)|  | •
Advanced

Analysis

| Mask and limit testing| •| •
Power measurement and analysis|  | •

Serial Bus Decoding, Compliance/Conformance Testing and Advanced Analysis

Serial Decode

| 1-Wire serial decoding and analysis| •| •| •
8b10b serial decoding and analysis|  | •| •
Aerospace serial triggering and analysis (MIL-STD-1553, ARINC429)| •| •| •
Audio serial triggering and analysis (I2S, LJ, RJ, TDM)| •| •| •
Automotive serial triggering and analysis (CAN, CAN FD, LIN, FlexRay)| •| •| •
Automotive sensor serial triggering and analysis (SENT)| •| •| •
Computer serial triggering and analysis (RS-232/422/485/UART)| •| •| •
CXPI serial decoding and analysis| •| •| •
Embedded serial triggering and analysis (I2C, SPI)| •| •| •
EtherCAT serial decoding and analysis| •| •| •
Ethernet serial triggering and analysis (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX)| •| •| •
eSPI serial decoding and analysis| •| •| •
eUSB2 serial decoding and analysis| •| •| •
I3C serial decoding and analysis| •| •| •
Manchester triggering and analysis| •| •| •
MDIO serial decoding and analysis| •| •| •
MIPI C-PHY (DSI-2/CSI-2) decoding and analysis|  | •| •
MIPI D-PHY (CSI/DSI) decoding and analysis|  | •| •
NRZ serial decoding and analysis| •| •| •
Power management serial triggering and analysis (SPMI)| •| •| •
PSI5 serial decoding and analysis| •| •| •
SDLC serial decoding and analysis| •| •| •
SMBus serial decoding and analysis| •| •| •
SpaceWire serial decoding and analysis| •| •| •
SVID serial decoding and analysis| •| •| •
USB serial triggering and analysis (USB 2.0 LS, FS, HS)| •| •| •

Serial Bus Decoding, Compliance/Conformance Testing and Advanced Analysis

Conformance / Compliance

| Automotive Ethernet (10BASE-T1S) compliance solution|  |  | •
Automotive Ethernet (100BASE-T1, 1000BASE-T1, 10BASE-T1S) automated compliance test application|  | •| •
DDR3 and LPDDR3 automated compliance solution|  |  | •
Ethernet (2.5G and 5G BASE-T) automated compliance solution|  |  | •
Ethernet (10G BASE-T) automated compliance solution|  |  | •
Ethernet (1000BASE-T, 100BASE-T, 10BASE-T, 10Base-T1L) automated compliance solution|  | •| •
MIPI D-PHY 1.2 automated compliance solution|  |  | •
MIPI C-PHY 2.0 automated compliance solution|  |  | •
MIPI D-PHY 2.1 automated compliance solution|  |  | •
Multi-Gigabit Automotive Ethernet (2.5G/5GBASE-T1) automated compliance solution|  |  | •
USB 2.0 automated compliance test solution|  | •| •

Advanced Analysis

| 3-phase, inverter, motor, drive analysis|  | •| •
3-phase power measurements and analysis| •|  |
Advanced jitter and eye analysis|  | •| •
Advanced power measurement and analysis| •| •| •
Power measurements and analysis| •|  |
DDR3 and LPDDR3 analysis and debug|  |  | •
DQ0 measurements for inverter motor drives|  | •| •
Enhanced security for instrument declassification| •| •| •
Mask and Limit Testing| •| •| •
Mechanical measurements for inverter motor drives|  | •| •
Removable SSD with Windows license|  | •| •
User-defined filter creation tool|  | •| •
Vector signal analysis (SignalVu-PC)|  | •| •
Wide Bandgap SiC/GaN double pulse test measurements| •| •| •

Serial Bus Decoding, Compliance/Conformance Testing and Advanced Analysis

Serial Decode

| 64b/66b Serial Trigger and Analysis|  | •
8b/10b Serial Trigger and Analysis| •| •
Aerospace Serial Triggering and Analysis (MIL-STD-1553B)| •|
Automotive Serial Triggering and Analysis (CAN/LIN/FlexRay)| •|
Computer Serial Triggering and Analysis (RS-232/422/485/UART)| •| •
Custom Serial Analysis Kit for Developers| •|
Embedded Serial Triggering and Analysis (I2C, SPI)| •| •
Ethernet Serial Analysis (10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX)| •| •
Frame and Bit Error Rate Detector for High Speed Serial Stds| •|
Hi Speed Serial Bit Error Detector|  | •
High Speed Serial Link Training Analysis|  | •
HSIC Essentials – Electrical Validation and Protocol Decode Solution| •|
MIPI D-PHY (DSI / CSI2) Serial Analysis| •|
PCI Express Serial Analysis| •| •
SSIC Protocol Decoder| •| •
USB Serial Triggering and Analysis| •| •

Conformance / Compliance

| 10GBASE-KR/KR4 Compliance and Debug Solution| •| •
10GBASE-TekExpress Conformance and Debug Solution| •| •
40GBASE-CR4 Debug and Automated Compliance Solution| •| •
Automotive Ethernet (100BASE-T1, 1000BASE-T1) Automated Compliance| •| •
DDR Memory Bus Analysis| •| •
DDR5 System-level Tx Compliance/Debug Automation Software| •| •
DisplayPort 1.2 Source Test Automation| •| •
DisplayPort 1.4 Source Test Automation| •| •

Serial Bus Decoding, Compliance/Conformance Testing and Advanced Analysis

Conformance / Compliance (continued)

| Embedded DisplayPort 1.3 Essentials| •| •
Embedded DisplayPort 1.4 Essentials| •| •
Embedded DisplayPort (EDP) v1.4 TX Compliance Test Package|  | •
Ethernet Compliance Testing| •| •
HDMI 1.4 Compliance Testing| •| •
HDMI 2.0 Advanced Analysis and Rx Compliance| •|
HDMI 2.0 Advanced Analysis and Tx Compliance| •| •
HDMI 2.1 Advanced Analysis and Rx Compliance| •| •
HDMI 2.1 Advanced Analysis and Tx Compliance| •| •
HDMI 2.1 Advanced analysis and Compliance for eARC Rx tests| •| •
HDMI 2.1 Advanced analysis and Compliance for eARC Tx tests| •| •
IEEE-802.3bm: CAUI4 and IEEE-802.3bj: KR4/CR4 100Gbps Transmitter Compliance| •| •
IEEE-802.3bs/cd: 50-400GAUI, 50-200G-KR, 50-200G-CR, OIF-CEI (VSR, MR, LR) Electrical Transmitter Compliance| •| •
LPDDR4 Memory Bus Electrical Validation and Analysis| •| •
LVDS Tx Test Automation| •| •
MHL 3.0 Advanced Analysis and Compliance for Tx, Rx, Dongle and Cable tests| •|
MHL Advanced Analysis and Compliance Software| •| •
MIPI D-PHY 1.2 Tx Test Automation| •| •
MIPI M-PHY Transmitter Debug, Characterization and Compliance Test Solution| •| •
MIPI M-PHY Automated Receiver Solution| •|
MIPI M-PHY Automated Transmitter Solution| •|
MIPI M-PHY Automated Transmitter Solution (Gear 1, 2, 3, 4)|  | •

Serial Bus Decoding, Compliance/Conformance Testing and Advanced Analysis

Conformance / Compliance (continued)

| NBASE-T Conformance and Debug Solution| •| •
PCI Express® Gen1, Gen 2, and Gen 3 bundle Compliance/Debug Automation| •| •
PCI Express® Gen1/2 DPOJet Measurements| •| •
PCI Express® Gen3 Compliance/Debug| •| •
PCI Express® Gen4 Compliance/Debug| •| •
PCI Express® Gen5 Compliance/Debug| •| •
PCI Express® Gen6 Base Compliance/Debug|  | •
SAS Transmitter Measurements| •|
SAS-3 Transmitter Compliance Testing| •| •
SAS-3 WDP Transmitter Measurements|  | •
SAS4 DPOJET Essentials| •| •
SATA PHY/TSG/OOB Transmitter Tests| •| •
SATA RSG/RMT Receiver Tests| •| •
SATA TekExpress SATA SW Bundle (TSG and RSG for Hosts or Devices)| •| •
SFP+ Compliance and Debug Solution| •| •
Ethernet Automated 10/100/1000 BASE-T Solution| •| •
Thunderbolt TX Compliance Testing| •|
USB 2.0 Automated Compliance Testing| •| •
USB 3.0 Automated Compliance Testing| •| •
USB 3.1 Automated TX Compliance Testing| •| •
USB 3.2 Automated TX Compliance Testing|  | •
USB Power Adapter/ EPS Compliance Automated Testing| •| •

Serial Bus Decoding, Compliance/Conformance Testing and Advanced Analysis

Advanced Analysis

| DPOJET Jitter and Eye Analysis Tools – Noise| •| •
DPOJET Jitter and Eye Analysis Tools – Advanced| •| •
Frequency Counter-Timer|  | •
PAMJET PAM4 Transmitter Analysis Software for electrical signals| •| •
PAMJET PAM4 Transmitter Analysis Software for optical signals| •| •
Serial Data Link Analysis Visualizer| •| •
SignalCorrect Cable and Channel Compensation Software| •| •
Visual Trigger and Search| •| •
Waveform Limit Testing| •| •

Spectral and Modulation Analysis

| Advanced Signal Analysis (including pulse measurements)| •| •
AM/FM/PM Audio Signal Analysis| •| •
APCO P25 compliance testing and analysis application| •| •
Flexible OFDM Analysis| •| •
Frequency and Phase Settling Time Measurements| •| •
General Purpose Modulation Analysis| •| •
IEEE 802.11ad and 802.11ay SC Wideband Waveform Analysis| •| •
Settling Time, Frequency, and Phase| •| •
SignalVu Bluetooth Basic LE TX SIG measurements| •| •
SignalVu LTE Downlink RF measurements| •| •
SignalVu® Essentials – Vector Signal Analysis Software| •| •
WLAN 802.11ac measurement application| •| •
WLAN 802.11n measurement application| •| •
WLAN 802.11a/b/g/j/p measurement application| •| •

PC Analysis Software for Oscilloscopes

• https://www.tek.com/en/products/software/tekdrive.
• https://www.tek.com/en/products/software/tekscope-pc-analysissoftware.
• https://www.tek.com/en/products/keithley/keithley-control-softwarebench-instruments/kickstart.
• https://www.tek.com/en/products/software/signalvu-pc.
• https://www.tek.com/en/productsoftware-series/signalvu-spectrumanalyzer-software.

Oscilloscope Probes

• Tektronix probes and accessories are perfectly matched to our industry-leading oscilloscopes. With over 100 choices available, you will find the probe you need.
• Need help finding the right probe for your application? The Tektronix Probe Selector Tool will guide you through the variety of probes we offer and help you choose the right probe for your needs.

Isolated Probes

• High-resolution measurements in the presence of common mode signals or noise
• Up to 1 GHz bandwidth
• Complete galvanic isolation
• 1 Million to 1 (120 dB) of common mode rejection at 100 MHz

Power Rail Probes

• Bandwidth up to 4 GHz
• Offset range up to ±60 V
• Lowest noise
• Flexible connectivity

High Voltage Differential Probes

• Dynamic range to ± 6000 V
• Bandwidth up to 200 MHz
• Most extensive set of probe accessories

Current Probes

• Easy to use and accurate AC/DC current measurements
• DC up to 2 GHz
• Amplitude measurements from 1 mA to 2,000 A
• Split core and solid core construction

Optical Probes

• DPO7OE1/DPO7OE2 – high bandwidth optical probes, DC to 33/59 GHz with broad wavelength support from 750-1650 nm / 1200-1650 nm
• P6701B/P6703B – DC to 1.0/1.2 GHz with broad wavelength support: 500-950 nm/ 1100-1650 nm

Passive Probes

• Best-in-class bandwidth up to 1 GHz
• Best-in-class input capacitance as low as 3.9 pF, which minimizes probe loading effects
• Rugged and reliable
• High voltage versions with dynamic range up to 2500 V

Low Voltage Single-ended Probes

• Bandwidth up to 4 GHz
• True signal reproduction and fidelity
• Low input capacitance: down to < 0.8 pF
• Small, compact probe heads for probing small geometry circuit elements

Low Voltage Differential Probes

• Bandwidth up to 33 GHz
• Easily measure differential signals
• TriMode™ probes let you easily switch between differential, single-ended, and common mode
• High common mode rejection ratio (CMRR)
• Wide range of probe tips for easier circuit access

Service

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Tektronix offers a range of calibration and warranty extension plans for purchase with your instrument to protect and maintain its performance over the years. With benefits from priority service to OEM-expert maintenance to accident protection, invest now to avoid unplanned downtime and expense. View plans.

Calibration Plans Tektronix Opt. C3

• Calibration service 3 years. Includes traceable calibration or functional verification where applicable. Coverage includes the initial calibration plus 2 additional years*.

Tektronix Opt. C5

• Calibration service 5 years.
• Includes traceable calibration or functional verification where applicable. Coverage includes the initial calibration plus 4 additional years**.
• Maximum of 2 events.
• Maximum of 4 events.

Which Plan is Right for You?

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