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Oscilloscope
Tektronix: The World's Standard in Oscilloscopes
8 out of 10 engineers around the world trust Tektronix to help them debug and test tomorrow's designs faster. With the broadest portfolio of digital oscilloscopes available, the richest set of product features, the most extensive analysis capability and our award-winning service and support, Tektronix has the right oscilloscope to meet your need. Learn more about the different types of oscilloscopes available:
- Basic Oscilloscopes: What You Know and Trust
Fast, familiar, affordable oscilloscopes that are ready to go - Bench Oscilloscopes: Next level productivity
Fast, capable oscilloscopes for debugging mixed signal designs so you can do more in less time - Performance Oscilloscopes: Fast, flexible in-depth analysis
Industry's best signal fidelity, verification and characterization capabilities help you shorten your design cycles
Performance You Need at a Price You Can Afford
Visualizing signals has never been easier or faster. Tektronix basic oscilloscopes, familiar to engineers around the world, provide at least 5x digital real-time oversampling on all channels, all the time. These oscilloscopes have dedicated front-panel controls, automated measurements and intuitive user interfaces making operation simple and easy. Lightweight and portable designs let you test on the bench and in the field. And they come standard with budget-friendly pricing and industry-leading warranties. Tektronix basic oscilloscopes: They're what you know and trust.
Feature-rich tools for debugging mixed signal designs.
Tektronix bench oscilloscopes deliver the feature-rich tools you need to debug today's complex mixed signal designs. They offer impressive performance and intuitive designs that make you more productive. For discovering and capturing design problems, they offer complete visualization of up to 20 analog and digital signals with a single instrument and the most extensive set of triggers in their class. Sort through millions of data points fast using advanced waveform search and navigation capabilities to find every instance of an event with our innovative Wave Inspector® controls. And integrated analysis tools, including automated serial and parallel bus analysis, help you validate and troubleshoot your design. The search for a debug solution you can trust is over.
Fast, flexible in-depth analysis
When it comes to testing the most advanced designs with the fastest and most complex signals, you need a truly complete performance solution. Tektronix Performance Oscilloscopes and Probes give you the cleanest, most trustworthy signal in the world.
Discover signal fidelity issues early with patented DPX® acquisition technology and reliably capture complex signal events with the advanced Pinpoint® triggering system. Quickly navigate through long record lengths with an intuitive Search and Mark capability to find specific events of interest and accelerate your design validation and standards compliance efforts with more than 30 different software analysis packages.
Engineers around the world trust these feature-packed, easy-to-operate oscilloscopes to boost productivity and help bring advanced designs to market on time and on budget.
| Title | Application | Product Series |
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Debugging Serial Buses in Embedded System DesignsFind out how the powerful trigger, decode and search capabilities of the popular MSO and DPO Series oscilloscopes solve serial debug challenges with exceptional efficiency. |
USB |
MSO/DPO3000 RFXpress MSO/DPO4000 MDO4000 MSO/DPO4000 MSO/DPO5000 DPO/DSA/MSO70000 DPO7000 |
Choose the Right Platform for Your Jitter MeasurementsThis document will explain some essential jitter terms, and then go on to discuss jitter measurements and the tools best suited for evaluating and quantifying jitter, when working with serial data communication architectures. |
Satellite and Radio Test Equipment |
DSA8300 DPO7000 |
Debugging a Mixed Signal Embedded Design with a Tektronix Mixed Signal OscilloscopeA typical embedded design may incorporate various analog signals, high-speed and low-speed serial digital communication, microprocessor buses and more. This application note walks you through the debug of a mixed signal embedded design with the Tektronix MSO Series Mixed Signal Oscilloscope. |
MSO/DPO4000 MSO/DPO3000 MSO/DPO2000 |
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Power Supply Measurement and Analysis with Bench OscilloscopesLearn how using a Tektronix MSO/DPO4000 or DPO3000 Series Oscilloscope provides fast, simple analysis with automated power measurements. |
MSO/DPO4000 MSO/DPO4000 MDO4000 MSO/DPO3000 |
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Fundamentals of Floating Measurements and Isolated Input OscilloscopesFundamentals of Floating Measurements |
TPS2000 THS3000 |
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Fundamentals of the MDO4000 Series Mixed Domain Oscilloscope.Today’s design engineers often must debug complex devices, with integrated analog and digital signals, serial buses, and now RF signals for wireless communication. In this application note, learn how a Mixed Domain Oscilloscope (MDO) offers time-correlated analog, digital, and RF signal acquisition for a complete system view. Discover the benefits of seeing both the time and frequency domains in one glance, and the advantages of viewing the RF spectrum changes over time. Learn about the powerful capabilities of the Tektronix MDO Series to debug today’s complex designs, and the unique architecture that enables it all. |
MDO4000 | |
System Level Design and Verification Wireless Embedded SystemsWhen designing embedded wireless technologies for worldwide deployment, it is important to consider the different regional regulatory requirements. Radio regulations vary around the world for some of the frequencies most attractive for unlicensed radio control and telemetry. |
MDO4000 | |
Hunting Noise Sources in Wireless Embedded SystemsIn adding wireless capability to embedded systems, there are a number of issues typically encountered in the integration. In this application note you will find tips and techniques for hunting noise sources with the MDO4000 Series Mixed Domain Oscilloscope Series. |
MDO4000 | |
Integrated ZigBee Radio Implementation and TestingIntegrating a Zigbee radio into an embedded application requires careful consideration of regulatory compliance, and validation of proper device operation. Watch as David Saar, Electrical Engineer and President of Saar Associates, explores common tasks for testing a design with an integrated Zigbee radio. |
MDO4000 | |
Power Supply Measurement and Analysis with DPOPWR Application SoftwareRead this application note to discover how Tektronix' DPOPWR power analysis software can help you meet the demands for longer battery life and "greener" designs. |
Power Measurement and Analysis |
DPO7000 TDS5000 MSO/DPO5000 |
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2012 Bench Products CatalogTo complement our oscilloscopes, we offer a portfolio of bench instruments designed with the same ease-of-use you’ve come to expect from us over the last 60 years. From dedicated buttons for common functions to USB ports for saving data. Our instruments are designed to be quick to learn and simple to operate. |
Passive Probe Active Probe Differential Probe Current Probe MSO/DPO2000 TDS3000 MSO/DPO4000 TDS1000 AFG3000 MSO/DPO5000 PWS4000 FCA3000/3100 MCA3000 PWS2000 DMM4050/4040 DMM4020 MSO/DPO3000 High Voltage Probe |
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2011 Test and Measurement SolutionsThis 44-page catalog covers key product information, applications, and quick-reference selection charts on our complete range of Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Signal Generators, Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers and software solutions. |
DPO/DSA/MSO70000 DPO7000 TDS1000 DSA8300 MSO/DPO4000 TDS3000 MSO/DPO2000 DMM4050/4040 MSO/DPO3000 DMM4020 |
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Tektronix MSO4000 Series vs. LeCroy MS-500 Probe Fact SheetThe Tektronix MSO4000 Series Mixed Signal Oscilloscope with P6516 digital probe, go head-to-head with the LeCroy MS-500 probe in this insightful product comparison brief. |
MSO/DPO4000 | |
MSO/DPO2000 Series vs. Agilent MSO/DSO2000 X-Series VideoThis is a side-by-side comparison that evaluates important features like triggering capability, waveform navigation and search, digital debug, serial decoding, and more. |
MSO/DPO2000 | |
MSO/DPO3000 Series vs. Agilent MSO/DSO3000 X-Series VideoThis is a side-by-side comparison that evaluates important features like triggering capability, waveform navigation and search, measurement accuracy, digital debug , and more. |
MSO/DPO3000 | |
MSO/DPO2000 Series vs. Agilent MSO/DSO2000 X-Series Fact SheetSide-by-side comparison on important features like serial triggering and decode, waveform navigation and search, waveform capture rate, embedded system debugging, and more. |
MSO/DPO2000 | |
MSO/DPO3000 Series vs. Agilent MSO/DSO3000 X-Series Fact SheetSide-by-side comparison on important features like serial triggering and decode, waveform navigation and search, waveform capture rate, digital debug with MSO, and more. |
MSO/DPO3000 | |
MSO/DPO5000 Series vs. Agilent MSO/DSO7000B Fact SheetSide-by-side comparison on important features like serial triggering and decode, waveform navigation and search, waveform capture rate, digital debug with an MSO, and more. |
MSO/DPO5000 | |
MSO/DPO5000 Series vs. LeCroy WavePro 7Zi Fact SheetSide-by-side comparison on important features like infinite persistence, waveform navigation and search, and digital debug using mixed signal oscilloscopes. |
MSO/DPO5000 | |
MSO/DPO5000 Series vs. LeCroy WaveRunner Xi-A Fact SheetSide-by-side comparison on important features like infinite persistence, waveform navigation and search, and digital debug using mixed signal oscilloscopes. |
MSO/DPO5000 | |
MSO/DPO4000 vs. Agilent MSO7000B Fact SheetSide-by-side comparison on important features like serial triggering and decode, waveform navigation and search, waveform capture rate, digital debug with MSO, and more. |
MSO/DPO4000 | |
Tektronix MSO/DPO4000 Series vs. Agilent 5000A+ 6000A+ and 7000A Fact SheetSide-by-side comparison on important features like serial triggering and decode, waveform navigation and search, and record length. |
MSO/DPO4000 |
| Title | Application | Product Series |
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Jitter and Noise Measurements in Presence of CrosstalkTesting High Speed Serial Buses for evidence of jitter is critical for higher yields and stable design. |
DPO/DSA/MSO70000 DSA8300 |
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8b/10b Measurements Using Tektronix OscilloscopesSave time with serial decode functionality in Tektronix 5K, 7K, and 70K Series oscilloscopes. |
DPO7000 DPO/DSA/MSO70000 |
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Complete Analysis of Wide Bandwidth SystemsSee the functionality and advantages of the wide-capture bandwidth available on the Tektronix MDO4000 Series of Mixed Domain Oscilloscopes. Testing multi-band radios simultaneously or wideband systems is challenging with a traditional swept spectrum analyzer. With the MDO4000 Series’ capture bandwidth of 1 GHz or wider, you’ll see details you haven’t seen before. |
MDO4000 | |
Debug of a Low Power Radio (900 MHz) - MDO4000 SeriesIn this video, Ward Ramsdell, Electrical Engineer and Co-Owner of Prototype Engineering, captures the RF transmission from a 900 MHz radio, and analyzes the preamble, packet body, and also the turn-on time of the packet. |
MDO4000 | |
MDO4000 Series Customer Review: David SaarDavid Saar reviews the MDO4000 Series oscilloscope |
MDO4000 | |
The Invention of the Mixed Domain Oscilloscope: Behind the Scenes at TektronixGo behind the scenes with Tektronix and meet the engineers who invented the Mixed Domain Oscilloscope. Learn how the concept of the MDO came to be, challenges the design team faced, break-through moments and how it all came together. |
MDO4000 | |
Time Correlation of Analog+ Digital and RF SignalsDiscover the benefits of seeing your analog, digital, and RF signals time-correlated on one display. Whether you’re integrating Bluetooth, Zigbee or other wireless technologies in your design, you’ll see how quickly you can troubleshoot system-level issues with the Tektronix MDO4000 Series of Mixed Domain Oscilloscopes. |
MDO4000 | |
Validation of a Wireless Audio Device - MDO4000 SeriesWatch as Ward Ramsdell, Electrical Engineer and Co-Owner of Prototype Engineering, as he investigates the system operation of a Wireless Audio SOC by capturing a SPI bus command and observing the impact in the device’s RF transmission over the air. |
MDO4000 | |
DPO/DSA70000 Series Oscilloscopes IntroductionThis video highlights the features of the DPO/DSA70000 Series Oscilloscopes |
DPO/DSA/MSO70000 | |
DPO/DSA70000 Series Oscilloscope Acquisition SystemSee what's inside the 70000 Series oscilloscopes. |
DPO/DSA/MSO70000 |
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HDMI/DVI Method Of Implementation (MOI)Procedures Guide for HDMI Sink Instruments Differential Impedance Measurements using the Tektronix TDS/DSA8200 and Sampling Module 80E04 |
DSA8300 |
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