What is an oscilloscope?
A oscilloscope is basically a graph-displaying device – it draws a graph of an electrical signal. In most applications, the graph shows how signals change over time. Oscilloscopes can be classified in two major categories – analog and digital types. Digital oscilloscopes can be classified into digital storage oscilloscopes (DSOs), digital phosphor oscilloscopes (DPOs), mixed domain oscilloscopes (MDOs), mixed signal oscilloscopes (MSOs), and digital sampling oscilloscopes.
- What can an oscilloscope measure?
- How can an oscilloscope measure current?
- How does an oscilloscope measure frequency?
What are the types of oscilloscopes?
Bench oscilloscopes
The industry's most trusted bench oscilloscopes are widely used in industry design and debug environments and university teaching labs.
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Touch Screen Oscilloscopes
The new 3 Series MDO and 4 Series MSO join the 5 and 6 Series MSO, expanding the range of next-generation touch screen oscilloscopes.
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Performance real-time oscilloscopes
Discover your real signals and capture more of their details. Automate setup, acquisition and analysis of high-speed serial data signals with a tool-set engineered to deliver faster design debug and compliance testing.
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Oscilloscope Selection Guide (PDF)
High-level specification matrix for the range of Tektronix oscilloscopes.
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