Operating instructions

University of Saskatchewan
Electrical Engineering Laboratory Equipment Manual
other voltage or time cursor. The difference between the two cursors in volts or seconds is also
displayed. In the case of the time cursors, 1/difference is also displayed.
Tektronix TDS210 60 MHz Digital Real-Time Oscilloscope
 60 MHz Bandwidth
 1 GSample/s 8 bit A/D with 2500 point record length for each channel
 2 Channel input and display
 Vertical sensitivity range 2 mV/div – 5 V/div
 Horizontal sensitivity range 5 ns/div – 5 sec/div
 Built-in FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) capability for spectrum analysis
AUTOSET
SAVE/RECALL
MEASURE
ACQUIRE
UTILITY
CURSOR DISPLAY
HARDCOPY RUN/STOP
VERTICAL
HORIZONTAL TRIGGER
POSITION
POSITION
LEVEL
HORIZONTAL
MATH
CH 1 CH 2
TRIGGER
SET LEVEL TO 50%
FORCE TRIGGER
TRIGGER VIEW
POSITION
HOLDOFF
MENU
MENU
MENU
MENU
MENU
VOLTS/DIV VOLTS/DIV SEC/DIV
5V
2mV
5V
2mV
5s
5ns
CH 1
CH 2
EXT TRIG
Tektronix
TDS 210
TWO CHANNEL
DIGITAL REAL-TIME OSCILLOSCOPE
60 MHz
1 GS/s
CURSOR 1 CURSOR 2
The TDS210 is the least expensive member of the Tektronix family of oscilloscopes. Its
size is small, but it has very powerful performance. Each input channel has an input impedance
of 1 M in parallel with a capacitance of  20 pF. Each input may tolerate an absolute
maximum of 300 V
rms
.
Like the HP 54600A/601A, the TDS210’s display conveys a lot of information. In the
top left corner of the display is the Tek logo. To the right of that you will find a picture of a
square pulse. This gives a graphical cue to the scope’s acquisition mode. Each mode has its own
unique picture of a pulse. Continuing to move to the right you will find a status indicator. If the
scope is in the run mode, a square with an ―R‖ inside of it will be displayed. Beside that is a
status word relating to the trigger status of the scope. Usually ―Ready‖ or ―Auto‖ will be