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Use the Applicat
ion Modules
Use the Application Modules
Optional application module packages extend the capability of your oscilloscope. (See page 14, Application Module Free
Trial.) (See page 14, Installing an Application Module.)
Refer to the MDO3000 Series Application Module Installation Instructions that came with your application m odule for
instructions on installing and testing an application module. Some modules are described in the following list. Additional
modules may be available. Contact your Tektronix representative or visit our Web site at www.tektronix.com for more
information. Also, refer to Contacting Tektronix at the beginning of the manual.
You purchase application modules as stand-alone products. You can purchase them at the time of initial MDO3000
purchase or at a later time.
Application modules have licenses. You can transfer a license between an application module and an oscilloscope. The
license m ay be contained in the module; allowing you to move the module from one instrument to another. Alternatively, you
can contain the license in the oscilloscope; allowing you to remove the module and store it for safekeeping. You can transfer
the license back to the module for use in another MDO3000 oscilloscope. Transferring the license to an oscilloscope and
removing the module permits the use of more than two applications simultaneously.
The MDO3AERO Aerospace Serial Triggering and Analysis Module enables triggering on packet-level information on
ARINC429 and MIL-STD-1553 buses as well as use of analytic al tools such as digital views of the signal, bus views,
packet decoding, search tools, and packet decode tables with time- stamp information. Signal Inputs - Ch1 - Ch4, Math,
Ref1 - Ref4. Recommended Probing - Differential or single ended (only one single-ended signal required)
The MDO3AUDIO Audio Serial Triggering and Analysis Mod ule enables triggering on packet-level information on I
2
S,
LJ, RJ, and TDM audio buses as well as use of analytical tools such as digital views of the signal, bus views, packet
decoding, search tools, and packet decode tables with time-stamp information. Signal Inputs - Any Ch1 - Ch4 and, with
option MDO3MSO, any D0 - D15. Recommended Probing - Single ended.
The MDO3AUTO Automotive Serial Triggering and Analysis Module enables triggering on packet-level information
on CAN, CAN FD, and LIN buses as well as use of analytical tools such as digital views of the signal, bus views, packet
decoding, search tools, and packet decode tables with time - stamp information. Signal Inputs CAN, CAN FD, or LIN:
Any Ch1 - Ch4 and, with option MDO3MSO, any D0 - D15. Recommended Probing - CAN, CAN FD: Single ended
or differential; LIN: Single ended.
The MDO3COMP Computer Serial Triggering and Analysis Module enables triggering on packet-level information on
RS-232/422/485/UART buses as well as use of analytical tools such as digital views of the signal, bus views, packet
decoding, search tools, and packet decode tables with time-stamp information. Signal Inputs - Any Ch1 - Ch4 and, with
option MDO3MSO, any D0 - D15. Recommended Probing - RS-232/UART: Single ended; RS-422/485: Differential.
The MDO3EMBD Embedded Serial Triggering and Analysis Module enables triggering on packet-level information on
I
2
C and SPI buses as well as use of analytical tools such as digital views of the signal, bus views, packet decoding,
search tools, and packet decode tables with timestamp information. Signal Inputs - I
2
C or SPI: Any Ch1 - Ch4 and, with
option MDO3MSO, any D0 - D15. Recommended Probing - Single ended.
The MDO3FLEX Serial Triggering and Analysis Module enables triggering on packet-level information on FlexRay
buses as well as use of analytical tools such as digital views of the signal, bus views, packet decoding, search tools,
packet decode tables with time-stamp information. Signal Inputs - Any Ch1 - Ch4 (and, with option MDO3MSO, any D0 -
D15; single-ended probing only) . Recommended Probing - Single ended or differential.
The MDO3LMT Limit and Mask Test Module enables testing against limit templates generated from "golden"
waveforms and mask testing using custom masks.
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