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News Release from: TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments) | Subject: TDS5000B Series
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 19 August 2004
Scopes capture demanding signals
The TDS5000B Series of digital phosphor oscilloscopes enable users to capture and characterise even the most demanding signals.
The TDS5000B Series of digital phosphor oscilloscopes (DPOs), now available from TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments), deliver up to 1GHz bandwidth, 5Gsample/s real-time sample rate, 16Msample record length and a suite of advanced triggers, enabling users to capture and characterise even the most demanding signals These DPOs provide unmatched insight into signal behaviour by displaying, storing and analysing complex signals in real time using three dimensions of signal information: amplitude, time and distribution of amplitude over time
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 May 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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The TDS5000B Series includes a complete parametric measurement system for signal characterisation.
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Users can select from 53 automatic measurements using a graphical palette which logically organises measurements into amplitude, time, combination, histogram and communications categories.
Further insight into measurement results is provided with statistical data such as mean, minimum, maximum, standard deviation and population.
Waveform cursors make it easy to measure trace-to-trace timing characteristics, while cursors that link the y/t and x/y display modes make it easy to investigate phase relationships and safe-operating-area violations.
Users can also define and apply mathematical expressions to waveform data to provide on-screen results in easy-to-read format.
Common waveform mathematical functions can be accessed with the touch of a button.
For advanced applications, it is possible to create algebraic expressions consisting of waveform sources, mathematical functions, measurement values, scalars, and user adjustable variables with an easy-to-use calculator-style editor.
Applied measurement extensions can be installed to enhance the capability of the TDS5000B Series.
These software applications build on the precision acquisition performance of the TDS5000B Series to address the need for application specific measurements to quickly quantify device and system performance.
Optional applications include power measurement and analysis, jitter and timing analysis, disk drive measurements, USB compliance testing, optical storage analysis, ANSI/ITU telecommunications pulse compliance, and Ethernet compliance testing.
A new interface known as MyScope enables users to quickly and easily customise the oscilloscope to meet their unique requirements.
Using a simple "drag and drop" procedure, users are able to pull all the oscilloscope features they use into a single half-screen control window, allowing them to tailor the oscilloscope to their particular style or measurement task.
Engineers can create a virtually unlimited number of custom MyScope control windows, enabling multiple users of a shared TDS5000B to each have their own custom interface.
Models in the TDS5000 series are priced from GBP 5090 (plus VAT).
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