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* 2 horizontal plug-in bays
* 2 horizontal plug-in bays
* 1 (7XX3) or 2 (7XX4) vertical plug-in bays (except digitizers)
* 1 (7XX3) or 2 (7XX4) vertical plug-in bays (except digitizers)
* horizontal and vertical plug-ins can be used in non native slots
* Horizontal and vertical plug-ins can be used in non-native slots
* [[7000_series_readout_system|On screen readout controlled from plug-ins]]
* [[7000_series_readout_system|On screen readout controlled from plug-ins]]
* [[7000_Series_plug-in_interface|Differential, calibrated 50 Ohm signal and trigger connections from plug-in to backplane]]
* [[7000_Series_plug-in_interface|Differential, calibrated 50 Ohm signal and trigger connections from plug-in to backplane]]

Revision as of 18:04, 15 February 2020

In August of 1969 Tektronix issued a supplement catalog featuring a new series of instruments: The 7000-Series. Howard Vollum himself wrote the introduction message on page 1 of this supplement, where he presented the 7000 series as a replacement to the 500 scope series , emphasizing the necessity to switch to a new platform for modular high-end scopes due to the limitations of the original 500 series platform designed in 1953. According to Vollum $28 million were spent in two years to develop the initial components and products of the 7000 series. While the original mainframes 7504 and 7704 introduced in 1969 were short-lived, some of the original plug-ins as the 7A22 or the 7S11 were produced until the early 1990s.

Common features of 7000-series scopes

7000 series functional color code

Mode Selection
Trigger Source or Control
Uncalibrated Variable
Denotes functional relation

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