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This is a wiki for the community of Tektronix oscilloscope enthusiasts.
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2000 Series Scopes
200 Series
Miniature portable oscilloscopes
2600 Series
300 Series
Miniature/compact portable oscilloscopes, some by Sony/Tektronix
400 Series Scopes
Portable scopes, low to medium bandwidth
Non Plug-in Tube Scopes
500 Series
Scopes
Plug-ins
Accessories
560 Series
Scopes
Plug-ins
Accessories
Sampling and Automated Measurement
580 Series
Scopes
Plug-ins
647 Series
7000 Series
Modular high end scopes with medium to very high (1 GHz) bandwidth
Scopes
Plug-ins
- 7A11
- 7A12
- 7A13
- 7A14
- 7A15
- 7A16/7A16P
- 7A17
- 7A18
- 7A19
- 7A21
- 7A22
- 7A24
- 7A26
- 7A29/7A29P
- 7A42
- 7B10
- 7B15
- 7B50
- 7B51
- 7B52
- 7B53
- 7B70
- 7B71
- 7B80
- 7B85
- 7B87
- 7B90
- 7B92
- 7CT1N
- 7D01
- 7D02
- 7D10
- 7D11
- 7D12
- 7D13
- 7D14
- 7D15
- 7D20
- 7F10
- 7J20
- 7K11
- 7L5
- 7L12
- 7L13
- 7L14
- 7L18
- 7M11
- 7M13
- 7S11
- 7S12
- 7S14
- 7T11
- 035-5015-00
- 067-0657-00
- 067-0587-10
- 067-0587-01
- 067-0587-02
- 067-0589-00
- 067-0616-00
- Packing
Sampling heads
5000-series
Scopes
Plug-Ins
T900 Series Scopes
11000 Series
Scopes
Plug-ins
TDS Series
Digitizers
160-series Modules
661 Series
Non-Plugin Scopes, Solid State and Digital
TM500-series and TM5000-series
- TM501
- TM502
- TM503
- TM504
- TM505
- TM506/RTM506
- TM515
- TM516
- TM5003
- TM5006
- AA501
- AA5001
- AF501
- AFG5101
- AM501
- AM502
- AM503
- AM511
- AM5030
- CG5001
- DC501
- DC502
- DC503
- DC504
- DC505
- DC508
- DC510
- DC5004
- DC5009
- DC5010
- DD501
- DL501
- DL502
- DM501
- DM502
- DM505
- DM5010
- DM5120
- DP501
- FG501
- FG502
- FG503
- FG504
- LA501
- MR501
- OA5002
- OA5012
- OA5022
- OA5032
- OCP5002
- OCP5502
- OIG501
- OIG502
- OT504
- PG501
- PG502
- PG505
- PG506
- PG508
- PG509
- PG5110
- PFG5105
- PS501
- PS503
- PS505
- PS5004
- PS5010
- RG501
- SC501
- SC502
- SC503
- SC504
- SCALCF1
- SG5010
- SG502
- SG503
- SG504
- SG505
- SI5010
- SW503
- TG501
- TR502
- TR503
- WR501
- 067-0995-99
- 067-1201-99
- 067-1178-99
- 016-0362-01
Sampling and Pulse Heads
7000 and 3S series sampling heads
SD Series (for 11800 series scopes)
Others
Test Plug-ins
Probes
Passive Voltage Probes
Active Voltage Probes
Current Probes
Curve Tracers
Logic Analyzers
Signal Generators
CRT Monitors
Delay Lines
Spectrum Analyzers
Television Instruments
TDR Instruments
Carts
Power Supplies
Freestanding Amplifiers
Other Instruments
- 124
- 130
- 131
- 153
- 280
- 282
- 283
- 290
- 410
- 3026
- 3052
- 4501
- 4601
- 4551
- 764
- 851
- 013-028
- TU-5
- 75A
- TU-75B
- TU-76
- 015-0107-00
- 015-0149-00
- 016-0057-00
- 067-0513-00
- 067-0608-00
- 067-0599-00
- 067-0625-00
- 015-0438-00
- 017-0019-00
- 012-0127-00
- 4701
- TR210
- 2701
- A6901
- A6902
- AM700
- J16
- YT-1
- C-12
- 013-045
- 013-046
- 1106
- 013-044
- Engine Analyzer
- THS710
- THS720
- THS730
- S-3100
- S-3110
- S-3130
- 017-0512-00
Calibration Fixtures
Non-Tek Plug-ins for Tek Instruments
- Nelson-Ross 002
- Nelson-Ross PSA-011
- Nelson-Ross 014
- Nelson-Ross 021
- Nelson-Ross 023
- Nelson-Ross 201
- Nelson-Ross PSA-225
- Nelson-Ross 511
- Pentrix L20
- Pentrix L30
- Pentrix L21
- Pentrix L3742/2
- Chemtrix 205
- Nukem UW1000
- Electro/Data PN1011
- Pulse Instruments PI-451
- Tracor Northern TN-1705
- Ball Efratom PTB-100
- QU0348 Unknown Mfg
- Lavoie LA-265-L
- Lavoie_LA-265-CA
- Neuro Diagnostics
- Mobil 8219
- Systron-Donner_9550
- Spectracom 8163
Manuals and Catalogs
Many manuals for classic Tek gear are freely available online. Sites that generously serve archives of Tek manuals are:
Many manuals are not yet freely available online. Please visit the list of manuals that are needed. If you can contribute free scans or paper copies of Tek manuals are not yet freely available online, please contact the administrator of this site.
- Tektronix Catalogs contain a wealth of information.
Tek History
Maintenance Issues
- "Black Beauty" or "Bumble Bee" capacitors
- 7S14 repair
- Back-lit switches
- Bad TI IC sockets
- Connectors
- Dust filter
- EPROM's
- Fan mounts
- Germanium transistors
- High ESR capacitors
- HV transformers
- Leather handles
- Mercury switch
- NVRAM errors
- Potentiometers
- Rotary input switch
- ROM images
- Sampling diodes
- Selenium rectifiers
- Tektronix-made Integrated Circuits
- Troubleshooting sampling scopes
- Tunnel diodes
- Turret attenuators
External Links
- wellenkino.de Oscilloscope Forum and Gallery
- TekScopes forum on Yahoo (account required)
- KO4BB/Didier Juges's Wiki
- The Museum of Tektronix Scopes (UK)
- Stan Griffiths' page
- Tekscope Museum (DE)
- Julian Bunn's Tek page
- Paul Marossy's Tek 453 page
- Bill's Tektronix 453 and 454 Info Pages
- Christian Weagle's directory of 5000-series scopes
- Kurt's Tektronix page
- Bob Cromwell's page on repairing a 2245A
- J.Evans's 545A page
- Tek's Scope Troubleshooting Guide
- David DiGiacomo's Test Equipment page
- Mark Kahrs's Test Equipment page
- KB7RGG's 7000-series Plug-in Guide
- Tektronix Older Vintage Oscilloscopes & Plug-ins
- Telequipment Manuals
- KC0WOX's Tektronix Page
- Australian Computer Museum Tektronix Page
- Tai Oliphant's Tektronix Page
- Bill Lewis' Tektronix page
- Ed Sinclair and Stan Griffiths' vintagetek.org Foundation
- Peter D. Hiscocks "Oscilloscope Development, 1943-57"
- Richard Sears' Vintage Oscilloscope e.t.c. Collection page
- Artur Seibt's Handbook of Oscilloscope Technology
- Tektronix Vertical Amplifier Circuits from the Concepts series (PDF)
Administration
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