TDS754

Tektronix TDS754
500 MHz, 2 GS/s 4-channel digital scope Produced from (?) to (?) Manuals TDS 500B, TDS 600B, and TDS 700A Digitizing Oscilloscopes 070-9719-00 (PDF) (All manuals in PDF format unless noted otherwise)

Manuals – Specifications – Links – Pictures

The Tektronix TDS754 is a 500 MHz, 2 GS/s quad-channel digital storage scope.

Key Specifications

Bandwidth and Channels	500 MHz; 2 Channels
Vertical Sensitivity	1 mV to 10 V/div with calibrated fine adjustment
Time Base Range	500 ps to 10 s/div
Sample Rate	2.0 GS/s on 1 channel ; 2.0 GS/s on 2 channels ; 1 GS/s on 3 or 4 channels
Record Length	50 K points each channel
Record Length (1M Option)	500 K points on 1 channel; 250 k points on 2 channels ; 130 k points on 3 or 4 channels
Record Length (2M Option)	8 M points on 1 channel; 4 M points on 2 channels ; 2 M points on 3 or 4 channels
Interface	GPIB standard ; RS-232 interface ; Centronics interface
Options	1F − Floppy disk drive 2F − Advanced DSP math 1M − Record length 500k (1 ch) 2M − Record length 8M (1 ch) 13 − RS-232 interface and Parallel printer interface

Links

Internals

The TDS754C&D and TDS784C&D series are nearly identical, differences being front-panel cosmetics and the presence (754) or absence (784) of a few capacitors on the acquisition board. The only other difference is the position of instrument ID jumpers, also on the acquisition board. In fact, it is entirely possible to convert a 754 to a 784 (see above Links and the TDS784 page for more information).

Note that in the TDS700D series, the acquisition board variant is important — the CPU Board with Firmware 7.xx cannot be used together with the old acquisition board, and the CPU board with old Firmware 6.xx doesn't run with the new acquisition board. The fact that the CPU board has part number 671-4349-00 is by itself not a reliable indication of a compatible firmware version.

Pictures

TDS754A

TDS754A front
TDS754A rear

TDS754C

TDS754C front

TDS754D

TDS754D runs into DPO-mode
TDS754D Acquisition board, early model (SN B040000 below)
TDS754D Acquisition board, later model (SN B040000 upper), 2M option ready

Assembly part numbers

Assy	Description	TDS754A P/N	TDS754C P/N	TDS754D P/N
A10	Acquisition board	671-1476-05	671-4039–01	679-4165-0x/679-4771-01
A10	Acquisition board (1M Opt.)	-	671-4041–00	679-4166-0x/679-4771-01
A10	Acquisition board (2M Opt.)	-	-	679-4771-01
A11	DRAM/CPU/Display board (inlc. 1M Opt.)	-	671-4003–00 / 671-4172–00	671-4172–00 / 671-4349-00
A11	DRAM/CPU/Display board (only 2M Opt.)	-	-	-
A12	Front panel assembly	-	614-0937–02	614-0953–00
A14	D1 Bus	-	671-2847-00	671-2847-00
A14	D1 Bus (Opt. 05)	-	671-2848-00	671-2848-00
A15	Attenuator assembly	-	-	-
A16	Power supply unit	-	620–0063–04	620-0063-05
A20	CRT Display assembly	-	640–0077–04	640–0077–11
A23	RS232/Centronics assembly	640-2437-00	640-2437-00	640-2437-00