TDS540

The Tektronix TDS540 is a 500 MHz, 1 GS/s quad-channel digital scope introduced in 1992.

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500 MHz, 1 GS/s digital scope

Produced from 1992 to (?)

Manuals

(All manuals in PDF format unless noted otherwise)

The TDS540 uses an amplifier IC, U1000, U1200, U1300, and U1400, part number 155-0378-00, that is closely related to the M377.

Common failure on early TDS-Familiy: bad SMD Capacitor.

Key Specifications

Bandwidth	500 MHz
Rise time	700 ps
Sample rate	1 GS/s (only 1 ch ) / 500 MS/s (only 2 ch) / 250 MS/s (all ch)
Time base	500 ps/Div to 10 s/Div
Deflection	2 mV/Div to 200 mV/Div (Opt. 1D: 1 mV/Div to 100 mV/Div)
Resolution	8 bits / 12 bits (HI-RES Mode)
Record length	500 to 15 k points ( Opt. 1M: 50 k points)
Input impedance	1 MΩ / 50 Ω
Interface	GPIB standard
Options 13	Centronics interface RS-232 interface