TDS754

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

Manuals – Specifications – Links – Pictures

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

Software

• TDS700A Field Adjustment Software 063260100 (ZIP)
• TDS700C Field Adjustment Software 063277401 (ZIP)
• TDS700D Field Adjustment Software 063328901 (ZIP)
• Tektronix TDS300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800 AWE Drivers 066008700 (ZIP)
• Tektronix TDS520C, 540C, 580C, 724C, 754C, 784C Custom Masks (ZIP)
• Tektronix Wavestar 2012.05.09.11.07.29 16456 EN (ZIP, 102MB) Product Key: WSTRO618650124
• TDS runtime Environment TDSRTE1 (ZIP)
• Telecom Test and I-Pattern Software TTiP (ZIP)

Firmware

• TDS754D v6.3e Firmware (ZIP)
• TDS754D v7.1.1e Firmware (ZIP)
• TDS754D v7.4e Firmware (TDS784D firmware, confirmed working on late serial TDS754D B040965) (ZIP)

Links

• Conversion of 500 MHz TDS744A to 1 GHz TDS784A
• Simmconn Labs LCD replacement kits for CRT-based TDS O-scopes
• EEVBlog Forum thread on TDS options and how to enable them
• Enabling options via GPIB interface - ko4bb.com

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

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  TDS754A front

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  TDS754A rear

TDS754C

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  TDS754C front

TDS754D

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  TDS754D runs into DPO-mode

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  TDS754D Acquisition board, early model (SN B040000 below)

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  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