The Tektronix SC501 is a 5 MHz oscilloscope plug-in for the TM500 system.

Tektronix SC501
5 MHz oscilloscope
Tektronix SC501

Produced from 1975 to 1993

Manuals
(All manuals in PDF format unless noted otherwise)

The SC501 uses the 155-0055-00 (U200) for trigger and sweep.

The MR501 X-Y monitor shares part of the SC501's design.

The CRT cathode is directly heated and at −980 V.

Key Specifications

Bandwidth 5 MHz
Deflection 10 mV/Div, 100 mV/Div, 1 V/Div, plus variable control (10 mV/Div to 10 V/Div overall)
Sweep 1 μs/Div to 100 ms/Div in decade steps, plus variable control and ×5 magnifier (200 ns/Div to 1 s/Div overall)
Input impedance 1 MΩ // 47 pF
CRT 6 × 10 divisions of 0.203" (5.16 mm) i.e. 1.2" × 2" (31 mm × 51.5 mm), 154-0699-00 tube
Features
  • X-Y mode (Internal switch to activate, X input via 2 mm jack)
  • external trigger input (2 mm jack)

Links

Documents Referencing SC501

Document Class Title Authors Year Links
070-2088-00.pdf Book TM500 Series Rear Interface Data Book 1975
070-2088-01.pdf Book TM500 Series Rear Interface Data Book 1976
070-2088-04.pdf Book TM500 Series Rear Interface Data Book 1985

Pictures

Components

Some Parts Used in the SC501

Part Part Number(s) Class Description Used in
154-0699-00 154-0699-00 154-0699-50 CRT directly-heated CRT for miniature scopes 211 212 SC501
155-0048-01 155-0048-00 155-0048-01 155-0055-00 155-0055-01 Monolithic integrated circuit trigger sweep 211 212 213 214 432 433 5B12N 5B13N 5L4N 603 604 605 606 606A 607 624 SC501 R7912
2N3958 151-1054-00 151-1054-01 151-1054-02 Discrete component dual n-channel JFET FG503 MR501 M3 PG505 SC501 SC502 SC503 SG502 1450 1501 1502 1503 221 5A23N 5CT1N 577 603 603A 604 604A 605 606 606A 606B 607 607A 620 624 7CT1N 7D15 7D20 851