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The Tektronix DSA 601 and DSA 602 are digital scopes with waveform processing capabilities.  
The Tektronix DSA 601 and DSA 602 are digital scopes with waveform processing capabilities.  
They were made from the late 1980's to the mid 1990's. They are 11000-series scopes and accept up to three 11000-series plug-ins.  The display is a  
They were made from the late 1980's to the mid 1990's. They are [[11000-series scopes]]
touchscreen.  The CRT is a conventional magnetic deflection color computer monitor  
and accept up to three 11000-series plug-ins.  The display is a touchscreen.   
and operates at 552x704 resolution.   
The CRT is a conventional magnetic deflection color computer monitor and operates at 552x704 resolution.   
 
The touchscreen sensor is a grid of infrared beams, nothing mechanical.   
The touchscreen sensor is a grid of infrared beams, nothing mechanical.   
The digitizers in the DSA 601 and DSA 602 have a maximum rate of 500Msamp/sec.
 
The digitizers in the DSA 601 and DSA 602 have a maximum rate of 500 MSamples/s.
 
The DSA 601 has two such digitizers and the DSA 602 has four.  The digitizers can
The DSA 601 has two such digitizers and the DSA 602 has four.  The digitizers can
be used independently or can be ganged together in interleaved mode for higher
be used independently or can be ganged together in interleaved mode for higher
sample rates.  Interleaving gives the DSA 601 a maximum sample rate of 1Gsamp/sec
sample rates.  Interleaving gives the DSA 601 a maximum sample rate of 1 GSamples/s
and the DSA 602 a maximum sample rate of 2Gsamp/sec.
and the DSA 602 a maximum sample rate of 2 GSamples/s.
Both have IEEE-488 (GPIB) and RS232 interfaces for remote control and waveform export.
Both have 8-bit vertical resolution.
There are "A" models that have a floppy drive for waveform storage.
 
A detailed service manual with schematics is not known to exist.  The published service
manual is here:
 
* http://w140.com/dsa601.pdf
 
A good summary of the functionality is here:
 
* http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research/msl/DSA602.html
 
An FAQ entry from Tek is here:
 
*http://www2.tek.com/cmswpt/faqdetails.lotr?ct=FAQ&cs=faq&ci=2805&lc=EN
 
The description of the DSA 601 and DSA 602 from the Tek catalog is here:
 
*http://w140.com/tekdsa601-602.pdf
 
It is possible that this file is Tektronix Wavestar 3.1 for Windows 3.1:
 
*http://w140.com/wavestar3.1_setup.exe
 
Instructions for clearing the NVRAM are here:
 
*http://w140.com/dsa600_memory_clearing.pdf
 
DSA 601A/602A Programming Reference:


*http://w140.com/tek_dsa_601a_602a_programming_reference.pdf
Both have [[GPIB interface|IEEE-488 (GPIB)]] and [[RS-232 interface]]s for remote control and waveform export.  
Both have 8-bit vertical resolution. There are "A" models that have a floppy drive for waveform storage.


DSA 601A/602A User Reference:
==Manuals==


*http://w140.com/tek_dsa_601a_602a_user_reference.pdf
* [http://w140.com/tek_dsa_601a_602a_quick_reference.pdf DSA 601A/602A Quick Reference]
* [http://w140.com/tek_dsa_601a_602a_user_reference.pdf DSA 601A/602A User Reference]
* [http://w140.com/tek_dsa_601a_602a_programming_reference.pdf DSA 601A/602A Programming Reference]
* [http://w140.com/dsa601.pdf Published service manual] (A detailed service manual with schematics is not known to exist.)


DSA 601A/602A Tutorial:
==Documents and Software==


*http://w140.com/tek_dsa_601a_602a_tutorial.pdf
* [http://w140.com/tek_dsa_601a_602a_tutorial.pdf DSA 601A/602A Tutorial]
* [http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research/msl/DSA602.html Good summary of the functionality]
* [http://www2.tek.com/cmswpt/faqdetails.lotr?ct=FAQ&cs=faq&ci=2805&lc=EN FAQ entry from Tek]]
* [http://w140.com/tekdsa601-602.pdf Description of the DSA 601 and DSA 602 from the Tek catalog]
* [http://w140.com/dsa600_memory_clearing.pdf Instructions for clearing the NVRAM]


DSA 601A/602A Quick Reference:
* [http://w140.com/wavestar3.1_setup.exe Possibly Tektronix Wavestar 3.1 software for Windows 3.1]
 
* Tekdump screen capture software for Unix written by Steve Tell: [http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research/msl/tekdump.html Web page] / [http://www.cs.unc.edu/~fast_links/tekdump.tar.gz Download]
*http://w140.com/tek_dsa_601a_602a_quick_reference.pdf
 
Tekdump screen capture software for Unix written by Steve Tell:
 
*http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research/msl/tekdump.html
*http://www.cs.unc.edu/~fast_links/tekdump.tar.gz


==Pictures==


<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Dsa601_acq1.jpg|DSA600 Waveform Processor.
Image:Dsa601_acq1.jpg|DSA600 Waveform Processor
Image:Dsa601_acq2.jpg|DSA600 Acquisition Unit.
Image:Dsa601_acq2.jpg|DSA600 Acquisition Unit
Image:Dsa601_acq3.jpg|DSA600 Acquisition Unit.
Image:Dsa601_acq3.jpg|DSA600 Acquisition Unit
File:Dsa 602 period.jpg|DSA602 Simultaneous Time-domain and Frequency-domain  
File:Dsa 602 period.jpg|DSA602 Simultaneous Time-domain and Frequency-domain  
</gallery>
</gallery>
[[Category:11000 series mainframes]]