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Tektronix 3T77
Sampling sweep plug-in Tektronix 3T77 front Compatible with 560-series scopes Produced from 1962 to 1973 Manuals Tektronix 3T77 Manual (sn#2642, PDF) Tektronix 3T77 Manual (sn#4256, DjVu) Modification Note Documenting Replacement of 152-0074-00 Tunnel Diode with 152-0381-00 (PDF) Tektronix 3T77 Calibration Outline (PDF, OCR) (All manuals in PDF format unless noted otherwise)

Manuals – Specifications – Links – Pictures

The Tektronix 3T77 is a sampling sweep plug-in for 560-series scopes. It was introduced in 1962, along with the 567 and 3S76.

Bob Webb and maybe Jim Geddes and possibly Cliff Moulton designed the Type 77, later named the 3T77.

It triggers on either the internal trigger pick-off from the vertical plug-in or from an external trigger signal input. Triggering is faster and more sensitive with an external input.

The 3T77 can operate in any of four modes: external sweep, manual sweep, normal, or single sweep. In external sweep mode, an external control voltage is applied to a BNC connector on the front panel of the 3T77. This voltage determines the X-position of the spot on the CRT and, correspondingly, the delay from the trigger event to the sampling point. Manual mode is the same as external sweep mode, but the control voltage is generated internally based on the position of a potentiometer on the front panel of the 3T77. In normal mode, an internal ramp generator produces the control voltage, repeatedly redrawing the trace on the CRT. In single sweep mode, the internal ramp generator is started by a button on the front panel, makes on horizontal trace, and then waits for the button to be pressed again.

Internals

While still tube-based, the 3T77 uses 2N976 transistors and 1N3129 tunnel diodes. It uses a 6688 tube in the staircase generator circuit, and an RCA 7586 nuvistor as a ramp-current generator. The 3T77 mixes "classic" chassis/ceramic strip construction with the trigger circuit built on a PCB.

Difference of 3T77 and 3T77A

Time-Postiton instead Delay-Knob, with more range of delaying by slow sweep rate. Recovery-Time-Knob can be pulling for HF-sync.

Specifications

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Pictures

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Trigger schematic
Block Diagram
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-title=Tektronix 3T77 |
+manufacturer=Tektronix |series=560-series scopes |type= 3T77 |
 summary=Sampling sweep plug-in |
 image=Tek 3t77 front.JPG |
 caption=Tektronix 3T77 front |
-series=[[560-series scopes]] |
+designers=Bob Webb; Jim Geddes; Cliff Moulton |
 introduced=1962 |
 discontinued=1973 |
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 * [[Media:Tek 3t77 cal outline.pdf|Tektronix 3T77 Calibration Outline (PDF, OCR)]]
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-The '''Tektronix 3T77''' is a [[sampling_oscilloscope|sampling]]
+The '''Tektronix 3T77''' is a [[sampling_oscilloscope|sampling]] sweep plug-in for [[560-series scopes]].
-sweep plug-in for [[560-series scopes]].
+It was [[introduced in 1962]], along with the [[567]] and [[3S76]].
-It was [[introduced in 1962]], along with the [[567]]
-and [[3S76]].
-[[Bob Webb]] and maybe [[Jim Geddes]] and possibly [[Cliff Moulton]] designed the Type 77,
+[[Bob Webb]] and maybe [[Jim Geddes]] and possibly [[Cliff Moulton]] designed the Type 77, later named the 3T77.
-later named the 3T77.
-It triggers on either the internal trigger
+It triggers on either the internal trigger pick-off from the vertical plug-in or from an external trigger signal input.
-pick-off from the vertical plug-in or from an external
+Triggering is faster and more sensitive with an external input.
-trigger signal input.  Triggering is faster and more
-sensitive with an external input.
-The 3T77 can
+The 3T77 can operate in any of four modes: external sweep, manual sweep, normal, or single sweep.
-operate in any of four modes: external sweep, manual
+In external sweep mode, an external control voltage is applied to a BNC connector on the front panel of the 3T77.
-sweep, normal, or single sweep.  In external sweep mode,
+This voltage determines the X-position of the spot on the CRT and, correspondingly, the delay from the trigger event to the sampling point.
-an external control voltage is applied to a BNC
+Manual mode is the same as external sweep mode, but the control voltage is generated internally based on the position of a potentiometer on the front panel of the 3T77.
-connector on the front panel of the 3T77.  This
+In normal mode, an internal ramp generator produces the control voltage, repeatedly redrawing the trace on the CRT.
-voltage determines the X-position of the spot on the
+In single sweep mode, the internal ramp generator is started by a button on the front panel, makes on horizontal trace, and then waits for the
-CRT and, correspondingly, the delay from the trigger
-event to the sampling point.  Manual mode is the same
-as external sweep mode, but the control voltage is
-generated internally based on the position of a
-potentiometer on the front panel of the 3T77.  In
-normal mode, an internal ramp generator produces
-the control voltage, repeatedly redrawing the trace
-on the CRT.  In single sweep mode, the internal ramp
-generator is started by a button on the front panel,
-makes on horizontal trace, and then waits for the
 button to be pressed again.