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Tektronix started producing oscilloscopes with the model 511 in 1947, at which time the vacuum tube was the primary active device, and remained so into the 1960s.
While transistors were used increasingly in such instruments from the mid-1950s on, this section contains instruments and instrument families primarily based on vacuum tubes (aka valves).
Major families of Tektronix oscilloscopes from the tube era include:
- 500-series scopes are tube-based scopes that take plug-ins from the letter- and 1-series
- 560-series scopes are lower-speed instruments taking 2-series and 3-series plugins
- 580-series scopes are high-speed scopes that take 80-series plugins.
160 Series
Monolithic Tube Scopes
500 Series
500-series oscilloscopes
500-series (Letter-series and 1-series Plug-ins)
Accessories
Third Party
- Cordin PIN Oscillograph
- Corona Electric TF-10A
- Corona Electric FT-100A
- EIP 101A
- EIP 101B
- Electro/Data PN1011
- Hickok 1805A
- Hickok 1823A
- Hickok 1832
- Hickok 1836
- Hickok AN/USM-81
- Hughes OS-3
- Jetronic AN/USM-81
- Jetronic AM-1839
- Lavoie LA-265-B
- Lavoie LA-265-CA
- Lavoie LA-265-D
- Lavoie LA-265-L
- Lavoie LA-265A
- Nelson-Ross 002
- Nelson-Ross 011
- Nelson-Ross PSA-013
- Nelson-Ross 014
- Nelson-Ross PSA-021
- Nelson-Ross 023
- Nelson-Ross 200
- Nelson-Ross 201
- Nelson-Ross 511
- Pentrix L20
- Pentrix L21
- Pentrix L30
- Pentrix L3742/2
- Systron-Donner 9550
560 Series
560-series oscilloscopes
560-series plug-ins
560-series Accessories
Sampling and Automated Measurement
Third Party
580-series oscilloscopes and plug-ins
647-series oscilloscopes and plug-ins
Third Party
661-series oscilloscopes and plug-ins
See also
From the late 1960s on, Tektronix produced oscilloscopes that were predominantly solid-state based except for the CRT.
Major instrument families from this period included
- 7000-series scopes, high-performance modular laboratory oscilloscopes taking 7000-series plug-ins, medium to very high (1 GHz) bandwidth and readout
- 5000-series scopes, lower-speed modular laboratory oscilloscopes taking 5000-series plug-ins
- 200-series scopes, miniature portable oscilloscopes
- 300-series scopes, miniature/compact portable oscilloscopes, some made by Sony/Tektronix
- 400-series scopes, portable low-to-medium bandwidth oscilloscopes
- 2000-series scopes, portable general-purpose oscilloscopes, some with digital storage
- 11000-series scopes, high-end analog/digital laboratory instruments taking 11000-series plug-ins
- 11800-series scopes, high-end sampling analog/digital laboratory instruments
- T900-series scopes, low-cost portable analog service instruments
- TAS series scopes, late CRT-based portable analog oscilloscopes
2000-series oscilloscopes
2600-series instruments
5000-series
5000-series oscilloscopes
5000-series plug-ins
Third-Party 500-series Equipment
- Automation Industries EM-3300
- Bently Nevada 5110 Mod 709V
- EDX-1 Electromyograph Storage
- EMG Associates
- Hocking Electronics D5A
- Ino-Tech IT-5200
- Interad 7121R
- Kay Visi-Pitch 6087
- LKC RA-2124
- LKC 388-1902-00
- LKC 388-2212-00
- Neuro Diagnostics
- Pacific Measurements 1038
- R-O-R / Consultronics 301C-302C
- Sonometrics
- Tracor Northern TN-1705
- Wiltron 640
- Nicolet 527
- Zetec MIZ-17
5030-series oscilloscopes
7000-series
7000-series oscilloscopes
7000-series plug-ins
- DF1
- DF2
- DL2
- 7A11
- 7A12
- 7A13
- 7A14
- 7A15
- 7A16
- 7A16P
- 7A17
- 7A18
- 7A19
- 7A21N
- 7A22
- 7A24
- 7A26
- 7A29
- 7A29P
- 7A42
- 7A42 Demo Aid
- 7B10
- 7B15
- 7B42N
- 7B50
- 7B51
- 7B52
- 7B53
- 7B70
- 7B71
- 7B80
- 7B85
- 7B87
- 7B90P
- 7B92
- 7CT1N
- 7D01
- 7D02
- 7D10
- 7D11
- 7D12
- 7D13
- 7D14
- 7D15
- 7D20
- 7F10
- 7J20
- 7K11
- 7L5
- 7L12
- 7L13
- 7L14
- 7L18
- 7M11
- 7M13
- 7S11
- 7S12
- 7S14
- 7T11
- 7V11
7000 and 3S series sampling heads
Third-Party 700-series Equipment
11000-series
11000-series oscilloscopes
11000-series plug-ins
11800-series
11800-series oscilloscopes
11800-series plug-ins
T900-series oscilloscopes
TAS-series oscilloscopes
See also
Overview:
TDS Series
- TDS500
- TDS510A
- TDS520
- TDS520A
- TDS520B
- TDS520C
- TDS520D
- TDS524A
- TDS540
- TDS540A
- TDS540B
- TDS540C
- TDS540D
- TDS544A
- TDS580C
- TDS580D
- TDS600
- TDS620
- TDS620A
- TDS620B
- TDS640
- TDS640A
- TDS644A
- TDS644B
- TDS654C
- TDS680B
- TDS680C
- TDS684A
- TDS684B
- TDS684C
- TDS694C
THS700 Series
Other Digital Scopes
Overview: Comparison of 49x, 275x, and 279x series spectrum analyzers
490 Series
2600-Series FFT Analyzer
27xx Series
Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers
Spectrum Analyzer Plug-ins for Oscilloscopes
Other Instruments
Spectrum Analyzer Accessories
- Visual index: Logic Analyzers
- Overview: Microprocessor support table
Logic Analyzers
Acquisition Cards
Plug-ins
Disassembly probes
Personality modules
Disassembly ROM Packs
834 Cartridges
The Tektronix TM500 is a modular test equipment system offering a variety of plug-in modules that fit a dedicated series of mainframes with one to six module slots. The plugins are not compatible with other Tektronix lines such as oscilloscopes.
The TM5000 series, introduced in 1982, added a GPIB interface on the mainframe to control intelligent plugins.
- Overview: TM500 system
- Visual index: TM500 and TM5000 mainframes / TM500 and TM5000 plug-ins
Mainframes
Plug-ins
- AA501
- AA5001
- AF501
- AFG5101
- AFG5102
- AM501
- AM502
- AM503
- AM511
- AM5030
- AT5010
- AWG5102
- AWG5105
- CG551AP
- CG5001
- CG5010
- CG5011
- DA4084
- DC501
- DC502
- DC503
- DC504
- DC505
- DC508
- DC509
- DC510
- DC5004
- DC5009
- DC5010
- DD501
- Dielectric Analyzer
- DL502
- DM501
- DM502
- DM504
- DM505
- DM511
- DM5010
- DM5110
- DM5120
- DM5520
- DP100
- DP501
- FG501
- FG502
- FG503
- FG504
- FG507
- FG5010
- FL5010
- LA501
- MI5010
- MR501
- MX5010
- OA5002
- OA5012
- OA5022
- OA5032
- OCP5002
- OCP5502
- OIG501
- OIG502
- OR501
- OR502
- ORS2488
- OT501
- OT502
- OT503
- OT504
- PFG5105
- PG501
- PG502
- PG503
- PG505
- PG506
- PG507
- PG508
- PG509
- PG5110
- PS501
- PS502
- PS503
- PS505
- PS5004
- PS5010
- RG501
- SA501
- SC501
- SC502
- SC503
- SC504
- SCALCF1
- SG502
- SG503
- SG504
- SG505
- SG5010
- SG5030
- SG5050
- SI5010
- SI5020
- SW503
- TG501
- TM500 Video Noise Test Fixture
- TR501
- TR502
- TR503
- TVC501
- WR501
- 153
- 154
- 1434
- 015-0408-00
- 016-0362-00
- 035-5031-00
- 040-0652-03
- 040-0652-05
- 040-0754-04
- 040-0803-00
- 067-0184-00
- 067-0184-99
- 067-0838-99
- 067-0722-00
- 067-0872-99
- 067-0199-99
- 067-0885-00
- 067-0916-00
- 067-0938-00
- 067-0995-99
- 067-1011-00
- 067-1037-00
- 067-1039-00
- 067-1137-99
- 067-1178-99
- 067-1201-99
- 067-1221-00
Accessories
Third Party
- A/O Lab
- Amdata SC5032
- Arbiter Systems 1040A
- Argo Systems AS210
- Automation Engineering AE-106
- Ball Efratom PTB-100
- Bennett 31109
- CCS A-7
- Digital Audio DAC256T
- Digital Audio DAC320T
- Digital Audio DAC1024T
- Digital Audio DAC4096T
- Digital Audio RCW320T
- Fiberscan
- General Optronics 13000
- General Optronics RF Converter
- Grass Valley Group TDA 501
- Hitachi AT100
- Honeywell 4870
- Lasertron QLC
- Lasertron QLP
- Lasertron QLX-1000 Series
- Lasertron QRX-7000
- Metec 5267
- Metrotek M3D 801
- Metrotek M3D 802
- Metrotek 100
- Metrotek MA601
- Metrotek MC805
- Metrotek MD702, MD702A
- Metrotek MG701
- Metrotek MG703
- Metrotek MG704
- Metrotek MP203
- Metrotek MP215
- Metrotek MP217
- Metrotek MP270
- Metrotek MR101
- Metrotek MR101A, MR101AB
- Metrotek MR101B
- Metrotek MR106
- Metrotek MS501
- Metrotek PR100
- Metrotek UI3210
- Metrotek UI3220
- Metrotek UI3230
- Mobil 8219
- Model 1041
- Model 1053
- Mosaid SRT-1
- NSCL FT-01
- Orionics OTDR-103A
- Pirelli Ampliphos OP980F
- Photomultiplier Control
- Pulse Instruments PI-100A
- Pulse Instruments PI-101
- Pulse Instruments PI-110
- Pulse Instruments PI-210
- Pulse Instruments PI-451
- Pulse Instruments PI-454
- Pulse Instruments PI-458
- Pulse Instruments PI-702
- Pulse Instruments PI-720
- Pulse Instruments PI-910
- Pulse Instruments PI-952
- Sonar Radio Double-Width
- Sonics and Materials Horn Analyzer
- Sonometrics 400
- Spectracom 8131
- Spectracom 8150
- Spectracom 8163
- Spectracom 8212
- Universal Monitoring Module
- Xenotek Ultrascan 500
- Xetron TM-1
- Zetec Model 3
- Zetec MIZ-12
Signal Generators
- 101
- 103
- 104
- 105
- 106
- 107
- 108
- 109
- 110
- 111
- 114
- 115
- R116
- 180
- 181
- 184
- 190
- 191
- 284
- 284-based PPPG
- R293
- 2101
- 2901
- AFG2020
- AFG310
- AFG320
- ASG100
- AWG2005
- AWG2020
- AWG2021
- AWG2041
- AWG5000
- AWG410
- AWG420
- AWG430
- AWG510
- AWG520
- AWG610
- AWG615
- AWG710
- AWG710B
- CSA 907T
- CFG250
- CFG253
- CFG280
- DG2020
- DG2040
- HFS 9003
- PG2010
- PG2011
- PG2012
- TU-40
- TU-41
- TU-50
- 015-064
- 015-0088-00
- 10us 1ms Time Mark Generator
- 3052 Demo Aid
- 4S2 Pulser
Calibration Fixtures
TDR Instruments
Curve Tracers
Tektronix Curve Tracers brochure, 1982 (covering 576, 577, 172, 176, 178, 5CT1N, 7CT1N, Adapters)
Accessories
TV Waveform Monitors
TV Vectorscopes
TV Signal Generators
Video Monitors
Other TV/Audio Instruments
Calculators
Terminals
Computers
Peripherals
Printers and Plotters
Oscilloscope probes
Passive Probes
- P400
- P405
- P410
- P420
- P450
- P510
- P850
- P2100
- P2200
- P2220
- P2221
- P3010
- P4100
- P5050
- P5100
- P5102
- P5120
- P5122
- P5150
- P6000
- P6001
- P6002
- P6003
- P6004
- P6005
- P6006
- P6007
- P6008
- P6009
- P6010
- P6011
- P6012
- P6013
- P6014
- P6015
- P6017
- P6023
- P6026
- P6027
- P6028
- P6030
- P6047
- P6048
- P6049
- P6052
- P6053
- P6054
- P6055
- P6060
- P6061
- P6062
- P6063
- P6065
- P6075
- P6101
- P6102
- P6103
- P6104
- P6105
- P6106
- P6107
- P6108
- P6109
- P6110
- P6111
- P6112
- P6113
- P6114
- P6115
- P6117
- P6119
- P6120
- P6121
- P6122
- P6125
- P6127
- P6129
- P6130
- P6131
- P6133
- P6134
- P6136
- P6137
- P6138
- P6139
- P6148
- P6149
- P6158
- P6501
- P6507
- P6511
- P6513
- P6515
- P6517
- P6521
- P6561
- P6562
- P6563
- TPP0051
- TPP0100
- TPP0101
- TPP0200
- TPP0201
- TPP0250
- TPP0500
- TPP0502
- TPP0850
- TPP1000
- YT5060
- YT5100
Active Probes
Low Capacitance Probes
Current Probes
Differential Probes
Logic Probes
- P3410
- P3420
- P5910
- P5934
- P5960
- P6401
- P6405
- P6406
- P6407
- P6408
- P6410
- P6417
- P6418
- P6419
- P6434
- P6440
- P6441
- P6442
- P6443
- P6444
- P6450
- P6451
- P6452
- P6453
- P6454
- P6455
- P6456
- P6457
- P6458
- P6460
- P6461
- P6462
- P6463
- P6464
- P6465
- P6467
- P6468
- P6470
- P6471
- P6472
- P6480
- P6486
- P6487
- P6490
- P6516
- P6716
- P6810
- P6860
- P6864
- P6880
- P6910
- P6960
- P6962
- P6964
- P6980
- P6982
Optical Probes
Other Probes
Probe Power and Amplifiers
Carts
Power Supplies
Cameras
- 30 TU
- 32TU
- 75A
- 80A01
- 80A02
- 80Cx
- 80E0x
- 80E07
- 80E09
- 80E10
- 80E11X1
- 82A04
- 113
- 122
- 123
- 124
- 130
- 131
- 183
- 280
- 282
- 290
- 377
- 43-85
- 601 and 611 Test Display Generator
- 764
- 851
- 1151
- 1701
- 1702
- 1704
- 2402
- 2701
- 2704
- 2705
- 2722
- 4050
- 4501
- 4503
- 4551
- 4701
- 8301
- 8501
- 8540
- 8550
- 8560
- 50M10
- 50M20
- 50M30
- 50M40
- 50M41
- 50M50
- 50M70
- 010-6403-00
- 011-028
- 011-0061-00
- 011-0093-00
- 012-0049-01
- 011-0059-00
- 012-0119-01
- 012-0127-00
- 012-0259-00
- 012-0725-01
- 013-001-00
- 013-0028-00
- 013-028
- 013-029
- 013-044
- 013-045
- 013-046
- 014-002
- 015-0062-00
- 015-0149-00
- 015-0167-00
- 015-0169-00
- 015-0361-00
- 015-0407-00
- 015-0438-00
- 015-0495-00
- 015-0601-00
- 015-0601-50
- 016-0057-00
- 016-0305-00
- 016-0506-01
- 016-0597-00
- 017-011
- 017-0019-00
- 017-0501-00
- 017-0512-00
- 021-0067-00
- 021-0230-00
- 035-5001-00
- 035-5029-00
- A6901
- A6902
- A6905S
- A6906S
- A6907
- A6909
- A69R06
- ADC820T
- B 170 R
- CDC250
- CDM250
- CFC250
- CMC250
- CMC251
- DAC850E
- DAC850T
- DL-11
- DM2510G
- DX05
- Engineering Power Supply
- Fiber Adapters
- GMA203
- J16
- J6503
- J6504
- J6505
- J6511
- J6523
- Letter-Series Plug-in Cycler
- MB100
- MicroLab I
- MP1101
- OI2125
- PRC100
- PQA200
- Risetime Calculator
- RFM151
- RTPA2A
- Scope Evaluation Board
- S-3100
- S-3110
- S-3130
- S-3260
- SCALPA1
- Semiconductor Continuity Checker
- SIU 800
- Spot Welder
- SSWC
- Switch Repair Kit
- TDC1
- TDC2
- THM420
- TMA802
- TR210
- Training Lab
- TU-5
- TU-75B
- TU-76
- TU-77
- VP-2
- Wiltron 560
- WP3110
- WP3201
- WSEN
- YT-1
Calibration Fixtures
- 067-0049-00
- 067-0052-00
- 067-0075-00
- 067-0146-00
- 067-0178-00
- 067-0503-00
- 067-0507-00
- 067-0513-00
- 067-0517-00
- 067-0518-00
- 067-0528-00
- 067-0529-00
- 067-0537-00
- 067-0538-00
- 067-0539-00
- 067-0540-00
- 067-0541-00
- 067-0543-99
- 067-0557-00
- 067-0565-00
- 067-0561-00
- 067-0561-01
- 067-0562-00
- 067-0569-00
- 067-0594-00
- 067-0595-00
- 067-0601-00
- 067-0608-00
- 067-0625-00
- 067-0632-00
- 067-0640-00
- 067-0645-00
- 067-0679-99
- 067-0691-01
- 067-0706-99
- 067-0712-00
- 067-0745-00
- 067-0746-00
- 067-0764-00
- 067-0772-00
- 067-0783-99
- 067-0794-00
- 067-0802-99
- 067-0804-00
- 067-0832-01
- 067-0854-00
- 067-0859-00
- 067-0865-00
- 067-0883-99
- 067-0886-03
- 067-0902-00
- 067-0909-99
- 067-0911-00
- 067-0912-00
- 067-0969-00
- 067-0976-99
- 067-0986-00
- 067-1002-99
- 067-1007-00
- 067-1028-00
- 067-1038-00
- 067-1049-00
- 067-1064-99
- 067-1066-00
- 067-1070-03
- 067-1133-00
- 067-1147-99
- 067-1155-99
- 067-1158-00
- 067-1180-99
- 067-1232-00
- 067-1252-00
- 067-1267-00
- 067-1338-00
- 643-0027-00
- 670-2383-02
- 670-7328-00
- 670-6466-00
Telequipment
Telequipment was a British oscilloscope manufacturer that was acquired by Tektronix in November of 1966.
- Telequipment scopes (visual index)
- Telequipment plugins (visual index)
- Telequipment (company)
Reference Documents, Parts Catalogs
- Reference Material – Parts catalogs, data sheets/books, ...
Manuals, Catalogs and Other Publications
- Manuals
- Concepts Series
- Application Notes
- Tektronix Magazines - Tekscope, Service Scope, and Service Teknotes
- Tektronix Catalogs contain a wealth of information.
- Tektronix Films
- Telequipment Catalogs
- Telequipment Manuals
- Telequipment CRTs
- Tektronix Cartoons
- Tekalendar 1971 (also good for 2021 and 2027)
Technical Information
- ACVS
- Aquadag
- Bandwidth Limit Filters
- Bridged T-coil
- Deflection blanking
- Delay line
- Direct-view storage CRT
- Distributed amplifier
- Distributed deflection plates
- Ft doubler
- Interfaces
- Multi-band acceleration
- Nixie tubes
- Phantastron
- Sampler
- Scan converter
- Spiral accelerator
- Trace rotation
- Transfer storage CRT
- Tunnel diodes
- Vacuum tubes
Please see Individual Instrument repair reports for specific issues.
Common Repair Issues
- 11A-series plug-in NVRAM replacement
- 200-series Miniscope pouches
- 3D Printing Models
- 7000-series Plug-in Sockets
- Back-lit switches
- Bad TI IC sockets
- "Black Beauty" or "Bumble Bee" capacitors
- Ceramic Strips
- Cleaning
- Connectors
- Dust filter
- Fan mounts
- Germanium transistors
- High ESR capacitors
- HV transformers
- Leather handles
- Line Sockets
- Mercury switches
- Miniature relays
- NVRAM errors
- Potentiometers
- Pushbutton switches
- Cleaning and Maintenance of Rotary Switches
- Rotary input switches
- ROM images
- Sampling diodes
- Selenium rectifiers
- Tektronix-made Integrated Circuits
- TM500 extender solutions
- Troubleshooting sampling scopes
- Tunnel diodes
- Turret attenuators
- Vacuum tubes
- Notable Tektronix employees
- Products by year
- Report on 067- Fixtures (OCR)
- 1956 Tek Personnel Photos
- 1958 Tek Personnel Photos
- "You and Tektronix" staff manual, 1956
- Special Colors
- Tektronix part numbers
- Tektronix: The Entrepreneurial Period
- Tektronix 1968 Annual Report
- Tek publications list, June 1985
- Tektronix Buildings
- Discussion groups
- Tek-related groups on Groups.io (formerly on Yahoo): TekScopes / TekScopes2 / tek500 (TM500/TM5000)
- Old Tek Scopes group on Facebook
- wellenkino.de Oscilloscope Forum and Gallery (in German)
- Resources
- Gianni Becattini's beautiful illustrated books dedicated to Tektronix oscilloscopes New Editions as of March 2023!
- KO4BB Didier's Wiki / KO4BB Tektronix Manuals
- Library of Congress Vintage Manuals, Brochures, Catalogs, & Reports
- Barrytech Tektronix Vintage Equipment
- Tektronix Analog Oscilloscopes on Wikipedia