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==Mainframes==
==Mainframes==
See [[:Category:TM500 mainframes]] and [[:Category:TM5000 mainframes]]
(For plugins, see [[TM500 plugins]] and [[TM5000 plugins]].)


=== TM500 ===
=== TM500 ===
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==Modules==
==Pinouts==
See [[:Category:TM500 series plugins]] and [[:Category:TM5000 series plugins]]
[[File:tm500pinout.png]]
[[File:tm5000pinout.png]]


==Manuals==
==Manuals==
* [http://w140.com/tm500rearintf.pdf Tektronix TM 500 Series Rear Interface Data Book (PDF)]
* [http://w140.com/tm500rearintf.pdf Tektronix TM 500 Series Rear Interface Data Book (PDF)]
* [http://w140.com/smb/TM5X_RIB_FREE.pdf Tektronix TM 500 Series Rear Interface Data Book (OCR, PDF)]
* [http://w140.com/smb/TM5X_RIB_FREE.pdf Tektronix TM 500 Series Rear Interface Data Book (OCR, PDF)]
==Pinouts==
[[File:tm500pinout.png]]
[[File:tm5000pinout.png]]


==Links==
==Links==

Revision as of 10:31, 9 October 2015

The Tektronix TM500 / TM5000 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 5000 series added a GPIB interface on the mainframe to control intelligent plugins. 500 series modules work in 5000 series mainframes but not necessarily vice versa (see ref. below).

In addition to the modules that appeared in Tek catalogs over the years, there were probably a hundred or more that Tektronix designed and used in-house on their production lines for test and calibration of their products. These in-house units usually have an 067-xxxx-xx number.

There were also several other companies that made plugins that fit into the TM500/TM5000 mainframes. The most common non-Tek plugins seem to come from Pulse Instruments, Spectracom, General Optronics, Lasertron, Metrotek, Xetron, Ball Efratom, Digital Audio Corporation and Ballantine.

Mainframes

(For plugins, see TM500 plugins and TM5000 plugins.)

TM500

TM5000

Pinouts

Manuals

Links