Template:Instrument Sidebar

This is the "Instrument" template.

If you have come here looking to edit the page for a particular instrument, you took a wrong turn – please do not edit this template.

Instead, please go back to the instrument's page and edit that.

This template is for generic plug-in modules. We have specialized templates Template:TM500 and Template:TM5000 for the respective plug-in series. Where applicable, please use these specialized templates instead.

This template should be invoked in the following format:

{{Instrument Sidebar 
|manufacturer=
|model=
|class=
|series=
|summary=
|image=
|caption=
|introduced=
|discontinued=
|designers=
|manuals=
}}

Example:

{{Instrument Sidebar
|manufacturer=Tektronix
|model=XYZ
|class=Oscilloscope
|summary=700 MHZ Oscilloscope
|image=Picture of XYZ scope.jpg
|caption=Description of the above picture
|series=96000-series scopes
|introduced=1996
|designers=John Doe;Alice Bob
|discontinued=(?)
}}

manufacturer= should be a page name, designers= a semicolon-delimited list of page names. For class= please align with existing values in the Products table where applicable.

This template adds [[Category:Introduced in (year)]] to the article. If the introduction or discontinuation year is unknown, please use (?) in its place, e.g. introduced=(?).

This template adds rows to the table "Products", which is declared by the template Product. View table.

See Article templates for details on other templates available in TekWiki.