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Tektronix 212
500 kHz miniature dual channel analog scope
Tektronix 212

Produced from 1973 to 1991

Manuals
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The Tektronix 212 is a small portable analog dual-trace CRT oscilloscope with a bandwidth of 500 kHz. The 212 "Miniscope" was developed by a group led by Dave Allen.

Key Specifications

Bandwidth 500 kHz (reduced to 400/300/100 kHz in 5 mV/div and lower ranges)
Deflection 1 mV/div to 50 V/div, 1-2-5, and variable (up to 125 V/div), or X-Y (X via Ch.1)
Sweep 500 ms/div to 5 μs/div, 1-2-5, and variable magnifier 1-5 ×
Input impedance 1 MΩ // 140 pF (160 pF below 100 mV/div)
Trigger sensitivity 0.2 div internal, 1 V external (banana jack input)
CRT 6 × 10 divisions of 0.203" (5.16 mm), 154-0699-00 tube, P31 phosphor, 1 kV acceleration
Power 10 internal size A NiCd cells, 3-5 hour operation, or AC line, < 3 W

Gerbers

Links

Documents Referencing 212

Document Class Title Authors Year Links
061-4124-02.pdf Article Handheld and benchtop instruments service manuals 2002

Patents that may apply to 212

Page Title Inventors Filing date Grant date Links
Patent US 4166200A Compact rotary switch construction John E. Reichen Scott B. Long 1978-08-07 1979-08-28

Prices

Year Catalog price In 2026 dollars
1977 $1,000 ~$5,500
1986 $2,045 ~$6,200
1990 $2,450 ~$6,300

Pictures

Components

Some Parts Used in the 212

Part Part Number(s) Class Description Used in
154-0699-00 154-0699-00 154-0699-50 CRT directly-heated CRT for miniature scopes 211 212 SC501
155-0047-00 155-0047-00 Monolithic integrated circuit dual variable-gain amplifier 211 212 214
155-0048-01 155-0048-00 155-0048-01 155-0055-00 155-0055-01 Monolithic integrated circuit trigger sweep 211 212 213 214 432 433 5B12N 5B13N 5L4N 603 604 605 606 606A 607 624 2710 SC501 R7912
155-0083-00 155-0083-00 Monolithic integrated circuit dual operational amplifier and dual current source 212 214
2N3053 151-0136-00 151-0136-01 151-0136-02 151-0136-03 Discrete component silicon NPN medium-power transistor AN/USM281C CG5001 CG551AP FG501 GMA101A GMA304 J16 OS261 PS503A RE4012 RM529 R116 R288 R293 R520 RM556 R561B R564B R7103 R7403N R7844 SC501 TR501 TR502 TR503 067-0508-00 067-0546-00 067-0561-00 067-0561-01 067-0570-00 067-0570-01 067-0604-00 067-0746-00 067-0845-00 1502 1503 1A4 1A7 1A7A 1L5 1S1 106 114 115 184 2A61 2101 211 212 230 240 284 287 3A10 3A7 3A9 3B5 3L5 3S1 3T4 3T5 3T6 3T77A 321A 4002A 4006 4010 4012 4013 4016 4024 4025 4025A 4051 4052 4052A 4054 4054A 4081 410 4112 4112B 4113 4113A 4113B 4114 4114A 4114B 4115B 4116A 4116B 422 453 454 454A 455A 4601 4602 4610 4620 4623 4631 4632 4633A 4634 464 465B 465M 466 468 4701 475 475A 475M 485 491 492 492A 492AP 492P 494 494P 496 496P 5T3 520 521 522 5223 528 528A 529 556 561B 564B 568 576 606 606A 608 611 613 614 618 619 624 630 634 7L12 7104 7313 7403N 7503 7504 7514 7603 7613 7623 7623A 7633 7704A 7834 7844 R7844 7904 R7903 7912AD R7912
2N4851 151-0504-00 151-0504-01 Discrete component silicon unijunction transistor DC501 DC502 DC503 DC503A DC504 DC505 DC505A DC508 DC508A LA501 R1330 212 214 4002A 4623 4631 4632 4633A 4634 4701 4701R 670-0696-01 670-1274-00 670-1981-00 670-1981-01 7D01 7D12 7L12
2N5060 151-0503-00 Discrete component 30 V, 0.8 A thyristor (SCR) CG551AP C-50 C-51 C-52 C-53 C-70 DC505 DC505A DC508 DC508A 1240 1241 212 213 214 4014 4015 4025 4027 4105 4106 4107 4109 4111 450 4623 4631 4632 4633A 485 5D10 5223 7D10 7D11 7L12 7L13 7L14 7L18 7912AD 91HS8