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Tektronix 222

10 MHz battery-powered mini digital scope

Produced from 1990 to (?)

Manuals

222

222A

222PS PowerScout

Brochures

Sales Brochure

(Manuals are OCRed PDF files unless noted otherwise)

Manuals – Specifications – Links – Pictures

The Tektronix 222 is a battery-operated portable 10 MHz dual-channel digital storage scope with independently isolated inputs.

There is also a 222A (1993) and a 222PS (1991), and a 60 MHz sister model, the 224 (1993).

Key Specifications

Bandwidth	Single-shot: 1 MHz, repetitive signals: 10 MHz
Sampling rate	10 MS/s
Deflection	5 mV/div to 50 V/div (222PS: 50 mV/div to 500 V/div)
Isolation	±400 V DC or peak AC, each channel (222PS: ±850 V or 600 V_AC)
Resolution	8 bit
Memory depth	512 samples
Timebase	50 ns/div to 20 s/div

Links

CAT200 DOS software for interfacing with a Tek 222

Tektronix 222 restoration by curiousmarc @ YouTube
DIY Li-Ion battery pack for 222/224 @ YouTube / Battery pack details (circuit and layout) / Battery Case @ Thingiverse
LCS-214P battery datasheet, used in a pair in the original pack
Using standard scope probes with the 222PS

Documents referencing 222

Document	Class	Title	Authors	Year	Links
061-4124-02.pdf	Article	Handheld and benchtop instruments service manuals		2002	PS280 • PS281 • PS2520 • PS2520G • PS2521 • PS2521G • TAS210 • TAS220 • TMM420 • THM500 • 212 • 214 • 221 • 222 • 224 • 305 • 314 • 335 • 336 • 2201 • 2205

Prices

222
Year	Catalog price	In 2026 dollars
1990	$2,450	~$6,300

222A
Year	Catalog price	In 2026 dollars
1993	$2,450	~$5,700

222PS
Year	Catalog price	In 2026 dollars
1993	$2,750	~$6,400

Pictures

222

222 Front
222 Probes
222 Rear

Internal

Missing Channel 1 Attenuation Module and has modified Channel 2 connector interface

222A

222A Front
222A
222A top buttons
222A rear
222A attached probes
222A attached probes
222A battery
222A soft case

222PS

Info display
Front
Top
Rear
in carry case
Trace

Battery Pack

Tek label removed

Components

Some Parts Used in the 222

Part	Part Number(s)	Class	Description	Used in
154-0917-00	154-0917-00	CRT	CRT	222 • 222A • 222PS • 224
Motorola 68HC11	156-5472-01	Monolithic integrated circuit	8-bit microcontroller	222 • 222A • Keithley 182 • TVC501

Some Parts Used in the 222A

Part	Part Number(s)	Class	Description	Used in
154-0917-00	154-0917-00	CRT	CRT	222 • 222A • 222PS • 224
Motorola 68HC11	156-5472-01	Monolithic integrated circuit	8-bit microcontroller	222 • 222A • Keithley 182 • TVC501

Some Parts Used in the 222PS

Part	Part Number(s)	Class	Description	Used in
154-0917-00	154-0917-00	CRT	CRT	222 • 222A • 222PS • 224

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