This greatly streamlines the growing need to document design and troubleshooting information. The user can even control their oscilloscopes from their PC with the WaveStar software. Finally, the TDS3000 supports a full range of probing solutions, making this family of oscilloscopes one of the most versatile test and measurement tools on the market. Differential probes can be used with the TDS3000 when probing digital designs or transducers. The electronics professional can use current probes or high-voltage probes for examining power supplies, motor controllers and power electronics.
Active probes are ideal for acquiring high-frequency signals or when probing sensitive circuits.
If the probes have the TekProbe II interface, the TDS3000 will automatically set the channel sensitivity, coupling and termination resistance to match the probe requirements. One would expect a DPO with advanced performance and flexibility to cost markedly more than other oscilloscopes. But that is simply not the case. In fact, the TDS3000 is appreciably lower in price than other oscilloscopes offering much less. By extending the DPO paradigm to mainstream electronics, Tektronix is solidifying this new direction in oscilloscope architecture, providing the performance needed for emerging challenges in electronics design.