Portability and Work Environment
Key Specifications Comparison
Ease of Use
Tektronix TBS1000 Series
TB S1000 Series v s . Agilent DS O1000B Series
Competitive Fact Sheet
User specified measurements and cursor
readings are present ed next to the graticule.
A 54-page print ed m anual is included with
the inst rument.
Indexed, cont ext sensit i ve help system with
hyperlinks works like a built-in manual.
Probe Check button to quick ly verify that the
voltage probe is operating properly
Trig View button to see how the tri gger
settings affect the trigger signal
Measurements and cursor readings cover
up the waveform area.
A printed manual is not included.
No help index and no hyperlinks mak e it
difficult to jump between topics
No probe check function
No trig view func t i on
Tektronix
TBS1000 Seri es
Agilent
DSO1000B Series
Channels
2
2
Bandwidth
25, 40, 60, 100, 150
MHz
50, 70, 100, 150 MHz
Max. Sample Rate
(All channels on)
BW <= 40MHz: 500 MS/s
BW> 40MHz: 1 GS/s
500 MS/s
Max. Record Length
(All channels on)
2.5k point s
8k points
Persist Time
OFF, 1sec, 2sec, 5 sec,
infinite
OFF, Infi n ite
Data Logging
Yes
N/A
Included software
OpenChoice
IntuiLink
Interfaces
USB, Optional GPIB
USB
300V
RMS
CAT II. Ra te d for
measurements on circuits
directly connec t to mains.
2.0 kg weight
Silent operation
Operating from 0
C to +50
C
30 W m ax power c ons umpt i on
Agilent DSO1000B Series
Tektronix
TBS1000 Series
Agilent
DSO1000B Series
300V
RMS
C AT I. Rated for
measurements on circuits not
connected to mains.
2.4 kg weight
Contains a cooling fan
Operating from 10
C to +40
C
50 W m ax power c ons umpt i on
More A ffordable
Warranty Duration
TB S1000 Series v s . Agilent DS O1000B S eries
Competitive Fact Sheet
5 year warranty
Tektronix
TBS1000 Series
Agilent
DSO1000B Series
3 year warranty
A dvanced Features for Embedded Design
Wave Inspector® Navigation and Search for efficient evaluation of
records up to 1 m i l l ion points
7-inch TFT Display
Decode, search and trigger on serial buses li ke I
2
C, SPI, RS-232 and
others.
16 digital channels (MSO Series )
Tektronix MSO2000B and DPO2000B Ser ies
Higher bandwidth m odel s up to 200MHz
4 channels available on 70MHz, 100MHz, 200MHz m odels
Higher sample rate up to 2GS/s
Limi ted life tim e warranty (at least 10 years)
Supports NI LabVIEW SignalExpress
Tektronix TDS2000C Series
Higher Sample Rate/Bandw idth Ratio
The TBS1000 series offers higher
sample rate/bandwidth ratio to
reconstruct wav eforms more accurately
and reduce the possibility of aliasing
Tektronix
TBS1000 Bandwidth
Sample
rate(all
CHs on)
Sample rate/
Bandwidth
Agilent
DSO1000 Bandwidth
Sample
rate(all
CHs on)
Sample rate/
Bandwidth
TBS1022 25MHz 500MS/s 20 tim es
TBS1042 40MHz 500MS/s 12.5 tim es DSO1052B 50MHz 500MS/s 10 tim es
TBS1062 60MHz 1GS/s 16.7 tim es DSO1072B 70MHz 500MS/s 7 times
TBS1102 100MHz 1GS/s 10 tim es DSO1102B 100MHz 500MS/s 5 ti mes
TBS1152 150MHz 1GS/s 6.7 times DSO1152B 150MHz 500MS/s 3.3 times
10% to 20% lower prices than Agilent DSO1000B Series
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