Tektronix 5 Series Oscilloscope

A look at the Tektronix 5 Series at the Electronex stand.
This is NOT a review, it's just Dave bumbling around.
Also the sexy new Rohde & Schwarz RTP series scope

[troppo]

I bet that salesman was glad to see the rear of Dave.

[Clell]

Oh, good lord Dave, complaining about the weight of a modern scope? Please. We used to haul a Tectronix 545a beast up and down ladders in submarines back in the day. 70 pounds in one hand to make it up or down the ladder and through the hatches. I would have given my left nut for that 5 series.

[mikeselectricstuff]

R&S digital connector is same as on the RTM - yes, like a wider HDMI. Cables are made by Samtec, so connector probably also Samtec.

[bskull]

Finally, a Tek that has a responsive UI.

[MeiklesAndDimes]

That’s a 29 pin “HDMI” connector that was developed for future higher bandwidth HDMI applications. R&S has repurposed it for there logic analyzer probes.

[nickames]

I use the MSO54 every day. 4 channel model. A couple of my friends at the office have the 8ch models. These are LEGIT scopes.
Dave, I’ve learned a lot from watching your videos, and for this I am grateful. But good lord, your nitpicking is unreal.

By the way.... “don’t turn it on, take it apart!”

[stclairstclair]

The Original Battlestar Galactica used Tektronics equipment in the series for all the neat looking electronics on the ship. And i scored two Tektronics 50 ohm 2 watt bnc terminators at good will for 99 cents!

[vonnikon]

It has some unique properties. In particular, it can decode and trigger(!) on Ethernet, which is a unusual feature.
Six channels allows monitoring of two Ethernet ports and two additional signals.
Wish it had even more advanced or customizable Ethernet frame decoding, and more advanced math/measurements based on the Ethernet trigger time.
But still, it is one of the best scopes for Ethernet measurements at the moment.

[mrmobodies]

I like that blue plastic colour and the button backlights look good and not too dazzling.

[buisaigon]

Easy to assemble, good strong materials, feels good, looks good.

[johannesparkmann]

I died internally when he didnt relock the connector

[uzaiyaro]

Nice that it has a USB 3 port. I wonder if it could do video capture and dump it out to a flash drive. The full HD resolution of the screen opens up a whole host of possibilities.

[gudenau]

I'd love to have a scope that's fairly fast with digital logic inputs. At the moment I'm mainly interested in viewing USB and LVDS display signals.

[BigMac]

Let him have his gripes. Unlike a lot of the commenters he will actually pony up and drop big money on a good scope that will see regular use.

[TheTruthSentMe]

Some people just don't work with touch screens...

[EdEditz]

After that review the Tektronix shares have plummeted on the stockmarket :p

[n.aminr.]

I prefer horizontal section at the bottom and Vertical at top. make sense

[MateuszJagocha]

Hehe, using one of these from two months or more :D imagine that it had whole design team even only for its legs :P

[MetalPhreakAU]

18:32 that's not jitter. each point is a little crosshair symbol...

[BuzzardSalve]

Does it work with a mouse ? I hate smearing my dirty fingers across the screen :(