EEVblog 1477 - WORLD EXCLUSIVE TEARDOWN! - Tektronix 2 Series Oscilloscope

A world exclusive teardown of the new generation Tektronix 2 Series MSO bench/portable oscilloscope! An innovative new design form factor you’re either going to love or hate! This is the upgrade to the 15yo MSO/DPO 2000B series to give a low end on the next generation 2/3/4/5/6 series. Unboxing and first reaction video: Talk with Andy Tedd from Tektronix about the design of the new 2 Series: 00:00 - World Exclusive Teardown of the new Tektronix 2 Series Oscilloscope 00:39 - The stand is a thing of beauty and a joy forever 01:13 - The tablet-like form factor and VESA mount & design decisions 02:55 - Teardown - PCB design driving the case design 05:03 - Was there room for real buttons? 06:12 - The power and grounding interface and why is it on the side? 07:51 - Was there room for an internal battery pack? 08:35 - The VESA mount 09:28 - Back side of the analog front end 13:12 - True single PCB design 15:07 - Don’t forget your knobs! 15:40 - Internal fans 16:37 - BNC interface 18:32 - One-piece metal chassis and heatsink design 18:59 - The PCB 21:59 - The Tek026 analog front end revealed 23:49 - DaveHead commentary and closer look at the bottom side PCB 26:26 - Top side PCB commentary 26:42 - Custom Tek Arg Gen ASIC ADG395C 27:23 - FPGA BGA thermal expansion glue 28:06 - Xilinx ZYNQ UltraScale FPGA 29:02 - The Lexington architecture block diagram 31:18 - Why so much sample memory? 32:38 - Product positioning and crippling 34:47 - The ADC - It’s NOT the Tek049 37:29 - Trigger input, PLL, and Battery input switching 38:24 - Digital Inputs 39:24 - External battery pack teardown 43:00 - Playing with the funky stand Forum: Support the EEVblog on: Patreon: Odysee: @eevblog:7 Web Site: EEVblog2: EEVdiscover: AliExpress Affiliate: Buy anything through that link and Dave gets a commission at no cost to you. Donate With Bitcoin & Other Crypto Currencies! T-Shirts: #ElectronicsCreators #Tektronix #Teardown