3 years ago

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.
https://www.tek.com/en/products/oscilloscopes/2-series-mso

Unboxing and first reaction video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO09bc5ozng
Talk with Andy Tedd from Tektronix about the design of the new 2 Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcxEO3fA_Ls
Hi res teardown photos: https://www.eevblog.com/2022/06/07/eevblog-1477-world-exclusive-teardown-tektronix-2-series-oscilloscope/

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