Tek TDS3012 and TDS3024 BW Upgrade/hack

[grouchobyte]

I have a couple of Tek lunchbox scopes (TDS 3k) that I have had for years and use them occasionally. Some time ago I ran into a friend of mine that used to work in that group at Tek and he mentioned there are a series of internal hardware jumpers that can be configured to enable higher bandwidth capability. Unfortunately he doesn't recall the details. This is apparently how it was done long before the present day "options" are software configured in firmware.

Does anyone know anything about this? If so, please post or PM me with details.

Thanks
@grouchobyte

[robert_]

Wound be interesting to know if there is any solution...
I didnt find anything obvious the last time i had to open a TDS3k though.

[tonykara]

anybody??

[james_s]

I'm not aware of any internal jumpers but the bandwidth can be upgraded via GPIB if you have the comm module.

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/tds-1000-2000-3000-bw-hack/

The hardware is identical across all TDS3000 models of a given channel count.

[tonykara]

I found this thread yesterday.

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/tds-1000-2000-3000-bw-hack/50/

Got 1 scope updated, 2 more to do... Woohoo!