I retrieved this page from Google's cache; the original at http://www.spies.com/~dd/TE/Tillman/TM500-Tillman.html seems to have dropped off the web, and it's only a matter of time before it drops out of Google's cache.
Mirrored here for its preservation; it's likely you could find a copy in Yahoo groups, too (although Google doesn't index there).
--C. Scott Ananian, 1-Feb-2005
Update! David DiGiacomo has emailed me with a pointer to his website, where this information (and more!) is safely hosted. Check out his Test Equipment Information page for more TM500/etc info (including a pointer to pictures of many of the modules listed below). I'm going to keep this page up here to spread the Google-juice around.
--C. Scott Ananian, 16-Mar-2005
From: dennis@... (Dennis Tillman) To: TekScopes@yahoogroups.com Subject: TM500 products Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 10:05:26 -0700 >How many different types of modules were made in the TM500 series? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- My knowledge is by no means complete but here is what I know about the TM500/TM5000 series: In addition to the ones that appeared in Tek catalogs over the years there were probably a hundred or more that Tektronix designed and used in-house on their production lines for test and calibration of their products. These in-house units usually have an 067-xxxx-xx number. Finally there were several other companies that made plugins that fit into the TM500/TM5000 mainframes. The most common non-Tek plugins seem to come from Pulse Instruments, Spectracom, General Optronics, Lasertron, Metrotek, Xetron, Ball/Efratom, Digital Audio Corp., and Ballantine. MAINFRAMES AND ACCESSORIES TM 501 ONE COMPARTMENT POWER MODULE MAINFRAME TM 501A ONE COMPARTMENT POWER MODULE MAINFRAME TM 502 TWO COMPARTMENT POWER MODULE MAINFRAME TM 502A TWO COMPARTMENT POWER MODULE MAINFRAME TM 503 THREE COMPARTMENT POWER MODULE MAINFRAME TM 503A THREE COMPARTMENT POWER MODULE MAINFRAME TM 503B THREE COMPARTMENT POWER MODULE MAINFRAME TM 504 FOUR COMPARTMENT POWER MODULE MAINFRAME TM 505 FIVE COMPARTMENT POWER MODULE MAINFRAME TM 506 6 COMPARTMENT POWER MODULE MAINFRAME, GET OPT. 2 INTERFACE TM 506A 6 COMPARTMENT POWER MODULE MAINFRAME, GET OPT. 2 INTERFACE TM 506R RACKMOUNT SIX COMPARTMENT POWER MODULE MAINFRAME TM 515 TRAVELER PORTABLE POWER MODULE MAINFRAME, 5 SLOT TM 5003 THREE COMPARTMENT POWER MODULE MAINFRAME WITH GPIB TM 5006 SIX COMPARTMENT POWER MODULE MAINFRAME WITH GPIB TM 5006A SIX COMPARTMENT POWER MODULE MAINFRAME WITH GPIB 013-0146-00 AM 501 AUXILIARY CIRCUIT BOARD KIT 013-0152-00 PS 501 & PS 503A FRONT PANEL CIRCUIT BOARD ADAPTER KIT 016-0362-00 TM-500 PLUG-IN STORAGE COMPARTMENT 016-0195-01 TM-500 BLANK PANEL 020-1611-00 REAR INTERFACE KIT (1 TO 3 WIDE) 020-1746-01 REAR INTERFACE KIT (4 TO 6 WIDE) 040-0652-01 CUSTOM PLUG-IN KIT, SINGLE COMPARTMENT 040-0754-00 CUSTOM PLUG-IN KIT, DOUBLE COMPARTMENT 040-0803-02 CUSTOM PLUG-IN KIT, SINGLE COMPARTMENT WITH ONBOARD POWER SUPPLY 067-0645-02 TM-500/5000 SERIES CALIBRATION FIXTURE PLUG-IN EXTENDER (FLEXIBLE) 067-1066-00 MI5010/MX5010 RIGID EXTENDER BOARD SERVICE TEST AID 067-0996-00 TM5000 CALIBRATION FIXTURE PLUG-IN GPIB EXTENDER (FLEXIBLE) PLUGINS AND ACCESSORIES (FROM TEKTRONIX AND OTHER COMPANIES) AA 501 DISTORTION ANALYZER AA 501A DISTORTION ANALYZER AA 5001 PROGRAMMABLE DISTORTION ANALYZER AF 501 TUNABLE BANDPASS FILTER / AMPLIFIER, FILTERING TO 35 KHZ AFG 5101 PROGRAMMABLEARBITRARY/ FUNCTION GENERATOR AM 501 OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER 013-0146-00 AUXILIARY (BREADBOARD) CIRCUIT BOARD KIT FOR AM-501 AM 502 DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER AM 503 CURRENT PROBE AMPLIFIER AM503B CURRENT PROBE AMPLIFIER (HAS DIGITAL SCALE READOUT) AM 503S CURRENT PROBE AMPLIFIER (I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE S IS FOR) AM5030 AC/DC PROGRAMMABLE CURRENT PROBE AMPLIFIER (NOT IN ANY CATALOG) AM 511 PREAMPLIFIER FOR USE WITH 7L12 OR 7L13 SPECTRUM ANALYZERS CG 5001 PROGRAMMABLE OSCILLOSCOPE CALIBRATION GENERATOR CG 5010 PROGRAMMABLE OSCILLOSCOPE CALIBRATION GENERATOR CG 5011 PROGRAMMABLE OSCILLOSCOPE CALIBRATION GENERATOR CG 551AP PROGRAMMABLE OSCILLOSCOPE CALIBRATION GENERATOR DC 501 DIGITAL COUNTER, 7 DIGIT, 110 MHZ DIRECT COUNTING DC 502 DIGITAL COUNTER, 7 DIGIT, 100 MHZ DIRECT, 550 MHZ W PRESCALER DC 503 UNIVERSAL COUNTER / TIMER, 7 DIGIT, 100 MHZ DIRECT COUNTING DC 503A UNIVERSAL COUNTER / TIMER, 8 DIGIT, 125 MHZ DIRECT COUNTING DC 504 DIGITAL COUNTER / TIMER, 5 DIGIT, 80 MHZ DIRECT COUNTING DC 504A DIGITAL COUNTER / TIMER, 6 DIGIT, 100 MHZ DIRECT COUNTING DC 5004 DIGITAL COUNTER / TIMER, 6 DIGIT, 100 MHZ DC 505 UNIV. COUNTER / TIMER, 7 DIGIT 225 MHZ DIRECT (MUST HAVE OPT. 1) DC 505A UNIV. COUNTER / TIMER, 7 DIGIT 225 MHZ DIRECT (MUST HAVE OPT. 1) DC 508 FREQ. COUNTER, 9 DIGIT, 10 HZ TO 1 GHZ DIRECT (MUST HAVE OPT. 1) DC 508A FREQ COUNTER, 9 DIGIT, 10 HZ TO 1.3 GHZ DIRECT (MUST HAVE OPT. 1) DC 509 UNIVERSAL COUNTER / TIMER, 8 DIGIT, 135 MHZ DC 5009 PROGRAMMABLE UNIVERSAL COUNTER TIMER, 8 DIGIT, 135 MHZ DC 510 UNIVERSAL COUNTER / TIMER, 9 DIGIT, 350 MHZ (MUST HAVE OPT. 1) DC 5010 PROG. UNIV. COUNTER TIMER, 9 DIGIT, 350 MHZ (MUST HAVE OPT. 1) DD 501 DIGITAL DELAY EVENTS COUNTER DL 502 DIGITAL LATCH, 16 CHANNEL DM 501 DIGITAL MULTIMETER, 4½ DIGIT, 0.1% DC VOLTAGE ACCURACY DM 501A DIGITAL MULTIMETER, 4½ DIGIT, 0.05% ACCURACY, TRUE RMS, DB DM 502 DIGITAL MULTIMETER, 3½ DIGIT, 0.1% DC, DB AND TEMPERATURE DM 502A DIGITAL MM 3½ DIGIT, 0.1% AUTORANGING, TRUE RMS, DB, TEMP DM 504A DIGITAL MULTIMETER, 4½ DIGIT, 0.05% ACCURACY, TRUE RMS DM 505 DIGITAL MULTIMETER, 3½ DIGIT, 0.1% DC ACCURACY DM 5010 PROGRAMMABLE DIGITAL MULTIMETER, 4½ DIGIT, 0.015% ACCURACY DM 511 DIGITAL MULTIMETER, 4½ DIGIT, AUTORANGING DM 5110 PROGRAMMABLE DIGITAL MULTIMETER, 4½ DIGIT, AUTORANGING DM 5120 PROGRAMMABLE DIGITAL MULTIMETER, 6½ DIGIT DP 501 DIGITAL PRESCALER, 1.3 GHZ DIRECT COUNTING FG 501 FUNCTION GENERATOR, 5 WAVEFORMS, .001 HZ TO 1 MHZ FG 501A FUNCTION GENERATOR, 5 WAVEFORMS, .002 HZ TO 2 MHZ FG 5010 PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTION GEN., .002 HZ TO 20 MHZ, 4 DIGITS FG 502 FUNC. GENERATOR, 5 WAVEFORMS, .1 HZ TO 11 MHZ, VCF AND GATED FG 503 FUNCTION GENERATOR, 3 WAVEFORMS, 1 HZ TO 3 MHZ, VCF FG 504 SWEEP FUNCTION GENERATOR, 3 WAVEFORMS, .001 HZ TO 40 MHZ, FG 507 SWEEPING FUNCTION GENERATOR, .002 HZ TO 2 MHZ LA 501W LOGIC ANALYZER MI 5010 PROGRAMMABLE MULTIFUNCTION INTERFACE (MI 5010) 50M10 PROGRAMMABLE A-D CONVERTER FOR THE MI 5010 (MI 5010) 50M20 PROGRAMMABLE D-A CONVERTER FOR THE MI 5010 (MI 5010) 50M30 PROGRAMMABLE DIGITAL INPUT/OUTPUT CARD FOR THE MI 5010 (MI 5010) 50M40 PROGRAMMABLE RELAY SCANNER CARD FOR THE MI 5010 (MI 5010) 50M41 PROGRAMMABLE LOW LEVEL SCANNER FOR THE MI 5010 (MI 5010) 50M50 PROGRAMMABLE MEMORY CARD FOR THE MI 5010 (MI 5010) 50M70 PROGRAMMABLE DEVELOPMENT CARD FOR THE MI 5010 MX 5010 MULTIFUNCTION INTERFACE EXTENDER MR 501 MONITOR, 2 MHZ X-Y BANDWIDTH, 10 MV/DIV OA 5002 PROGRAMMABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR, SINGLE MODE FIBER OA 5012 PROGRAMMABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR, 50 uM MULTIMODE FIBER OA 5022 PROGRAMMABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR, 62.5 uM MULTIMODE FIBER (VERY RARE) OA 5032 PROGRAMMABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR, 100 uM MULTIMODE FIBER (VERY RARE) OA 522 PROGRAMMABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR, 62.5 uM MULTIMODE FIBER (VERY RARE) OCP 5002 OPTICAL ELECTRICAL CONVERTER / POWER METER (VERY RARE) OIG 501 OPTICAL IMPULSE GENERATOR, 850 nM OIG 502 OPTICAL IMPULSE GENERATOR, 1300 nM OR 501 OPTICAL TO ELECTRICAL CONVERTER, .01 TO 1,000 MHZ (VERY RARE) OR 502 OPTICAL TO ELECTRICAL CONVERTER, .01 TO 1,500 MHZ (VERY RARE) OT 502 OPTICAL TO ELECTRICAL CONVERTER, 850 NM OT 503 OPTICAL TO ELECTRICAL CONVERTER (VERY RARE) OT 504 ELECTRICAL TO OPTICAL CONVERTER (VERY RARE) PFG 5105 PROGRAMMABLE PULSE/FUNCTION GENERATOR (RARE) PG 501 PULSE GENERATOR, 5 HZ TO 50 MHZ, SIMULTANEOUS + AND - OUTS PG 502 PULSE GENERATOR, 10 HZ TO 250 MHZ, 1 nS TRANSITION PG 503 PULSE GENEARTOR, 10 HZ TO 250 MHZ, 200 pS TRANSITION PG 505 PULSE GENERATOR, 1 HZ TO 100 KHZ, 80 V OUTPUT PG 506 CALIBRATION GEN., 10 HZ TO 1 MHZ, DEFLECTION ERROR READOUT PG 506A CALIBRATION GEN., 10 HZ TO 1 MHZ, DEFLECTION ERROR READOUT PG 507 DUAL OUTPUT PULSE GENERATOR, 5 HZ TO 50 MHZ PG 508 PULSE GEN., 5 HZ TO 50 MHZ, INDEPENDENT RISE AND FALL, DELAY PG 509 PULSE GEN, FIXED 25V 350PS RISE TIME OUTPUT (VERY RARE) PG 5110 PROGRAMMABLE PULSE GENERATOR., .1 HZ TO 50 MHZ, 2 CHANNEL PI 100A PULSE INSTRUMENTS 4 CHANNEL CLOCK GENERATOR PI 110 PULSE INSTRUMENTS DUAL CHANNEL CLOCK PERIOD MULTIPLIER PI 210 PULSE INSTRUMENTS 4 CHANNEL WORD GENERATOR PI 451 PULSE INSTRUMENTS MOS/CCD DRIVER PI 451A PULSE INSTRUMENTS MOS/CCD DRIVER PI 454 PULSE INSTRUMENTS MOS/CCD DRIVER PI 458 PROGRAMMABLE PULSE DRIVER PI 702 DUAL BIPOLAR POWER SUP. (+/- 25VDC@50MA) AND 1 FIXED 5V @ 0.5A POWER SUP. PI 720 PULSE INSTRUMENTS PROGRAMMABLE BIPOLAR DC SOURCE PS 501 POWER SUPPLY, FLOATING OUTPUT 0-20 V, CURRENT LIMIT 0-400 MA PS 501-1 POWER SUPPLY, SAME AS PS 501, READOUT BY PRECISION 10T POT PS 501-2 POWER SUPPLY, SAME AS PS 501, READOUT BY DUAL RANGE METER PS 5010 PROGRAMMABLE TRIPLE POWER SUPPLY PS 502 DUAL TRACKING POWER SUPPLY, 10-20 V OR 20-40 V PS 503 DUAL POWER SUPPLY, + & - IND. CONTROLS, 0-20 V OR 0-40 V PS 503A TRIPLE POWER SUPPLY, IND. + & - CONTROLS, DUAL TRACKING PS 5004 PROGRAMMABLE PRECISION POWER SUPPLY, 0-20 V FLOATING OUT PS 505 POWER SUPPLY, FLOATING OUTPUT 3-5.5 V, 4 A, OV PROTECTED PTB-100 EFRATOM (DIVISION OF BALL) RUBIDIUM PRECISION TIMEBASE (VERY RARE) RG 501 RAMP GENERATOR, 10 µS TO 10 S RAMP DUIRATION SA 501 SIGNATURE ANALYZER (A.K.A.067-1090-00) SC 501 TRIGGERED SWEEP OSCILLOSCOPE, 5 MHZ, 10 MV/DIV, SINGLE TRACE SC 502 TRIGGERED SWEEP OSCILLOSCOPE, 15 MHZ, 10 MV/DIV, DUAL TRACE SC 503 BISTABLE STORAGE SCOPE, 10 MHZ, TRIG. SWP, 10 MV/DIV, DUALTRACE SC 504 TRIGGERED SWEEP SCOPE, 80 MHZ, 10 MV/DIV, DUAL TRACE, X-Y SG 502 RC OSCILLATOR, 5 HZ TO 500 KHZ SINE / SQUARE WAVE, LOW DIST. SG 503 SIGNAL GENERATOR, LEVELED VARIABLE OUTPUT 250 KHZ TO 250 MHZ SG 504 SIGNAL GENERATOR, LEVELED VARIABLE OUT, 245 MHZ TO 1050 MHZ SG 505 ULTRA LOW DISTORTION OSCILLATOR, 10 HZ TO 100 KHZ SINE WAVE SG 505 OPT. 01 ULTRA LOW DISTORTION OSCILLATOR WITH IM TEST SIGNAL SG 505 OPT. 02 ULTRA LOW DISTORTION OSCILLATOR, FULLY BALANCED OUTPUT, 4:1 IM TEST SIGNAL SG 505 OPT. WQ ULTRA LOW DISTORTION OSCILLATOR, FULLY BALANCED OUTPUT, WHAT DOES THIS OPTION DO? SG 505 OPT. WR ULTRA LOW DISTORTION OSCILLATOR, FULLY BALANCED OUTPUT, 1:1 IM TEST SIGNAL SG 5010 PROGRAMMABLE OSCILLATOR, LOW DISTORTION SG 5030 PROGRAMMABLE LEVELED SINE WAVE GENERATOR, .1HZ TO 550 MHZ SG 5050 LEVELED SINE WAVE GENERATOR 2.5 GHZ (TEGAM) SI 5010 PROGRAMMABLE R.F. SCANNER SI 5020 SWITCH MATRIX (VERY RARE) SW 503 SWEEP GENERATOR, 1 TO 400 MHZ, DOT MARKER SYSTEM TG 501 TIME MARK GENERATOR, 5 S TO 1 NS, TIMING ERROR READOUT TG 501A TIME MARK GENERATOR, 5 S TO 1 NS, TIMING ERROR READOUT TR 501 TRACKING GEN. (FOR USE WITH 7L12 / 7L13 SPECTRUM ANALYZERS) TR 502 TRACKING GEN. (FOR USE WITH 7L12 / 7L13 SPECTRUM ANALYZERS) (NEWER THAN TR501) TR 503 TRACKING GEN. (FOR USE WITH 492 AND 496 SPECTRUM ANALYZERS) TVC 501 TIME-INTERVAL TO VOLTAGE CONVERTER (TEKTRONIX, VERY RARE) WR 501 WORD RECOGNIZER WITH DIGITAL DELAY 015-0408-00 TEK PEAK TO PEAK DETECTOR (EXTREMELY RARE) 067-0645-02 TM-500/5000 SERIES CALIBRATION FIXTURE PLUG-IN EXTENDER (FLEXIBLE) 067-0690-00 HIGH RESOLUTION TEST GENERATOR (MONITOR RASTER GENERATOR) 067-0699-99 LCD MILLIOHM-VOLTMETER (VERY RARE) 067-0711-99 CALIBRATION FIXTURE CROSSHATCH / RASTER GENERATOR 067-0791-99 DIGITAL TEST UNIT (VERY RARE) 067-0843-01 DIGITAL EXERCIZER (USED WITH GMA101, GMA103, & GMA 125) (VERY RARE) 067-0845-00 DOT GENERATOR (VERY RARE) 067-0885-00 MICROWAVE COMB GENERATOR (VERY RARE) 067-0911-00 DIAGNOSTIC TEST INTERFACE (FOR THE 7854) (VERY RARE) 067-0916-00 VIDEO AMPLITUDE CALIBRATION FIXTURE (VERY RARE) 067-0918-99 MARKER FREQUENCY CALIBRATION FIXTURE (VERY RARE) 067-0938-00 CALIBRATION FIXTURE, PASSIVE NOTCH FILTER (VERY RARE), SG505 CAL FIXTURE 067-0996-00 TM5000 CALIBRATION FIXTURE PLUG-IN GPIB EXTENDER (FLEXIBLE) 067-1007-00 DIGITAL SWEEP GENERATOR (VERY RARE) 067-1037-00 SET UP/HOLD TIME TEST FIXTURE (FOR 1240/41 & DAS9100 LOGIC ANALYZERS 067-1039-00 PATTERN GENERATOR (VERY RARE) 067-1090-00 SIGNATURE ANALYZER (A.K.A. SA501) 067-1178-99 INPUT NORMALIZER / PROBE CALIBRATOR NO NUMBER TEK TM500 RIGID PLUG-IN EXTENDER (VERY RARE) (THIS IS NOT A CABLE) 1434 TEK 1434 VIDEO NOISE GENERATOR (EXTREMELY RARE) SC 5032 AMDATA, INC. SCAN CONTROLLER (VERY RARE) CONTEL ASC TEST IDU TRANSLATOR (EXTREMELY RARE) AMP4T DIGITAL AUDIO CORP. LAB AMPLIFIER (VERY RARE) RCW320T DIGITAL AUDIO CORP. LAB SIGNAL PROCESSOR (VERY RARE) DAC1024T DIGITAL AUDIO CORP. ADAPTIVE DIGITAL FILTER (VERY RARE) DAC256T DIGITAL AUDIO CORP. ADAPTIVE DIGITAL FILTER (VERY RARE) DAC4096T DIGITAL AUDIO CORP. ADAPTIVE DIGITAL FILTER (VERY RARE) GENERAL OPTRONICS 13000 LASER TRANSMITTER (VERY RARE) QLC LASERTRON QLC MASTER CONTROL (VERY RARE) QLP LASERTRON QLP OPTICAL PULSE GENERATOR (VERY RARE) QLX LASERTRON QLX LASER TRANSMITTER (RARE) QLX-1000 LASERTRON QLX-1000 LIGHTWAVE 1500-1560 nm TRANSMITTER (RARE) QLX-1290 LASERTRON QLX-1290 LIGHTWAVE 1291 nm TRANSMITTER (RARE) QLX-1300 LASERTRON QLX-1300 LIGHTWAVE 1295 nm TRANSMITTER (RARE) QLX-1310 LASERTRON QLX-1310 LIGHTWAVE 1308 nm TRANSMITTER (RARE) QLX-1330 LASERTRON QLX-1330 LIGHTWAVE 1335 nm TRANSMITTER (RARE) QLX-1500 LASERTRON QLX-1500 LIGHTWAVE 1554 nm TRANSMITTER (RARE) QRX-700 LASERTRON OPTICAL TO ELECTRICAL CONVERT., .01 TO 340 MHZ (VERY RARE) MD 702 MD 702 METROTEK DETECTOR RECEIVER, PEAK DETECTOR (VERY RARE) MP 217 MP 217 METROTEK SQUAREWAVE PULSER (VERY RARE) MR 101 MR 101 METROTEK RECEIVER (VERY RARE) MR 106 MR 106 METROTEK RECEIVER (VERY RARE) 8131 SPECTRACOM FREQUENCY STANDARD OSCILLATOR (VERY RARE) 8150 SPECTRACOM PRECISION PHASE COMPARATOR (VERY RARE) 8163 AND 8163M SPECTRACOM NBS FREQUENCY STANDARD RECEIVER (RARE) 8212 SPECTRACOM CHART RECORDER (VERY RARE) TM-1 XETRON LINX COMB NOTCH FILTER PLUGIN TM-1 (VERY RARE)
Please send any corrections or additions to me and I will forward them to Dennis.