Logic Analyzers FAQ

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Knowing which Tektronix logic analyzer is best for you is something you should discuss in detail with your Tektronix Sales Engineer. For details, you may click one of the links at the left to go directly to the Tektronix web site. However, we have summarized the different families below for your quick reference.

TLA7000 Series Logic Analyzers

TLA7012 mainframe: holds 2 TLA modules, 272 max. channels per timebase
TLA7016 mainframe: holds 6 TLA modules, 408 max. channels per timebase

Feature	TLA7N1	TLA7N2	TLA7N3	TLA7N4
Channels Available (note 1)	34	68	102	136
Maximum State Speed MHz (note 2)	235	235	235	235
Max.Conventional Timing, full channel MHz (note 3)	400	400	600	400
Data Acquisition Memory (Note 4)	512 kb	512 kb	512 kb	512 kb

Note 1:
NA1: 2 are clock channels; NA2: 4 are clock channels; NA3: 4 are clock and 2 are qualifier channels; NA4: 4 are clock and 4 are qualifier channels

Note 2:
120 / 235 / 450 MHz State / 2 GHz Timing

Note 3:
500 ps (2 GHz) / 1 ns (1 GHz) / 2 ns (500 MHz) (quarter/half/full channels)
125 ps (8 GHz) with 16 Kb depth MagniVu (TM) included

Note 4:
2 Mb / 1 Mb / 512 Kb to 128 / 64 / 32 Mb (quarter / half / full channels with timestamp)

Note 1:
AA1: 2 are clock channels; AA2: 4 are clock channels; AA3: 4 are clock and 2 are qualifier channels; AA4: 4 are clock and 4 are qualifier channels

Note 2:
120 / 235 / 450 MHz State / 2 GHz Timing

Note 3:
500 ps (2 GHz) / 1 ns (1 GHz) / 2 ns (500 MHz) (quarter/half/full channels)
125 ps (8 GHz) with 16 Kb depth MagniVu (TM) included

Note 4:
2 Mb / 1 Mb / 512 Kb to 128 / 64 / 32 Mb (quarter / half / full channels with timestamp)

Note 1:
BB2: 4 are clock channels; BB3: 4 are clock and 2 are qualifier channels;BB4: 4 are clock and 4 are qualifier channels

Note 2:
With 50 GHz MagniVuTMTiming

Note 3:
156.25 ps / 312.5 ps / 625 ps to 50 ms - Quarter / half / full channels

Note 4:
4/2 Mb, 8/4 Mb, 16/8 Mb, 32/16 Mb, 64/32 Mb, 128/64 Mb ( half / full channels with timestamp)