The Tektronix 3A10 is a differential amplifier plug-in for 560-series scopes.

Tektronix 3A10
Transducer amplifier plug-in
Tektronix 3A10

Compatible with 560-series scopes

Produced from 1971 to 1975

Manuals
(All manuals in PDF format and OCRed unless noted otherwise)

It is intended for use with transducers and for that purpose it has a DC-coupled differential input and a variable voltage supply for powering the transducer. It also has a 6-pin input connector (Bendix MS3102A-10-6S) to directly connect to the 015-0169-00 Strain Gage Adapter.

The 3A10 circuit is partially based on the 1A7A's.

Key Specifications

Deflection 10 μV/Div to 10 V/Div in 1–2–5 sequence
Input impedance 1 MΩ // 47 pF (Volts mode) or 10 MΩ (transducer mode)
Bandwidth When DC coupled: DC to 1 MHz

When AC coupled: 1.6 Hz to 10 MHz in 1 MΩ Mode, 0.16 Hz to 10 MHz in 10 MΩ Mode

Under either AC or DC coupling:

  • LF limit: switchable: DC, 0.1 Hz to 10 kHz in six steps, plus DC offset
  • HF limit: switchable: 100 Hz to 1 MHz in nine 1-3-10 steps
Signal ranges
Range Differential signal DC Offset Common mode
10 μV/Div to 10 mV/Div ±1 V ±1 V ±10 V
20 mV/Div to 0.1 V/Div ±10 V ±10 V ±100 V
0.2 V/Div to 1 V/Div ±100 V ±100 V ±500 V
2 V/Div to 10 V/Div ±1000 V ±1000 V ±500 V

Transducers

Accessories

Links

Documents Referencing 3A10

Document Class Title Authors Year Links
Tekscope 1971 V3 N3 May 1971.pdf Article The Oscilloscope and Transducer Measurements Ken Arthur 1971
062-1246-02.pdf Book Transducer Applications Handbook 1973

Pictures

Components

Some Parts Used in the 3A10

Part Part Number(s) Class Description Used in
151-0232-00 151-0232-00 Discrete component dual NPN transistor 067-0596-00 067-0679-00 067-0690-00 067-0690-01 067-0886-01 067-0886-02 067-0886-03 067-0886-04 067-0886-05 1S2 11B2A 1101 1350 140 1401 1401A 141 141A 142 1420 1421 1422 144 145 1450 146 147 147A 1470 1478 148 148M 1480C 1481C 1482C 1485C 149 149A 176 221 26A1 26G1 26G2 2620 285 3A10 3T2 308 323 324 326 4115B 432 434 4501 4601 4602 4610 4620 4623 4631 4632 4633A 4634 464 465 465B 466 468 4701 492 492A 492AP 492P 494 494P 496 496P 502A RM502A 5030 R5030 5031 R5031 5403 5440 5443 5444 576 5A13N 5A26 5L4N 630 647A R647A 650 650A 650HR 651 651A 651HR 652 652A 652HR 653A 653HR 654 655 655A 655HR 656A 656HR 670 670A 671 671A 690SR R7103 7104 7313 7403N R7403N 7503 7504 7514 7603 7612D 7613 7623 7623A 7633 7704 R7704 7704A 7834 7844 R7844 7854 7903 R7903 7904 7904A 7912AD R7912 7934 7A19 7B51 7B70 7B71 7D13A 7D20 7L12 851 8560 8561 AM501 CG5001 CG551AP DM501A DM502A DM505 FG501 FG503 FG504 FG507 GMA304 M M3 OF150 OF151 OF152 OF235 RG501 SPG1 SPG2 S-51 TSG4
151-0261-00 151-0261-00 Discrete component dual PNP transistor AM501 AM502 CG5001 CG551AP FG501 FG502 FG503 OF150 OF151 OF152 OF235 OS261 RM502A R1140 R5030 R5031 R7912 067-0679-00 067-0807-00 1101 1140A 1141 1142 1350 145 1450 1480 1481 1482 1485 1501 1801 1900 1910 1980 213 26A1 26A2 2620 285 3A9 3A10 3S1 3S2 3S5 3S6 432 434 4501 454 4601 4602 4610 4612 4620 4632 4634 4701 475 492 492A 492AP 494 494P 496 496P 5A13N 5A20N 5A21N 5A22N 5A26 5L4N 502A 5030 5031 576 690SR 7A22 7A29 7B51 7B71 7J20 7L5 7S11 7S12 7912AD