| Reduced Set-up and Evaluation Time | |
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Tektronix AFG3000C Series ✔ 25 Shortcut Keys – Directly access frequently used parameters and settings without browsing through screen menus, saving time.  |
Agilent 33500B Series ✗ 10 Shortcut Keys – All parameters and functions are selected via screen menus. To access some settings, the user has to browse through multiple levels.  |
| Larger Display | |
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Tektronix AFG3000C Series ✔ 5.6” Color LCD – Large display shows all signal parameters and waveform shape at a single glance  |
Agilent 33500B Series ✗ 4.3” Color LCD – 30% less viewing space to see signal details and important signal parameters  |
| Pulse generation | |
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Tektronix AFG3000C Series ✔ AFG302xC: 25MHz pulse AFG305xC: 40MHz pulse ✔ AFG302xC: 16ns pulse width AFG305xC: 12ns pulse width ✔ AFG302xC: 9ns edge times AFG305xC: 7ns edge times  |
Agilent 33500B Series ✗ 33511/12B: 20MHz pulse 33521/22B: 30MHz pulse ✗ 16ns pulse width ✗ 8.4ns edge times  |
| Multi-lingual support | |
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Tektronix AFG3000C Series ✔ Both menus and online help are available in multi languages  |
Agilent 33500B Series ✗ Only online help is available in multi languages  |
| Small Footprint | |
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Tektronix AFG3000C Series ✔ Small footprint optimize bench space: 55, 372 mm2 ✔ Mechanically designed to stack with Tektronix scopes to save bench space ✗ One instrument uses full rack width and 5U height. |
Agilent 33500B Series ✗ Large footprint requires more bench space: 78,904 mm2 ✗ Source and scope must be placed side by side, occupies more bench space ✔ Two units fit side-by-side in rack and use 3U height. |
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