A recent post to a Heathkit mailing list asked about a complete list of Heathkit oscilloscopes. My book Classic Heathkit Test Equipment has a chapter of oscilloscopes and includes scopes in a table of all of the Heathkit test equipment.
Here, taken from my book, is a list of all of the models of oscilloscopes I was able to identify through a number of sources. They are sorted by date of introduction. I was able to identify 67 unique models, made from 1947 to 1989.
Model | Description | First Year | Comments |
O-1 | Oscilloscope | 1947 | 5” |
O-2 | Oscilloscope | 1948 | 5” |
O-3 | Oscilloscope | 1948 | 5”, 150 kHz |
O-4 | Oscilloscope | 1949 | 5”, 2 MHz |
O-5 | Oscilloscope | 1950 | 5”, 2.2MHz |
O-6 | Oscilloscope | 1950 | 5”, 200 kHz |
O-7 | Oscilloscope | 1951 | 5”, 250 kHz |
O-8 | Oscilloscope | 1951 | 5”, 2MHz |
O-9 | Oscilloscope | 1951 | 5”, 3 MHz |
O-10 | Oscilloscope | 1955 | 5”, 400 kHz, PC board |
OL-1 | Oscilloscope | 1955 | 5”, 5 MHz |
OM-1 | Oscilloscope | 1955 | 5”, 5 MHz |
O-11 | Oscilloscope | 1957 | 5”, 5 MHz |
OM-2 | Oscilloscope | 1957 | 5” |
O-12 | Oscilloscope | 1958 | 5”, 5 MHz |
OM-3 | Oscilloscope | 1958 | 5”, 1.2 MHz |
OP-1 | Oscilloscope | 1958 | 2.2 MHz |
OR-1 | Oscilloscope | 1959 | 5”, 200 kHz |
IO-10 | Oscilloscope | 1960 | 3”, 200 kHz, recurrent sweep |
IO-30 | Oscilloscope | 1960 | 5”, 5MHz |
IO-21 | Oscilloscope | 1961 | 3”, 200 kHz |
IO-12 | Oscilloscope | 1962 | 5”, 4MHz |
EUW-25 | Oscilloscope | 1963 | 3”, 400 kHz |
EV-3 | Oscilloscope | 1964 | IMPScope biological EKG type |
IO-14 | Oscilloscope | 1966 | 5”, 8MHz |
EVW-3 | Oscilloscope | 1968 | Assembled version of EV-3 |
IO-17 | Oscilloscope | 1968 | 3”, 5MHz |
IO-18 | Oscilloscope | 1968 | 5”, 5MHz |
EU-70 | Oscilloscope | 1970 | 15 MHz, dual trace, solid-state, assembled |
IO-101 | Vectorscope/Color Generator | 1970 | 3” vectorscope and color bar/pattern generator |
IO-102 | Oscilloscope | 1971 | 5”, 5MHz |
IO-105 | Oscilloscope | 1971 | 5”, 15MHz, dual trace |
IO-1128 | Oscilloscope | 1971 | 3”, vector monitor |
IOW-18S | Oscilloscope | 1971 | Berkeley Physics Laboratory, 5” laboratory |
IO-103 | Oscilloscope | 1972 | 5”, 10MHz |
SO-29 | Oscilloscope | 1972 | Biological, high gain DC |
IO-104 | Oscilloscope | 1973 | 5”, 15MHz |
IO-4510 | Oscilloscope | 1974 | 5”, 15 MHz, dual trace |
SO-4510 | Oscilloscope | 1974 | Assembled version of IO-4510 |
IO-4530 | Oscilloscope | 1975 | 5”, 10 MHz, TV Service |
IO-4540 | Oscilloscope | 1975 | 5”, 5 MHz, hobby/service |
IO-4560 | Oscilloscope | 1975 | 5”, 5 MHz, auto triggered sweep |
SO-4530 | Oscilloscope | 1975 | Assembled version of IO-4530 |
SO-4540 | Oscilloscope | 1975 | Assembled version of IO-4540 |
IO-4550 | Oscilloscope | 1976 | 5”, 10 MHz, dual trace |
SO-4550 | Oscilloscope | 1976 | Assembled version of IO-4550 |
IO-4101 | Oscilloscope | 1977 | Vectorscope like IO-101 |
IO-4541 | Oscilloscope | 1977 | 5”, 5 MHz, special TV triggering |
IO-4555 | Oscilloscope | 1978 | 5”, 10 MHz |
IO-4105 | Oscilloscope | 1979 | 5”, 5MHz |
IO-4205 | Oscilloscope | 1979 | 5”, 5MHz, dual trace |
IO-4235 | Oscilloscope | 1979 | 5”, 35 MHz, dual trace, delayed sweep |
SO-4105 | Oscilloscope | 1979 | Assembled version of IO-4105 |
SO-4205 | Oscilloscope | 1979 | Assembled version of IO-4205 |
IO-3220 | Oscilloscope | 1982 | 5”, 20MHz, dual trace, battery powered |
SO-3220 | Oscilloscope | 1982 | Assembled version of IO-3220 |
IO-4360 | Oscilloscope | 1984 | 5”, 60 MHz, triple trace |
SO-4221 | Oscilloscope | 1987 | 5”, 20 MHz, dual trace |
SO-4226 | Oscilloscope | 1987 | 5”, 25 MHz, dual trace |
SO-4521 | Oscilloscope | 1987 | 5”, 50 MHz, dual trace |
SDS-5000 | Oscilloscope | 1988 | Computer-based |
ID-4850 | Digital Memory Oscilloscope | 1989 | Digital memory box for scopes |
IO-4210 | Oscilloscope | 1989 | 5”, 10MHz, dual trace |
IO-4225 | Oscilloscope | 1989 | 5”, 25 MHz, dual trace |
SO-4552 | Oscilloscope | 1989 | 5”, 25 MHz |
SO-4554 | Oscilloscope | 1989 | 5”, 40 MHz |
Do you happen to have or know where I can find a manual for an old Heathkit OM-3 Oscilloscope?
ReplyDeleteI have to replace a missing rotary switch(Sync Selector, shown as switch "NN" in documents I have found so far)that was missing from an inherited unit, but have no idea what tabs the loose wires should be connected to.
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