Electric Circuits

Experiment No 3

Session: 2016

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Electric Circuits
Lab Manual
Experiment No 3
Dr. Syed Shah Irfan Hussain

Umar Shahid

Assistant Professor

Lecturer

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Important Instructions
Every student should have lab manual in the lab; otherwise there will no evaluation
and attendance.
Every student should fill his/her own manual in the lab complete in all respects,
otherwise there will be deduction of marks, and no excuse will be accepted.
Student should read the manual before coming to the lab.
Waveforms should be made with pencils preferably and should be on proper scale.
Plot at least two cycles of each waveform.
Familiarize yourself with any software for circuit simulation like LT spice, Multisim
or Proteus

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Experiment No 3
Introduction to Laboratory Instruments
Objective:
In this experiment we will get
1. Hands on experience to implement a practical DC electric circuit on a breadboard.
2. To use the variable power supply to adjust any value of voltage and current limit.
3. To use a multi-meter to measure voltage and current.
4. To verify Ohms Law.

Apparatus:

Resistors(10k/20k/Use resistor of standard value available in the Lab)

Breadboard
Multi-meter

Theoretical Background
Resistance is the opposition to the flow of current. The basic relationship between voltage, current,
and resistance is determined by Ohms law:

Whereas
V = Voltage (Potential Difference) across the resistor (in Volts)
I = Current through the resistor (in Amperes)
R = Resistance of the resistor (in Ohms)
Given any resistor, its resistance can be found by one of the three methods:
Using the color codes. This value is called the nominal value and it is only approximate
value in which tolerance range is defined.
Direct measurement using an Ohmmeter. Connect the positive and negative lead of multimeter in Ohm scale across the resistor. The meter will provide the exact value of resistor.
Note: Do not touch your fingers with the resistor while measuring its value otherwise your
body resistance will come in parallel with the resistor.
Measuring the voltage across the resistor and the current through the resistor and then
applying Ohms law.
Electric Power
The product of the voltage across a resistor and the current through the resistor gives power P (in
Watts), namely:

The power absorbed by the resistor appears in the form of heat. The physical size of the resistor
determines the amount of power that it can safely dissipate. This amount is referred to as the power
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rating. The dissipation of power that exceeds the power rating can damage the resistor physically.
When the resistor gets heated due to excessive power dissipation, its resistance changes .It will
either increase or decrease depending on the temperature coefficient. A carbon resistance is
expected to decrease as the temperature increases.

Laboratory Tasks
1. Connect the circuit as shown in Figure 1 for R = 1000 ohms and perform the following:
a. Set the source voltage V to 5V.
b. Measure V and I. (NOTE: Connect Ammeter in series and Voltmeter in
parallel)
c. Repeat steps 1a and 1b for any other four resistors ( Use R>1000 ohms to limit the
current).
d. Record your results in Table 1 and complete the table.
(1)

Figure 1

2. Connect the circuit as shown in the Figure 2 below with the above four resistors and
measure the voltage V and current I across each resistor by using DMM. From the values
of V and I also find out the power across every resistor by
and record your results in
Table 2.
(2)

Figure 2
3. Find the four resistances by using DMM. Find the voltage across each resistor by using an
oscilloscope. Calculate power across each resistor by using and note in Table 2. Here V is the
oscilloscope voltage across each resistor. Complete Table 2 by finding % deviation of the two
powers of step 2 and step 3
(2)

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Observations and Calculations:

Table 1
R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

Color code value /

Nominal value
Measured V/ Measured I
% Deviation
Actual value with in
tolerance (Yes/No)
Table 2
Source Voltage =
Resistor R Voltage V
(DMM)
(DMM)

Power= VI
Current I Voltage V
Power=
(DMM)
(DMM) (Oscilloscope)

(V of
Oscilloscope)

R1=

V1=

I1=

R2=

V2=

I2=

R3=

V3=

I3=

R4=

V4=

I4=

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% Deviation of power

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