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    This document outlines an experiment involving resistors and DC circuits to be completed for the Applied Physics 181 course. The experiment involves three parts: 1. Measuring current and voltages in series and parallel resistor circuits, calculating theoretical values, and determining percent error. Sources of measurement error are also analyzed. 2. Designing voltage divider circuits using given resistors to produce specific output voltages, calculating total resistances, and comparing measured and theoretical output voltages. 3. Exploring the "loading effect" by varying a load resistor in a circuit and plotting ratios of load voltage to input voltage, load current, and load power delivered against load resistance. The role of total resistance in power transfer is also commented on.

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    This document outlines an experiment involving resistors and DC circuits to be completed for the Applied Physics 181 course. The experiment involves three parts: 1. Measuring current and voltages in series and parallel resistor circuits, calculating theoretical values, and determining percent error. Sources of measurement error are also analyzed. 2. Designing voltage divider circuits using given resistors to produce specific output voltages, calculating total resistances, and comparing measured and theoretical output voltages. 3. Exploring the "loading effect" by varying a load resistor in a circuit and plotting ratios of load voltage to input voltage, load current, and load power delivered against load resistance. The role of total resistance in power transfer is also commented on.

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    This document outlines an experiment involving resistors and DC circuits to be completed for the Applied Physics 181 course. The experiment involves three parts: 1. Measuring current and voltages in series and parallel resistor circuits, calculating theoretical values, and determining percent error. Sources of measurement error are also analyzed. 2. Designing voltage divider circuits using given resistors to produce specific output voltages, calculating total resistances, and comparing measured and theoretical output voltages. 3. Exploring the "loading effect" by varying a load resistor in a circuit and plotting ratios of load voltage to input voltage, load current, and load power delivered against load resistance. The role of total resistance in power transfer is also commented on.

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    Applied Physics 181

    Experiment 1: Resistors and DC circuits

    A. Resistors in Series and Parallel


    Given: Vin = 5V; R1 = 1 kΩ; R2 = 2 kΩ; R3 = 2 kΩ

    Construct:

    1. Measure: I, V1 , V2 , V3 , I1 , I2 , I3
    2. Calculate (theoretical): I, V1 , V2 , V3 , I1 , I2 , I3
    3. Get % error for: I, V1 , V2 , V3 , I1 , I2 , I3
    4. What are the possible sources of error for both circuit configurations?

    B. Voltage Divider
    1. Using the set of resistors and the input voltage in part A, design three voltage dividers to produce
    Vo ut = 2.50 V; 1.67 V; 3.33 V. Draw each circuit.
    2. For each voltage divider, calculate the RT h .
    3. Construct the three voltage dividers and measure Vout . Compare with the theoretical values in
    part B1.

    C. Loading Effect
    Construct:

    1. Vary RLoad and measure RLoad , VLoad , and ILoad . Suggested RLoad values: 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1,
    1.25, 1.5, 1.75, 2, 2.5, 3 kΩ.
    2. Plot the ratio VLoad /VIn vs. RLoad and ILoad vs. RLoad . Analyze the two plots. What is the
    “loading effect”?
    3. Calculate the power delivered to the load (PLoad ) using ILoad and VLoad . Plot PLoad vs. RLoad .
    Comment on the role of RT h in terms of the transferred power.

    To be submitted: Reports (by group) in SPP format


    deadline: One week

    As per CEB ruling: “Any form of cheating in examinations or any act of dishonesty in relation to
    studies, such as plagiarism, shall be subject to disciplinary action.”

    Applied Physics 181


    National Institute of Physics
    2nd Semester AY 2017-2018
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