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MODULE2:RESISTORS
Inthismodule,weintroduceresistance,theelectricalelementthatmodelsloss.Thismodelfor
resistanceleadstoOhm'sLaw,asimplerelationshipbetweenvoltageandcurrent.Itmayseem
thatyoucannotdoanythinginterestingwithresistors,buttheyallowyoutospecifyvoltagesand
currentsinacircuitwhenusedcorrectly.Weshowaseriesofvariableresistors,somethatcome
withthepartskitandothersthatdonot,inordertodemonstratethespectrumofresistivesensing
applications.Finally,wediscusstheWheatstoneBridge,afrontendcircuitnearlyasoldas
electricalengineeringitself(firstspecifiedin1833),whichweusetostartaphotocellfrontend
whichwillbefinishedinsection3.2withtheintroductionofacomparator.

2.1Resistors
Resistors

2.2Ohm'sLaw
Ohm'sLaw
OpensandShorts
Resistance

2.3VariableResistors
CalculatingResistance
VariableResistors
MeasuringVoltageandCurrent

2.4WheatstoneBridges
AnalysisofWheatstoneBridges
PhotocellFrontEnd

Debug2
CommonissueswithWheatstoneBridgecircuits

Energia2
Serial(sketch2_d)

LABCHECKLIST
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BuildtwoWheatstonebridgesforthephotocellsinyourkitanddemonstratetheir

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operationusingavoltmeter

ASSIGNMENTS
ProblemSet2

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