Electronics for Scientists Lab, PHYS 2371/2, Northeastern University, Fall

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Title of Lab Experiment
"a#es $onroe
Lab %artner & 'obin S#ith
Se%te#ber 17, 21!
(he abstract contains a brief s)##ary of one short %ara*ra%h +ith only ! to ,
sentences- .asically it *ives an overvie+ of/ 011 specifcally what you did2 021
what you found 0incl)3in* 4nal val)es1- (his is yo)r 4rst sellin* %oint- 5f yo) 3on6t
catch the rea3er6s attention here, they +ill %robably not rea3 the rest of the re%ort-
Keep it simple- 5ncl)3e so#e i#%ortant val)es yo) fo)n3-
I. INTRO!"TION
7ritin* lab re%orts for yo)r %hysics classes *ives yo) val)able e8%erience, as yo)
+ill event)ally +rite re%orts for yo)r e#%loyers, s)b#it *rants to f)n3in* a*encies,
an3 s)b#it %a%ers for scienti4c 9o)rnals- Here are so#e very i#%ortant, b)t si#%le
in*re3ients to :ee% in #in3 +hen +ritin* a re%ort-
(ry to se%arate in yo)r #in3 the #ost i#%ortant ite#s fro# the less;i#%ortant
3etails- 'ea3ers 3on6t +ant to s%en3 the ti#e 4*)rin* o)t +hat is i#%ortant- For
e8a#%le, if yo) are #eas)rin* a resistance, the volta*e an3 c)rrent #ay not be the
#ost i#%ortant ite#s to re%ort, instea3, re%ort the resistance in oh#s-
<ee% an eye on the or*ani=ation- <ee% %arts to*ether that nee3 to be to*ether- For
e8a#%le, if yo) *ive a lon* list of %roce3)res, then a lon* list of res)lts, the rea3er
+ill have to *o bac: an3 forth bet+een the sections- Use section an3 s)bsection
hea3in*s +here necessary-
(he 5ntro3)ction sho)l3 contain 1 %ara*ra%h only- .rie>y state the %hysics
)n3erlyin* the e8%eri#ent 0+hat is bein* teste3 an3 +hy1-
II. #$$#R#T!%
List e?)i%#ent co#%onents 0#o3el n)#bers an3 brief s%eci4cations1-
Example/ (he a%%arat)s consiste3 of the follo+in*-
@ariable AB %o+er s)%%ly 012 or 1C @, -C D1
2 A$$s
'esistors 0vario)s, 1 E/1 71
Ba%acitors 01;1 FF1
Aio3es 0stan3ar3, Gener1
Flashli*ht b)lb in hol3er
5ncl)3e 3ia*ra#s or s:etches of i#%ortant a%%arat)s an3
n)#ber the# 0label ite#s an3 3escribe in the te8t1-
So#eti#es it hel%s to %)t the 4*)re an3 the ca%tion in a
Hte8t bo8-I
1
Fi*)re;1- Birc)its for
#eas)rin* the 5;@
characteristics of a 3io3e
+ith a s#oothin*
ca%acitor- 0Use 1 %t
Electronics for Scientists Lab, PHYS 2371/2, Northeastern University, Fall
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Birc)it 3ia*ra#s sho)l3 s#all, no +i3er than 1;2I-
III. $RO"E!RE% #N RE%!LT%
Since there are several %arts of each e8%eri#ent, it is better to 3isc)ss the
%roce3)res, res)lts an3 concl)sions for each %art before *oin* on to the ne8t %art-
For each %art of the e8%eri#ent incl)3e the follo+in*-
.rie>y 3escribe the e8%eri#ental %roce3)res 0in yo)r o+n +or3s, b)t 3on6t
over3o it1
5ncl)3e necessary e?)ations an3 %)t the#
on their o+n line 0n)#ber the#, e-*- HE?-
031I1
Aescribe +hat yo) fo)n3 03escribe +hat the
%lot ill)strates1
A. Figures
Fi*)res are )s)ally no lar*er than 3;!I +i3e
7ra% the te8t aro)n3 the 4*)res
7hen yo) have a %lot, %)t the 3ata table into
an D%%en3i8 at the en3
D8is titles an3 n)#bers #)st be easily rea3
Plot only the Hre*ion of interestI 0'J51 & thin: abo)t +hat yo) are tryin* to
sho+
Bonnect 3ata %oints by a line, as a *)i3e for the eye
5ncl)3e c)rve 4ts to the 3ata2 %lot the theory +henever %ossible 0theory as a
c)rve an3 3ata as %oints1
B. Computations
List all necessary e?)ations 0n)#ber the#, HE?- 0!1I1, 3e4ne all variables an3
constants
List #eas)re3 val)es that are in%)t into e?)ations, s)ch as 3istance, c)rrent,
volta*e, etc-
Example/ (he a#%lit)3e 0Kain1 for the ca%acitor is co#%)te3 fro# L1M
KBN@B/@in, E?-
011
+here @B is the volta*e #eas)re3 across the ca%acitor an3 @in is the in%)t
volta*e-
I&. %!''#R(
2
0
0.005
0.010
0.015
0.020
0.025
1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0
I(V) LED
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A
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Fi*)re;2- B)rrent as a f)nction
volta*e for an LEA-
Electronics for Scientists Lab, PHYS 2371/2, Northeastern University, Fall
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Here is +here yo) +ra% )% the e8%eri#ent- (his is )s)ally a so#e+hat e8%an3e3
version of the abstract- 5t has several a33itional thin*s, b)t :ee% it si#%le- 5ncl)3e
the follo+in*-
$a:e a table of the i#%ortant res)lts 0val)es1 an3 e8%ecte3 acce%te3 val)es
.rie>y 3isc)ss the hi*hli*hts
Example/ (able 5 lists the res)lts of o)r
#eas)re#ents of the in%)t i#%e3ances of the
A@$ an3 %o+er s)%%ly-
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Fisher Po+er
S)%%ly 27-3