Experiment 1

1 - Ohm’s Law

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Nominal Range

Color Color Color Color Value
R1 Yellow Violet Red Gold 4700 +- 5% 4465 4935 Ω

R2 Brown Black Red Gold 1000 +- 5% 950 1050 Ω

R3 Red Red Orange Gold 22000 +- 5% 2090023100 Ω

Measured Value Nominal Value Percentage of error

R1 4.659 kΩ 4.7 kΩ 0.87%

R2 0.986 kΩ 1 kΩ 1.4%

R3 21.84 kΩ 22 kΩ 0.73%

R1 Voltage (V) Current (I)

1 5 1.07 mA

2 10 2.15 mA

3 15 3.22 mA
R2 Voltage (V) Current (I)

1 5 5.10 mA

2 10 10.20 mA

3 15 15.32 mA

R1 Voltage (V) Current (I)

1 5 0.23 mA

2 10 0.45 mA

3 15 0.68 mA

Assignment
I= 10mA
V= 15

R=V/I
=150Ω

G= 1/R
=6.66x10-3
P=VI
= 15 x 10x10-3 = 0.15

Graph between Current & Voltage

16

14 22.12x+-00.02
0.98x
f(x) = 4.66x

12

10
Volatage (V)

R1
8 Li nea r (R1)
R2
6 Li nea r (R2)
R3
4
Li nea r (R3)
2

0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
Current (mA)

Slope of R1= 4.659 kΩ Percent of error = 0.87%

Slope of R2 = 0.984 kΩ Percent of error = 1.6%
Slope of R3 = 22.122 kΩ Percent of error = 0.5%
 2- Resistors in series and parallel

Result of Series
V=4.95
I= 0.18 mA
R eq = V/I = 27.5 kΩ

R series = 4.659 + 0.986 +21.84 = 27.485 kΩ

Percentage of error = 27.5-27.485/27.5 = 0.05%

Result of Parallel

I= 6.31 mA
V= 4.92
R eq = V/I = 4.92/6.3x10-3 = 780.95 Ω
1/R eq = 1/R1 + 1/R2 + 1/R3 so 1/RT = 784.54 Ω
Percentage of error = 780.95-784.54/780.95 = 0.5%

Assignment Solution
1. The equivalent resistance will be increased and the current and voltage decreases.

2. The equivalent resistance will decrease and the current and voltage increases.