1.

Thevenin’s Equivalent Circuit

Figure 1

 Connect the circuit as shown in Figure 1, using the dual power supply output
“Master” and “Slave”. Make sure you lay out the circuit on the bread board with the
horizontal and vertical components with the SAME orientation as in the circuit
diagram.
 Using two DMM’s and starting with load resistance RL = 82Ω, measure the load
voltage and current.
 Repeat the procedure above using load resistance of 47Ω, 130Ω (120Ω + 10Ω), 180Ω,
220Ω.

Figure 2
 Connect the Thevenin’s Equivalent Circuit as shown in Figure 2 using the values
calculated in your pre-laboratory.
 Measure and record the load voltage and current for each of the previous load
conditions: RL = 47Ω, 82Ω, 130Ω, 180Ω, 220Ω.
 2. Mesh Analysis/Nodal Analysis

Figure 3

 Connect the circuit, as shown in Figure 3.

 Using the Digital Multimeter measure:
o The voltage across each resistor
o The current through each resistor
o The voltage at points 1, 2 & 3 with reference to GND (the nodal voltage reference
point).

Results
THEVENIN’S EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT

Eth = ______________________________ Rth = ________________________________-

MEASURED
MEASURED ORIGINAL
THEVENIN’S CALCULATED
NETWORK
Load Resistance RL EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT

VRL IRL VRL IRL VRL IRL

47Ω

82 Ω

130 Ω

180 Ω

220 Ω
MESH ANALYSIS

QUANTITY MEASURED CALCULATED

E1 12

E2 10

VR1

VR2

VR3

IR1

IR2

IR3

NODAL ANALYSIS

QUANTITY MEASURED CALCULATED

E1 12V

E2 10V

V1

V2

V3

IR1

IR2

IR3