:Introduction

In this experiment we study the basic properties of alternating current (AC) wave

forms.The AC wave forms may be sine wave, square wave, and triangle wave or
sow tooth waves these different wave forms are illustrated in the following figures.

1. Periodic sine wave

2. Periodic Square Wave

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 3. Periodic tri-angular Wave

.Periodic sawtooth Wave .4

:Apparatus
.Training Electronic Board .1

.Digital multi-meter DMM .2

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. Resistors: 1KΩ, 100Ω .3

.C.R.O .4

:Experimental procedure
Part 1:
Note : the oscilloscope is never connected in series

we connected the source to a resistor at a specific amplitude and frequency and

then we have seen the wave form of the resistor’s voltage which was sinusoidal , , ,
and have got some values. VP =20V, ϝ=1000 HZ

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Vp=10.6 volt Vpp=20.8 volt Ip=10.6 mA Vrms=7.40 volt

Irms= 7.4 mA T=982.5 ms ϝ=1000 HZ ω= 2000 π

Lemda= 300 m The instantaneous voltage at one third of the period is :

V(t=T/3)= 9.40 volt at 327.5 ms

The following data from C.R.O . At VP =20V , ϝ=1000 HZ

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Part two :-
In this part of our experiment we have connected a voltage source with known
resistance = 1 KΩ , 100 Ω in series and connect the resistance in parallel with the
Oscilloscope and with 2 channels in the Oscilloscope screen ( channel 1 and
channel 2 ) .

We just do this to demonstrate how can the oscilloscope be used to measure

current connect the circuit .

After we connect the circuit as shown in the figure below :-

After connect the circuit we measure the voltage across R1 then we measure the
AC current Flowing in the circuit by using the oscilloscope. This can be done by
measuring the voltage across 𝑅2, then divided the measured waveform by the
value 𝑅2.

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 CH1 CH2

VRMS 4.5 v 441 Mv

VP 6.61 v 656 Mv

Then irms=4.41mA

iP=6.56 mA

After that we determine the average power for the measured signals by using different average
power equations as shown in the table below :-

Pav=Vrms irms Pav=i 2 rms R 1 V 2 rms 1

Pav= Pav= VpiP
R1 2
=4.25 * 4.41 =4.412 * 1000
4.252 1
= 18.75 mW = = ∗6.61∗6.56
=19.45 mW 1000 2

¿ 18.06 mW =21.97 mW

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 After that we Compute the instantaneous power at different time instants and fill
the calculations in Table :-
Time (mS) Instantaneous voltage(v) Instantaneous current (mA) Instantaneous P (mW)
0.1 3.92 368/100 = 3.68 14.42
0.2 5.92 568/100 = 5.68 33.625
0.3 5.92 568/100 = 568 33.625
0.3 3.84 360/100 = 3.6 13.824
0.5 0 0/100 =0 0
0.6 -4.24 -424/100 = -4.24 17.9
0.7 -6.08 -608/100 = -6.08 36.96
0.8 -5.92 -592/100 = -5.92 35.04
0.9 -3.60 -360/100 = -3.60 12.96
1 0 0/100 = 0 0

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35

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25

20
V
15 I
10 P

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0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2
-5

-10

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Conclusion:
Through this experiment, we learnt how to deal with oscilloscope device to
measure the AC signal parameters(VP,IP,VPP,IRMS,VRMS,T,f,ω,λ,…) for desired
terminals of the circuit, and study the result curve shown on the screen, we also
computed the average power dissipated on the load due to AC signal. Besides, we
learnt how to use function generator to form a wave with the desired form,
amplitude and frequency.

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