Hafiz Arslan Khalid

Roll No. 20013122-013

Department: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Subject: Linear Circuit Analysis (LAB)
Lab Report # 2: Experiment No # 7
Submitted to: Engr. Muraad Hussain
Date Submission: 31 – Jan – 2021
 Experiment # 07
Title:
To Study and Implement Voltage Divider Circuit
Objective:
1. To design and construct a voltage divider circuit
2. To notice the application of the voltage divide circuit.

Theory:
A voltage divider is a simple circuit which turns a large voltage into a smaller one. Using just two series
resistors and an input voltage, we can create an output voltage that is a fraction of the input. Voltage
dividers are one of the most fundamental circuits in electronics. The Mathematical Equation is

Materials Required:
 Multimeter
 Experimental Kit: Electronic Trainer EES-21-305
 Resistor 100Ω, 150Ω
 Line Cords

Procedure:
1. Connect the circuit as shown in figure below.

R1
+16.7
mA 100

+1.67
Volts
R3
200
+3.33
BAT Volts
10 V
+5.00
Volts

R2
300
2. Referring to the circuit of fig 5, the total resistance (RT) in the series circuit is calculated from
RT= R1+ R2+R3.

As this is a series circuit so the total resistance RT will be equal to

RT= R1+ R2+R3.
= 100 + 200 + 300
RT= 600 Ω

3. Measure the total resistance from Digital Multimeter at points A and D,

4. Calculate the percentage error of total resistance:
𝐸
5. Calculate total current (I) of the circuit by using Ohm’s law (𝐼𝑇 = ),
𝑅𝑇
By Ohm’s law
𝐸
𝐼𝑇 =
𝑅𝑇

10
𝐼𝑇 = = 0.016 A
600

𝑰𝑻 = 𝟏𝟔. 𝟔 𝒎𝑨

6. Measure the total current (IT) and the current through R1, R2 and R3 by using Digital Multimeter

+16.7
mA

7. Calculate the percentage error of total current: 0.1 V

8. Use Voltage Division Rule to calculate voltage drop across the resistors (R1, R2 and R3),

Using Voltage divider rule

Voltage drop across R1
R1
VR1 = V
RT
100
= × 10
600

𝐕R1 = 𝟏. 𝟔𝟔 𝐕
 Voltage drop across R2
R2
VR2 = V
RT
200
= × 10
600

𝐕R2 = 𝟑. 𝟑𝟑 𝐕

Voltage drop across R3

R3
VR3 = V
RT
300
= × 10
600

𝐕R3 = 𝟓 𝐕
VT = 1.66 + 3.33 + 5
= 9.99 V
9. Measure the voltage drop across the resistors (R1, R2 and R3) using Digital Multimeter.
10. Calculate the percentage error

Observation Table:
Values IT I1 I2 I3 VT V1 V2 V3 RT

Calculated 16.6 16.6 16.6 16.6 9.99 1.66 3.33 5 600

Measured 16.7 16.7 16.7 16.7 10 1.67 3.33 5 600
% Error 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.1% 0.6% 0% 0% 0%

Conclusion: