Swinburne University of Technology

Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology

2021-HS1-EEE20006-Circuits & Electronics 1
Lab 1 – Circuit Elements (NI Multisim Based)

Student Name: ID#

Assessment -This lab section has a weighting of 5% of the total subject marks. Preliminary work is
worth 20% of this lab. Assessment is based on demonstration in the NI Multisim and correct
completion of this lab sheet. The experiment is to be completed individually, and then the lab sheet
should be submitted in CANVAS.

Three Things You Must Know About The Online Lab Sessions

(i) The lab sessions are scheduled at week 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12.

(ii) All the lab sessions will be conducted through Collaborate Ultra.

(iii) Please feel free to join the discussion board in CANVAS.

1. Aims

Understand the properties of different circuit elements and get familiar with the NI Multisim.

2. Introduction

2.1 Basic circuit concepts

Ohm’s Law

Relationship between the current ( I ) and voltage (V ) across a resistance ( R) is V =IR .

2.2 Tools

(i) Multimeters

Figure 1 Multimeter and its NI Multisim component

(ii) Oscilloscope

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 Figure 2 Oscilloscope and its NI Multisim component

(iii) Signal Generator

Figure 3 Signal Generator and its NI Multisim component

(iv) DC power supply

Figure 4 DC power supply and its NI Multisim component

2.3 Required Equipments

 Multimter
 Signal generator
 Oscillascope
 DC Power Supply
 Resistor

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  Potentiometer

 Capacitor

 LED

 Ground

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3. Preliminaries (20% of this lab.)

Workings for your preliminaries must be shown in the space provided.

3.1 Consider the circuit in Fig. 5. Assume that the LED can be lit when i 0 ≥ 20 mA . If the resistance of
the LED is equal to 100 Ω, what is the maximum resistance (of the resistor R ) that can keep the LED
lit?

(10 points)
Please write your calculation below:

Figure 5 LED Circuit

3.2 A pure capacitive circuit is given in Fig. 6.

(i) Assume that V 0 is a DC power source. How much current will flow through the circuit and Why?

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(ii) Assume that V 0 is an AC power source (which generates sinusoidal voltage). Please first give the
relationship between V 0 (t ) and i c (t), and then explain why capacitors
have memory.

(10 points)
Please write your calculation below:

Figure 6 Capacitive Circuit

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4. LED Resistance

Open the NI Multisim, and then construct the circuit shown in Fig. 7.

Figure 7

Use multimeters to measure the voltage V AB and the current i 0. Vary the resistance the of the
potentiometer from 1 k Ω to 50 Ω , at the same time, record the corresponding V AB and i 0.
Complete Table 1.

Table 1

Resistance of R2 V AB i0 R LED
(Computed by V AB /i 0)
1k Ω 1.72 V 2.97 mA 580.50Ω
800 Ω 1.737 V 3.62 mA 479.17Ω
600 Ω 1.75 V 4.63 mA 376.91Ω
400 Ω 1.76 V 6.46 mA 273.31Ω
200 Ω 1.79 V 10.68 mA 167.74Ω
100 Ω 1.81 V 15.93 mA 113.87Ω
50Ω 1.82 V 21.14 mA 86.51Ω
(21 points)

Please sketch the LED resistance versus voltage curve based on the results in Table 1. (9 points)

R(LED)vsV(AB)
700

600

500

400
R(LED)

300

200

100

0
1.72 1.74 1.76 1.78 1.8 1.82 1.84
V(AB)

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Comments on the curve: (10 points)

As you can see from the behaviour of the graph the relation between voltage and resistance is
indirectly proportional which means if voltages is increased the resistance would decrease and vise
versa.

5. The behaviour of capacitor in AC circuit

Construct the circuit shown in Fig.8.

Figure 8 Investigation of Capacitor

(i) Configure the signal generator to generate a 5 volts peak-to-peak sinusoidal wave. Use the
oscilloscope to measure the voltage V AB.

(ii) Repeat part (i) for C 1=100 nF , and then complete Table 2. (10 points)

Table 2

Capacitance of C 1 V AB (Amplitude)
10 uF 389.112mV
100 nF 2.480V

Comments on results:

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 (a) Make a comparison between the two voltages in Table 2, and explain why the V AB of a large
capacitor is lower than the one of a small capacitor. (20 points)

(b) Assume that the capacitance of C 1 is fixed. How will the resistance of R1 affect the voltage V AB
and why? (10 points)

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