EE – 111 Basic Electronics

Experiment # 2

To Understand Current, Resistance, Capacitance & Validate Ohm's Law.

Performed on: 18-Oct-17

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Maximum Marks Performance = 05 Viva = 05 Total = 10

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Instructor Name: Engr. Muhammad Umair

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3.1 INTRODUCTION AND THEORY:

Resistance:
Resistance is the opposition that a substance offers to the flow of electric current. It is represented by
the uppercase letter R. The standard unit of resistance is the ohm, sometimes written out as a word,
and sometimes symbolized by the uppercase Greek letter omega: Ω

Capacitance:
The ability of a system to store an electric charge or ratio of the change in an electric charge in a
system to the corresponding change in its electric potential.

Current:
Current is a flow of electrical charge carriers, usually electrons or electron-deficient atoms. The
common symbol for current is the uppercase letter I. The standard unit is the ampere, symbolized by
A.

Ohm’s Law:
The principle that the electric current passing through a conductor is directly proportional to the
potential difference across it, provided that the temperature remains constant. The constant of
proportionality is the resistance of the conductor

Resistors are connected in parallel when one end of each resistor is connected to a common point and
each of their other ends is connected to another common point as shown in the Figure below. The
current I that is supplied by the battery is divided into 3 separate currents, I1,I2 and I3, each
T
flowing through the resistors R1,R2 and R3 respectively. After flowing through resistors, the 3
currents rejoin into a common current, I , or that current flowing back to the battery. The total
T
current flowing in the circuit is the sum of the separate currents flowing through the resistors.

Equation 13: IT = I1 + I2 +I3

The total current is related to the total voltage and total resistance by

And the current, potential difference and resistance of each separate resistor is given

And

Substituting these equations into Equation 13

The voltage drops across the battery and resistors are all equal, and as illustrated in Figure

Since all the potentials are equal Equation reduces to

This is the equation for the total resistance of 3 resistors connected in parallel

3.2 EQUIPMENTMENT LIST:

a) Resistors 3.3K, 6.8K and 12k, b) Variable dc power supply, c) Breadboard, d) Voltmeter,
e) Ammeter

3.3 PROCEDURES

Perform the following procedures to verify that if resistors are parallel connected like the following
figure:

The equivalent resistance Req can be calculated using the following equation

A. Connect the circuit in Figure 12 using R1=6.8kΩ, R2=3.6kΩ, R3=9.1kΩ Adjust the source
voltage to 15V.

B. Measure and record the voltage across the combination of R1,R2,R3 and the current flow
through R1,R2,R3 as Figure 13 and Figure 14 respectively
C. VR123 = IR123 =

D. Calculate the resistance of equivalent resistor Req using the measured values of VR123 and
IR123 with Ohm’s Law. Show your calculation.

E. Req=

F. Use the equation of resistors connected in serial to calculate the equivalent resistance

Req=

G. Compare the results you got from step E and F. Are they approximately equal?

H. What conclusion can you draw from these procedures?

Conclusion: -