EECE-201 Lab 2: Op-Amp Circuits With DC Input Signals Prof. R.

Mauro
V7 11/5/20

Introduction - In this experiment you will be learning how to work with Operational Amplifier circuits similar to
those discussed in class. In Part I will investigate the performance of several Op-Amp circuits using DC input
signals and in Part II we will see how to apply these concepts to the design of an electronic scale. A parts list is
found in Appendix I along with a Resistor Color
Code Chart (in color on Moodle), and a data sheet
for the LM324 quad op-amp.

Part I - Basic Op-Amp Citcuits

1. The Dual Power Circuit - a) The op-amps used

in this experiment will require two power supply
voltages one at +VCC (~+10V) with respect to
ground, and the other -VEE (~-10V) with respect to
ground.

b) Wire the two Wall-wart power supplies to the

breadboard circuit shown below. In wiring your
circuit try to use colored wires with black (or brown)
representing ground, blue (or purple) Figure 1a. Dual Power Supply Connections
as the negative supply voltage, and red (or orange)
as the positive supply voltage.
 c) Connect the black DVM lead connected to ground, measure the positive (red wire) and negative (blue wire)
voltages. Are the result what you expected ?

2. The Test Voltage Circuit - In working with these Op-Amp circuits, it will be helpful to have several test
voltages available to check the circuit operation. Connect the resistors R1P, R2P, R3P, R1M, R2M, and R3M to
the power supply circuit of Figure 1a as shown in Figure 1b.

Measure the actual resistor values and then, using voltage divider concepts, calculate the theoretical
values expected at VTP1, VTP2, VTM1, and VTM2 considering the resistors to have the values based on their
color codes. Measure Wall-wart voltages using the DMM and enter VCC and VEE values into the Excel table.
Place formulas into the table to automatically compute the theoretical values of VTP1, VTP2, VTM1, and VTM2
using these Wall-wart voltages. Using the DMM, measure the actual voltages VTP1, VTP2, VTM1, and VTM2
(with respect to ground ) at these points and
enter the results in your Excel table.

Figure 2. Test Voltage

Circuit Data.

3. The Non-Inverting Amplifier

a) For the circuit given to the right, develop expressions (letters onl
y) for each of the following quantities

V1 , V2 , IR2 , IRF , VRF , Vo

Also show that the circuit overall gain is given by the expression
Vo Rf
Gain   1
Vin R2
Figure 3. Non-Inverting Amplifier
Enter all of these results in your report.

b) Construct the circuit in Figure 3

using the LM324 IC whose pinout is
given in Appendix III; for this
circuit let RF = 200 kΩ and R2 = 100
kΩ . Test this non-inverting
amplifier circuit using Vin input
voltage values of 0V, +10mV, and -0.5V. Get these voltages from the test voltage circuit you constructed
earlier (Figure 1b). Construct an Excel table similar to that shown at the right and place this table in your report.
 c) Explain whether the results what you expected (including
the resistor tolerances and test voltage values? )

4. The Inverting Amplifier

a) Repeating what you did in ( 3 ) for the circuit given to the

right, develop expressions (letters only) for each of the following
quantities
V1 , V2 , VR2 , IR2 , IRF , VRF , Vo

Also show that the circuit overall gain is given by the Figure 4. Inverting Amplifier
expression

V Rf
Gain o 
Vin R2

Enter all of these results in your report.

b) Construct the circuit in Figure 4, again

letting RF = 200 kΩ and R2 = 100 kΩ. Test this inverting amplifier circuit using Vin input voltage values
of 0V, +10mV, and -0.5V. Get these voltages from the test voltage circuit you constructed earlier (Figure
1b). Construct an Excel table as in (3) above and place this table in your report. Explain whether these
results are what you expected to obtain. Include a discussion of how the resistor tolerances effected your
results

5. A Two-Stage Amplifier Circuit

Figure 5. A Two-Stage Amplifier

a) Using the results you obtained in ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) above, develop numerical expressions in terms of Vin
(numbers not formulas) each of the following quantities: V1A , V2A , VOA , V1B , V2B , VOB
for the two-stage amplifier shown in Figure 5. Also determine the numerical gain of each stage
[(VOA/Vin) , and (VOB/VOA)] as well as the overall circuit gain (VOB/Vin). How is the overall circuit
gain related to the gain of each stage?

c) Test this two-stage amplifier circuit using input voltages (Vin values) of 0V, +0.5V, and -0.5V. As
before, get these voltages from the Test Voltage circuit in Figure 1b). Enter your theoretical and
experimental results in your report using an Excel table similar to that shown below. Explain whether or
not these results are what you expected to obtain.

Appendix II - Experiment Parts

List & Data Sheet Information

1. Parts List

2. LM324 Pinout 3. Resistor Color Code [Top 3 band is most common]

[ Note: In 3 band resistor, if the third band is Gold divide

resistance from first two bands by 10, and if the third
band is Silver, divide resistance by 100]