Hawassa University-IOT

Fecality of Electrical Engineering

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

CHAPTER TWO & THREE

Sample Questions

Electronic Measurements and

Instrumentation
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Example 1: A basic D’Arsonval movement with internal resistance 𝑅𝑚 =
100Ω and full scale current,𝐼𝑓𝑠𝑑 = 1 𝑚𝐴 is to be converted into multirange DC
voltmeter with voltage ranges of 0 – 10 V, 0 – 50 V, 0 – 250 V and 0 – 500V.
The series resistances arrangement are shown below, design the values of all
resistances.

Fig 2: Practical multirange voltmeter

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Example 2: In the Wheatstone bridge circuit, R3 is a decade resistance
with a specified accuracy ±0.2% and R1 and R2 = 500 Ω ± 0.1%. If the
value of R3 at the null position is 520.4 Ω determine the possible minimum
and maximum value of Rx.

Example 3 : A Wheatstone bridge has a ratio arm of 1/100 (R2/R1). At first

balance, R3 is adjusted to 1000.3 Ω. The value of Rx is then changed by the
temperature change, the new value of R3 to achieve the balance condition
again is 1002.1Ω. Find the change of Rx due to the temperature change.

Solution

𝑅3 𝑅2 1000.3
𝑅𝑥(𝑜𝑙𝑑) = = = 10.003
𝑅1 100

1002.1
𝑅𝑥(𝑛𝑒𝑤) = = 10.021
100
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Example 4 :Figure below show the schematic diagram of a Wheatstone bridge with values
of the bridge elements. The battery voltage is 5 V and its internal resistance negligible.
The galvanometer has a current sensitivity of 10 mm/µA and an internal resistance of 100
Ω. Calculate the deflection of the galvanometer caused by the 5-Ω unbalance in arm BC

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 Example 5:Design a single-range series-type ohmmeter using a PMMC ammeter that has
internal resistance of 50 Ω and requires a current of 1 mA for full-scale deflection. The
internal battery has a voltage of 3 V. It is desired to read half scale at a resistance value of
2000 Ω. Calculate
a) The values of shunt resistance and current limiting series resistance, and
b) Range of values of the shunt resistance to accommodate battery voltage variation
in the range 2.7 to 3.1 V

Solution

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Example 6:A 4-terminal resistor was measured with the help of a Kelvin’s double bridge
having the following components: Standard resistor = 98.02 μΩ, inner ratio arms = 98.022
Ω and 202 Ω, outer ratio arms = 98.025 Ω and 201.96 Ω, resistance of the link connecting
the standard resistance and the unknown resistance = 600 μΩ. Calculate the value of the
unknown resistance.

Solution

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