ME 123: Lab 9

Jiya Makwana, Jessica Barboza

Measurements
100 ohms resistance
1. The peak-to-peak voltage across the signal generator was 1.9 V as seen in figure one.

Figure 1: Peak-to-peak voltage across the signal generator for 100 ohms resistor

2. The peak-to-peak voltage across the resistor was 3.5 V as seen in figure two.

Figure 2: Peak-to-peak voltage across the resistor for 100 ohms resistor

3. The offset between the two signals was 0.32 milliseconds as seen in figure three.
 Figure 3: Offset between the two signals for 100 ohms resistor.

4. The period of one cycle of the wave was 2 milliseconds for channel two and channel one as seen
in figure four.

Figure 4: Period of one cycle of the wave for 100 ohms resistor

200 ohms resistance

1. The peak-to-peak voltage across the signal generator was 2.8 V as seen in figure five.
 Figure 5: Peak-to-peak voltage across the signal generator for 200 ohms resistor

2. The peak-to-peak voltage across the resistor was 3.96 V as seen in figure six.

Figure 6: Peak-to-peak voltage across the resistor for 200 ohms resistor

3. The offset between the two signals was 0.21 milliseconds as seen in figure seven.

Figure 7: Offset between the two signals for 200 ohms resistor.
4. The period of one cycle of the wave was 2 milliseconds for channel two and channel one as seen
in figure eight.

Figure 8: Period of one cycle of the wave for 200 ohms resistor
Calculations
Measured Values
100 ohms resistor

1. The amplitude of the voltage across the signal generator was measured to be 0.95 V as seen in
figure nine.
2. The amplitude of the current through the signal generator was measured to be 17.5 mA as seen
in figure nine.
3. The angular frequency of the signal was measured to be 3,141.593 rad/s as seen in figure nine.
4. The phase angle of the current relative to the voltage in degrees was measured to be 32.4
degrees as seen in figure nine.
5. The apparent, active, and reactive power supplied by the source was found to be 8.3125e-3 W,
4.454e-3 W and 7.01847e-3 W respectively as seen in figure nine.
Figure 9: Measured values calculated for 100 ohms resistor.
200 ohms resistor

1. The amplitude of the voltage across the signal generator was measured to be 1.4 V as seen in
figure ten.
2. The amplitude of the current through the signal generator was measured to be 9.9 mA as seen
in figure ten.
3. The angular frequency of the signal was measured to be 3,141.593 rad/s as seen in figure ten.
4. The phase angle of the current relative to the voltage in degrees was measured to be 52.2
degrees as seen in figure ten.
5. The apparent, active, and reactive power supplied by the source was found to be 6.93e-3 W,
5/47577e-3 W and 4.247446e-3 W respectively as seen in figure ten.

Figure 10: Measured values calculated for 200 ohms resistor.

Theoretical Verification
1) The amplitude of the voltage across the signal generator was calculated to be 2V as seen in
figure 11 and was constant for both resistor values.
2) The angular frequency was calculated to be 1000π or 3141.593 rad/s and was constant for both
resistor values.
3) The equivalent impedance of the circuit with the resistor (100, 200) and the capacitor was
calculated. The values can be found in figure 11
4) The amplitude of the current across the signal generator was calculated for both resistor values
and can be found in figure 11.
5) The values for the phase angle of the current relative to the voltage can be found in figure 11
6) The apparent, active and reactive power can be found in part 6 of figure 11 for both resistor
values of 100 and 200, labelled accordingly.
7) The difference between the theoretical and experimental values can be accounted for by the
cumulation of error from the capacitor, the decade resistance box, the signal generator and the
oscilloscope. It can also be accounted for by human error as the measurement system of the
oscilloscope is based on estimating the peaks of waves. The circuit itself was also extremely
sensitive, as it would randomly go blank from minor disturbances to the wires. The accumulation
of these factors led to the error between the values.
 Figure 11: Calculations for the theoretical calculations using nominal values

Power Factor Correction

The inductance needed is 0.03183i as seen in figure 12.

Figure 12: Power factor calculations