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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

LAB EXERCISE 1: FAMILIARIZATION WITH ELECTRICAL MEASURING INSTRUMENT AND DEVICES

by
LANCE VLADIMIR DC. CABOTAJE
BSEE 2-1

Introduction
Electrical Measuring Instrument and devices are the vital devices
in the field of electronics. It is mainly classified into two categories known
as: absolute and secondary instruments. An absolute instrument determines
the magnitude of the quantity to be measured in terms of the instrument Figure 9: Resistance of 2kΩ Figure 10: Resistance of 14.765MΩ
parameter, while the secondary instrument, on the other hand, is defined as
the instruments that give a ready measure of the quantities with the help of The following pictures/figures below shows the integration of voltmeter,
graduated scales, it is more utilized in the field compared to absolute ammeter and wattmeter to an example circuit from figure. 1
instruments. In this particular experiment, ammeter, voltmeter and
wattmeter which is identified as secondary instruments are the utilized
instruments to test the value of each given circuit.

Discussion
The given (table 1) below shows every value of resistance in
constant voltage and the students were tasked to measure the current,
voltage and power for each given. Using the Multism app simulator, the Figure 11: Diagram with Voltmeter Figure 10: Diagram with Ammeter
circuit is composed of one voltage source and 1 resistor per given

Figure 12: Diagram with Wattmeter

Problems/Exercises

Table 1: Measured Parameters

The pictures/figures below show the result of Multisim simulation in each
resistor with the measuring devices

Figure 1: Resistance of 5Ω Figure 2: Resistance of 0.1Ω

Figure 3: Resistance of 100Ω
Figure 4: Resistance of 2500Ω
Synthesis
From this laboratory exercise, I concluded that Voltmeter,
Ammeter and Wattmeter are classified as secondary measuring instruments
in Electronics Industry. Adding to that I also learned from the activity the
concept of current, voltage and power. From the given data table, I noticed
that the resistance is inversely proportional to current, and the power is
equal to the product of the voltage and current. Moreover, familiarizing the
proper input of measuring devices will help us calculate the said units faster
and with precision.

Figure 5: Resistance of 0.075Ω Figure 6: Resistance of 25µΩ

Grading system:
Introduction (3 pts.)
Discussion (3 pts.)
Synthesis (4 pts.)
Total

Figure 7: Resistance of 5mΩ Figure 8: Resistance of 4MΩ