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Electronics - Experiment 7 - Transistor As A Switch

This document provides instructions for an electronics lab experiment on using a transistor as a switch to control a DC motor. The objectives are to learn how a bipolar transistor operates as a switch, design the circuit using simulation software, record experimental results, and write a brief report. Students will use a transistor, power supply, motor, breadboard and multimeter to build a circuit where the transistor acts as a switch controlled by a 5V supply to power a 12V motor. They will calculate and measure circuit voltages and currents, then assess their learning through the circuit design and a lab report.

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Electronics - Experiment 7 - Transistor As A Switch

This document provides instructions for an electronics lab experiment on using a transistor as a switch to control a DC motor. The objectives are to learn how a bipolar transistor operates as a switch, design the circuit using simulation software, record experimental results, and write a brief report. Students will use a transistor, power supply, motor, breadboard and multimeter to build a circuit where the transistor acts as a switch controlled by a 5V supply to power a 12V motor. They will calculate and measure circuit voltages and currents, then assess their learning through the circuit design and a lab report.

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Walid Shmoury
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ELECTRON
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Fall SSemester 2015 
Expe
eriment 7 – Transisttor As a Sw
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OBJECTIIVES 
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motor.  

OUTCOM
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1. Leearn how a b bipolar transistor operatees as a switch
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2. Usse MULTISIM M to design yyour circuit 
3. Reecord experimental results  
4. WWrite a brief rreport describing the testt setup 

LAB SETTUP 
Equipmeent: 
 Adjustable power suppply
 Transistor 2N2222
2
 Multimeterr
 Breadboardd

RESOUR
RCES 
Examplee: 
 Mu ultisim 
o Labb Instructors; 
o Preevious Lab se
essions; 
o Etcc. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

ELEC 3200: Electronics Lab


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Experiment 7 – Transistor As a Switch 

ACTIVITIES 

Activity 1: Using the transistor as a switch. 
A transistor operates in three possible zones (active, saturation and cutoff). 
In this part, we need to design a circuit to control a 12V DC motor by a 5V DC voltage supply. 
In this case, the transistor should act as a switch. 
a) Draw the circuit; choose the convenient values of the resistors. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
b) Calculate the values of the currents and voltages and record these values 
 

  Measured value 

IB   

VCE   

IC   

 
c) Construct the circuit on your breadboard. 
d) Measure the values of the current and voltages and record the values in the table below 
 

  Measured value 

IB   

VCE   

IC   
Experiment 7 – Transistor As a Switch 

ASSESSMENT 
This  section  should  include  the  tools  to  assess  students  learning  outcomes  as  described  in  the 
Outcomes section above. Example:  
 The design included in activity 2; 
 Lab report to be submitted on  xx, 2015. 

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