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Laboratory Exercise 4 Ohms Law

This document describes a laboratory exercise to experimentally verify Ohm's law. Students will use resistors with values of 1kΩ, 6.8kΩ, and 33kΩ in a circuit with a variable power supply. They will measure the current and voltage, calculate the expected current using Ohm's law, and record the results in tables. By plotting current versus voltage on a graph for each resistor, students can see if the relationships defined by Ohm's law hold true.

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Laboratory Exercise 4 Ohms Law

This document describes a laboratory exercise to experimentally verify Ohm's law. Students will use resistors with values of 1kΩ, 6.8kΩ, and 33kΩ in a circuit with a variable power supply. They will measure the current and voltage, calculate the expected current using Ohm's law, and record the results in tables. By plotting current versus voltage on a graph for each resistor, students can see if the relationships defined by Ohm's law hold true.

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Fundamentals of Electrical Circuits – Laboratory Engr. Arnold S.

Llagas
Name: __________________________________ Section: ____________________

Laboratory Exercise #4: Ohm’s Law

Objective
This exercise examines Ohm’s law, one of the fundamental laws governing electrical circuits. It states that
voltage is equal to the product of current times resistance.

Theory Overview
Ohm’s law is commonly written as V = I * R. That is, for a given current, an increase in resistance will result
in a greater voltage. Alternately, for a given voltage, an increase in resistance will produce a decrease in
current. As this is a first order linear equation, plotting current versus voltage for a fixed resistance will yield
a straight line. The slope of this line is the conductance, and conductance is the reciprocal of resistance.
Therefore, for a high resistance, the plot line will appear closer to the horizontal while a lower resistance will
produce a more vertical plot line.
Fundamentals of Electrical Circuits – Laboratory Engr. Arnold S. Llagas
Name: __________________________________ Section: ____________________

Equipment

(1) Adjustable DC power supply


(1) Digital multimeter
(1) 1 kΩ resistor
(1) 6.8 kΩ resistor
(1) 33 kΩ resistor

Schematic

Figure 4.1

Procedure
1. Build the circuit of Figure 4.1 using the 1 kΩ resistor. Set the DMM to measure DC current and insert
it in-line between the source and resistor. Set the source for zero volts. Measure and record the
current in Table 4.1. Note that the theoretical current is 0 and any measured value other than 0 would
produce an undefined percent deviation.

2. Setting E at 2 volts, determine the theoretical current based on Ohm’s law and record this in Table
1.1. Measure the actual current, determine the deviation, and record these in Table 4.1. Note that
Deviation = 100 * (measured − theory) / theory.

3. Repeat step 2 for the remaining source voltages in Table 4.1.

4. Remove the 1 kΩ and replace it with the 6.8 kΩ. Repeat steps 1 through 3 using Table 4.2.

5. Remove the 6.8 kΩ and replace it with the 33 kΩ. Repeat steps 1 through 3 using Table 4.3.

6. Using the measured currents from Tables 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3, create a plot of current versus voltage. Plot all
three curves on the same graph. Voltage is the horizontal axis and current is the vertical axis.
Fundamentals of Electrical Circuits – Laboratory Engr. Arnold S. Llagas
Name: __________________________________ Section: ____________________

Data Tables

E (volts) I theory I measured Deviation


0 0
2
4
6
8
10
12

Table 4.1 (1 kΩ)


Fundamentals of Electrical Circuits – Laboratory Engr. Arnold S. Llagas
Name: __________________________________ Section: ____________________

E (volts) I theory I measured Deviation


0 0
2
4
6
8
10
12

Table 4.2 (6.8 kΩ)

E (volts) I theory I measured Deviation


0 0
2
4
6
8
10
12

Table 4.3 (33 kΩ)

Questions
Fundamentals of Electrical Circuits – Laboratory Engr. Arnold S. Llagas
Name: __________________________________ Section: ____________________

1. Does Ohm’s law appear to hold in this exercise?

2. Is there a linear relationship between current and voltage?

3. What is the relationship between the slope of the plot line and the circuit resistance?

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