RIZAL TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

BONI AVENUE, MANDALUYONG CITY

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
SECOND SEMESTER, SCHOOL YEAR 2020-2021

ELECTRONIC VOLT OHM MILLIAMMETER

EXPERIMENT NUMBER TWO

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Experiment Number Two
Electronic VOM Familiarization

OBJECTIVES:

1. Learn to identify the operating controls of typical analog and digital

multimeters.
2. To be able to write the purpose of each meter control.
3. To be able to identify the meter lead polarity and connections.
4. To learn to set the meter ZERO and OHMS adjusts.

MATERIAL:

1. EVM (VOM or DMM)

DISCUSSION:

Electronic Voltmeter
Voltage is electrical pressure. It is measured with a voltmeter although
other instruments such as the oscilloscope may be used.

Two types of voltmeters are used today: the analog in the digital. The
analog voltmeter uses a moving pointer which indicates the measured voltage on
a calibrated scale. The voltage measured by the digital meter appears as a
number on a numerical (digital) display. Anyone who reads numbers can read
the digital meter, but it takes a little practice to read the analog meter.

Reading errors associated with analog meters are eliminated by the digital
meter. Moreover, the digital meters are more accurate. In recent years, the cost
of digital meters has decreased, and now they are often less expensive than the
analog ones. Reduced cost and better accuracy have led them to be widely
used.

The Volt meters are also classified as electronic voltmeters (EVMs) or

Volt-Ohm-Milliammeters (VOMs).

The term EVM is a broad category including the following:

 Vacuum Tube Voltmeter (VTVM). Vacuum tubes were used before the
discovery of the transistors. they require large amount of power to
operate. because of this, VPVM are almost always plugged into the
household power outlet.

 Transistorized Voltmeter (TVM). Because transistors operate from low

power sources such as batteries, they are usually portable.
  Field-Effect Transistors Volt-Ohm-Milliammeter (FET-VOM). The FET is
another type of transistors, so the FET-VOM is also usually battery-
powered.

 Digital Multimeter (DMM) often referred to as a Digital Volt Ohm

Milliammeter. Digital VOMs use integrated circuits (ICs), which are entire
circuits inside small packages no larger than many transistors. This
meters also most likely to be battery powered.

Clearly these meters get their names from the types of electronic circuits
inside them. You may not understand the meaning of some of the terms now,
but you will learn them as you progress through this experiment.

The VOM is an Electromechanical device consisting of switches, resistor,

and diode or two. It has mechanical device, analog meter movement.

EVMs and VOMs are multimeters. the multimeter gets its name from the
fact that it is multi-purpose device measuring voltage resistance and current.

PROCEDURES:

1. Examine your meter. Draw the panel showing the controls and there are
associated functions and ranges

2. Read the manufacturer’s instruction manual they learn how to operate the
meter.

3. Check the zero setting on the meter on its range of + and – DC volts and AC
volts.

Note: A well-designed property adjusted meter should maintain its zero setting
when every voltage function and range.

4. Set the function switch to OHMS and range switch to RX1. be sure that the
lead tips do not touch each other or any metal objects. Vary the OHMS
adjustment the observe its effects on the pointer. Set this control so that the
pointer rests on the maximum calibration on the resistance scale. In this position,
the resistance circuit is open in the meter registers infinite resistance. Check the
setting of the pointer one every position of the range switch.

5. Short circuit the leads (that is, touch the metal tips of the probes together). The
pointer should be swing to zero. If it does not come to rest to zero, with the leads
short-circuited, set the pointer to ZERO adjustment. Now open the leads and
check the position of the pointer. If it is no longer on the maximum resistance
marker (infinite), set it there with the OHMS adjustment.
 6. Repeat steps 5 and 6 until the meter reads zero with the leads short-circuited
and leads infinity with them open.

DMM (Digital Multimeter)

7. Repeat steps 1, 2, 3 and 4 for the DMM. If your DMM does not have zero
adjustment it has auto-zeroing and you can observe that it automatically zeros as
you complete the following steps.

8. Set the function switch to OHMS and the range switch to the lowest range.
Short-circuit the leads. Vary the zero adjustment and observe the effect on the
display. Adjust the meter to zero according to the manufacturer’s instruction
manual.

9. Open the meter leads. What is it supposed to do? How does this relate to
trying to measure a greater resistance than the range switches set to measure?

QUESTIONS:

1. List the controls on the panel of your meter and state the purpose of
each.
The Dial or the Infinity knob- this is the zero collector whenever you
calibrate, the beginning as 0 voltages both the AC and DC measurement. Use
your flat screwdriver to set this knob to calibrate the 0 voltages of your tester.
Zero Adjustment or the Zero Ohms collector knob- this use to calibrate
the tester whenever you wanted to measure the resistance. To assure that the
tester calibrated to zero Ohms, just follow this procedure. Take the two-metal tip
of the test probe of the VOM connected
The pointer or needle- use to point or read the measurement using the
meter scale base of the range and settings you prepared during the test of a
device or line of a voltage.
Meter scales- this is the basis of the measurement where the graduation,
bar drawn in the body, commonly the resistance or ohms scale have a
measurement from 0-2k ohms depend on the range and settings. And the
voltage both AC and DC from 0-250,50, 10 and it depends on the range and
settings you sited.
Range selector knob- this part of the tester located center down of the
body of the VOM is used to select the range and settings of the VOM the (AC
and DC, Resistance, and the Amperage).
Range and settings- position in the whole corner of the range selector
knows. Written here the voltages AC and DC, Resistance or ohms, and the
amperage ranges.
 Test probes- there are two test probes of the VOM, the black is the
negative (-) and the red is the positive (+). If ever you wanted to measure a
voltage, example DC just knows the polarity or the positive and negative.

2. Draw a linear scale with the number calibrations from zero to 10 divide
each of the major divisions into 10 minor divisions show where 8.7 would
be on your scale.

3. Explain in detail the procedures you used to zero the voltage function of
your meter.

4. Explain in detail the procedure you use to zero the ohms function of your
meter.

5. What are the types of VOM?

OBSERVATIONS:

CONCLUSION: