INSTR F311: Experiment #2

ELECTRONIC MULTIMETER
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Experiment #2

AIM
To Design and test an Electronic Voltmeter & Ohm Meter for the following specification
1. Voltmeter for 10 mV, 100 mV & 1V.
2. Ohm Meter for Rx1, Rx1K & Rx100K.

INTRODUCTION:
A circuit diagram of the meter used for Measurement of Small Voltage is shown in figure 1. The input
voltage is amplified and applied to a meter. If the amplifier has a gain of 11, the sensitivity of the measurement is increased by a like amount. A dc-coupled amplifier, i.e. an amplifier with no coupling capacitors
and having a well-controlled DC gain is used to provide the necessary amplification. An amplifier capable
of fixed DC gain of 10 is not difficult to construct and to keep stable. A simple op-amp plus the required
feedback components will do a suitable job for this application.
The advantages of this meter are:
It decreases the amount of power drawn from the circuit under test by increasing the input impedance
using an amplifier with unity gain.
The input impedance of this meter is 10M, which requires a power of 0.025 W for 0.5V deflection
as compared to 25 W for an unamplified meter, thereby giving an increased sensitivity of 100 times.

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Experiment #2

EXPERIMENT
RUN 1: ELECTRONIC VOLTMETER
Set up the circuit as shown in figure 1. Keeping SW1 at V (1V), measure & record the output Voltage
for DC inputs at V
1. 10 mV
2. 100mV
3. 1V
10K

1K

Rcal - 1K

SW1

1 V/A
100 mV/A

10 mV/A

900K

90K

10K

Figure 1: Electronic Voltmeter

DC output at V
10 mV
100mV
1V

Output current in meter M

Table 1: Observations

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RUN 2: OHMS METER

Set up the circuit as shown in figure 2. For each of the 3 ranges (x1, x1K, x100K) connect an unknown
resistance Rx as shown in figure. Rcal may be chosen for full scale meter deflection when Rx approaches
infinity. Rcal = 1K.
1. 10 mV
2. 100mV
3. 1V

Rcal - 1K

Vx

+1.5 V

M
+

1K
Rx
10K

Figure 2: Ohms Voltmeter

Range
X1

X 1K

X 10K

Rx
1
10
500
1K
10K
500K
10K
100K
500K

Meter reading

Table 2: Observations

Results & Discussion

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