RLC Circuits

Objective
Study a series RLC bandpass filter circuit.

Equipment List
• Computer running Windows (NI ELVIS installed)
• National Instruments DAQ board (inside computer).
• 1kΩ resistor
0.22_F capacitor
12.4_H inductor
• Wires for connecting the previous equipment together.

Introcuction
In this lab you will investigate a series RLC circuit. RLC series
circuit is shown in figure 1.

Figure 1. RLC Circuit

You will use Bode Analyzer in this lab. Bode Analyzer analysis
the relationship of Gain (Vo/Vin) to frequency of the system. Vo
here is the Voltage on the risistor R, Vin is the input signal given
to the circuit. You may have not used it before. We will learn to
use it today.

Procedure
1.Construct the circuit as shown in figure 2 on the NI ELVIS
Prototyping board.. L is 12.4_H inductor, C is a 0.22_F
capacitor, and R is a 1kΩ resistor. Connect point 1 to FUNC
OUT, connect point 4 to AIGND. Also connect point 1 to
ACH1+, and connect point 3 to ACH0+.

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Figure 2. Component Layout for RLC Circuit

2.Turn on the NI ELVIS Benchtop Workstation, select

Start»Programs»National Instruments»NI ELVIS 1.0»NI ELVIS,
or select NI ELVIS on the desktop. Turn on the Prototyping
Board Power.
3.Open Bode Analyzer, set Start Frequency to 10.00 Hz, Set
Steps to 5 and Stop Frequency to 35000.00 Hz. Also set Y
Scale to Linear mode as shown in figure3.

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 Figure 3. Bode Analyzer
4.Click the Run button on the Bode Analyzer; observe the Gain
change with different frequency.
5.Close the Bode Analyzer. Open Function Generator and
Oscilloscope. Set the parameters as shown in figure 4 and figure
5.

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Figure 4. Function Generator

Figure 5. Oscilloscope

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6.Click On at Function Generator; observe the waves on
Oscilloscope.
7.Change the frequency from Function Generator, and observe
the amplitude change of CHANNEL B on Oscilloscope. You
may see this RLC circuit is a band pass filter, the Gain change
with different frequency. Your observation from Oscilloscope is
same as what you have seen from Bode Analyzer.