Instrumentation and Measurement Lab

Experiment (1): Error Measurement, Resistance and Ohms Law

Objectives of this Experiment:

 To be familiar with resistance color codes.
 To verify the Ohms Law.
 To use the Linear Regression to demonstrate the linear relationship between voltage and current.

Background:
ExpermentalValue−Exact Value
Percentage Error = X 100 %
Exact Value
Resistors Colors Code:

Colors Digits Multiplier Tolerance Temperature Coefficient

Silver   0.01 ± 10%  
Gold   0.1 ± 5%  
Black 0 1    
Brown 1 10 ± 1% 100 ppm
Red 2 100 ± 2% 50 ppm
Orange 3 1K   15 ppm
Yellow 4 10K   25 ppm
Green 5 100K ± 0.5%  
Blue 6 1M ± 0.25%  10 ppm
Violet 7 10M ± 0.1% 5 ppm 
Gray 8 100M   ± 0.05%  
White 9  1B    1 ppm

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Linear Regression (Voltage vs. current):

Тhе voltage across а resistor can bе represented bу the formula V=IR, which is graphically represented bу straight line.

Lab Experiment and Report:

PART 1:
Take some resistors and find their values using both color codes and the Multimeter and fill the values in table (1) for the
following:

 By Color Code:
o Band.
o Value in Ohms.
o Tolerance.
o Maximum and minimum values.
 By Multimeter:
o Value in Ohms.

PART 2:
 Connect the circuit as shown in the following figure.
 Vary the input DC voltage in steps in order to make the
current passing through the circuit ranging from 1V to
10V.
 Record the current and the voltage across the resistor in
each step in table (2).
 From your data, draw the relationship between the current
and the voltage. Is it а straight line?
 From your drawing find the slope to find the Resistance
and recorded in the table (3).
 Measure the Resistor value and recorded in the table (3).
 Read the color code of the Resistor and recorded its value
in the table (3)

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 Instrumentation and Measurement Lab

Experiment (1): Error Measurement, Resistance and Ohms Law

ANSWER SHEET

ID(s)
Name(s)
PART 1:
Table (1):

Resistor Is the Resistor

Max. Min. Resistor Value
Resistors Band Value from Tolerance within
Value Value by Multimeter
Color Code Tolerance?
R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

PART 2:
Table (2): Table (3):

Reading Voltage Current R (Slope)

1 R (Multimeter)
2 R (Color Code)
3 Percentage Error of R (Slope)
*Color Code is the Exact Value
4 Percentage Error of R (Multimeter)
*Color Code is the Exact Value
5
6
7
8
9

10

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