NAME: SUBIA, JESTER V. CPE-03-302P PROF.

CORLETO BRAVO
MATERIALS AND
ACTIVITY 4: OHM’S LAW INSTURMENTS
BASE ON OHM’S LAW EXPERIMENT VERSION 1 & 2 USED
OBJECTIVES ✓ Digital Multimeter

• Become familiar with the settings and use of multimeter. ➢ Voltmeter

• Know how to use multimeter to measure current and voltage. ➢ Ammeter

• Construct a circuit. ✓ Resistor

• Test and prove the validity/relationship of Ohm’s law. ✓ Power Supply (DC)

• Know how to analyze a schematic diagram.

WHAT IS OHM’S LAW? • A DC power supply is

used to provide varying
One of the fundamental laws describing how electrical circuits
voltage to a circuit.
behave is Ohm’s law. According to Ohm’s law, there is a linear
relationship between the voltage drop across a circuit element and the
current flowing through it. Therefore, the resistance R is viewed as a • Multimeter. As its name
constant independent of the voltage and the current. In equation form,
suggests, a multimeter
Ohm’s law is:
has multiple functions. It
V = IR can be used for several

PROCEDURES different purposes, two

of which are a voltage
In this experiment we need a power supply, multimeter and a resistor. measuring device (a
Steps to setup the experiment and measure the current and voltage: voltmeter) and a current
measuring device (an
1.) Take a dc power supply and connect it to a single resistor. You can
see the schematic diagram of the setup below. ammeter).
2.) Connect 2 wires to the power supply, it is conventional to use black wire as negative and red wire as
positive wire, and then connect either side of the power supply to the resistor

3.) Next step setup the multimeter to ammeter. Connect the red prove to the amps(A) plug and the black
wire to the common (COM) plug. And most importantly turn on the multimeter and point the dial or
the rotary switch to A for reading DC current.

4.) We will now start to measure the current using ammeter. Note that it is important to connect the
ammeter in series so that the current flows through them. To do that, put the proves to the wire like
the diagram on the side. The red wire will go to the meter in amps(A) plug, and the black wire is
connected in the common (COM) plug back to the resistor. The ammeter is now properly connected
in series with the resistor.

5.) In this step we will reset the setup for us to measure the voltage of the circuit using voltmeter.

6.) Setup the multimeter to voltmeter. Connect the red prove to the volts(V) plug and the black wire to
the common (COM) plug. And most importantly turn on the multimeter and point the dial or the rotary
switch to V for reading DC Voltage. In the video he set the dial to 20volts it means that the meter is
ready to measure voltages between 0 to 20 volts, and also note that if you see a negative sign in the
display when measuring a voltage, it means that you have switched up the proves of the meter.

7.) We will now start to measure the voltage using voltmeter. Unlike ammeter that is needed to be
connected in series, voltmeter is connected in parallel to resistive elements in the circuit so that they
measure the potential deference across (on each side of) the element. The ideal voltmeter has infinite
internal resistance. Below is the schematic diagram showing how to measure voltage using voltmeter
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CONCLUSION

Because of the experiments base on the two videos we determined that if Voltage is increased across
a resistance, more current will flow through the resistance, and likewise, if Voltage is decreased across
a resistance, less current will flow through the resistance. Ohm’s Law states that the current (in Amperes)
is equal to the Voltage (in Volts) divided by the resistance (in Ohms).

This relationship can be shown in the following three equations:

1. Current = Voltage / Resistance

2. Resistance = Voltage / Current
3. Voltage = Current * Resistance

Also, the use of multimeter is significantly important in this experiment for us to accomplish the conclusion
and to know the relationship of voltage, resistance and current according to ohm’s law. In the experiment
video version one it focuses on how to measure the current and voltage in a circuit using a multimeter
and it show the actual work on how to do that. On the other hand, the experiment video version two it
uses a circuit simulator to calculate and prove the relationship of voltage, current, resistance of a circuit,
and it also prove the validity of ohm’s law.