Department of Electrical Engineering

Faculty Member: ______Sir Ramzan____________ Date 20-oct-2020

Semester: _________first________ Section: B

EE-111: Linear Circuit Analysis

Lab1: INTRODUCTION TO BASIC LABORATORY EQUIPMENT

PLO4/CLO4 PLO5/CL PLO8/CLO6 PLO9/CLO

O5 7
Name Reg. No Viva /Quiz / Analysis Modern Ethics and Safety Individual and
Lab of data in Tool Usage Team Work
Performance Lab 5 marks
Report 5 marks 5 marks
5 marks
5 marks

Nukhba Amir 341638

Shameen 347358
Mazhar
Maryam 352203
Shafeeq

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Lab1: INTRODUCTION TO BASIC LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
Introduction
1. The first laboratory execise is to familiarize the students with the use of basic
laboratory equipment including the breadboard, power supply and the Digital
multimeter (DMM). The students will be measuring the currents and voltages of the
circuits mentioned below using the DMM.
Objectives
2. The objectives of this lab are:
2.1. To use MULTIMETER as a voltmeter and Ammeter in order to measure voltage
and current respectively.
2.2. Learn the COLOUR CODES scheme to determine the values of resistances.
2.3. Learn to patch up/make simple circuits.
2.3.1. The student will be required to use the breadboard to plug in various
resistor combinations, calculate the expected voltages and currents and
compare those with the measured values. The differences between the
calculated values and measured values would be analyzed.

Conduct of Lab
3. The students are required to work in groups of three to four; each student must
attempt to understand and use the laboratoy set-up and conduct at least one or two
parts of the requirement experimentation. The lab attendents and Teaching
Assistants will be available to assit the students.
4. In case some aspect of the lab experiment is not understood the students are advised
to seek help from the teacher, the lab attendent or the assigned Teaching Assistant
(TA).

Lab Equipment
5. The following equipment would be used in this experiment, the students are to
familiarize themselves with the equipment before its use:
5.1. Test bench (See Annexure 1)
5.2. The Multimeter
5.3. The Power Supply (See Annexure 2)
5.4 The Breadboard (See Annexure 1)
5.5 Resistors (See Annexure 2)

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 Laboratory Experiment

THE MILLIMETRE CONNECTED AS AN AMMETRE

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THE MULTIMETRE CONNECTED AS THE VOLTMETRE

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MEASURING RESISTANCE WITH DMM

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 Notice that for measuring both voltage
and resistance, the positive (red) pin is
connected in the same socket
Consider your DMM and the pictures given above. What is the range of voltage and
current that the DMM can measure?

Range of
V:____________1000V_____________________________________________________

Range of
I:______20A___________________________________________________________

The circuits for this lab report are designed using a simulation software. The following legend
details the symbols used to represent different electronic equipment.

Legend

Resistance

Power supply

Multimeter

Connecting Wires

PART II
MEASUREMENTS USING DMM

I. Now connect the DMM as volt meter in order to measure the voltage in the circuit as
shown in the configuration below. Here the voltmeter is shown connected across points B

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 and C. To measure voltage across a different set of points you will have to disconnect the
voltmeter and connect it between the desired points. Fill in the required results in Table 1.

FIGURE 1a

FIGURE 3b

SNo Value Calculated Measured Difference

8mV 8.2mV 0.2mV
1 Voltage A-B

0mV 0mV 0mV

2 Voltage C-D

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 -10mV -10mV 0mV
3 Voltage D-A

10mV 10mV 0mV

4 Voltage A-D

1.8mA 1.7mA 0.1mA

5 Current A-D

-1.8mA -1.7mA -0.1Ma

6 Current D-A

TABLE 1

Comment on any variations observed between the measured and the calculated values
of the voltages and currents

: The variatons between two values are because of the random errors that are statistical
errors and systematic errors that are reproducible inaccuracies of instruments.

Figure A Figure B

Consider Figure A and B above. Utilizing what you have learned in this lab and in class
about nodes, explain in which configuration the resistor is short or active. Explain

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: The resistor in figure A is short while the one in figure B is active. The reason is that
the nodes in figure A are electrically connected to each other in such a way that the
voltage difference is zero between the nodes of the single row in breadboard.

In your own words, summarize what you have learned in the lab and explain any
difficulties you encountered.
: We have learned the use of digital multimeter as an ammeter and a voltmeter to
measure current and voltage respectively . We learned to build circuits on breadboard
and learned its details also . we also learned about active and short resistors and the
manufacturing of breadboard like electrical connecions of its nodes.

We did not encounter any difficulty regarding lab or its process.

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______________________________________________________________________________
POWER
SUPPLY

MULTIMETRE

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THE VERTICAL NODES OF A BREADBOARD

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ANNEXURE 2
RESISTORS
CONNECTED IN
SERIES WITH
POWER SUPPLY
ACROSS THEM

RESISTORS IN
PARALLEL WITH
POWER SUPPLY
ACORSS THEM

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THE POWER SUPPLY IS SET TO DELIVER A VOLTAGE OF 4.9Volts

NOTICE THAT THE CURRENT KNOB IS TURNED A LITTLE UP. IF IT WERE SET TO ZERO,
THE POWER SUPPLY WOULD NOT SUPPLY ANY VOLTAGE

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TWO RESISTORS CONNECTED IN SERIES AND PARALLEL

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