Republic of the Philippines

E A S T E R N V I S AYA S STATE UNIVERSITY

Tacloban City

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Laboratory Experiment Sheet on the

Fundamentals of Electricity and Electronics
(ECE112)
Part 1
 Components
Actual/Available Resistance Value (Using
Recommended
(On-hand) Multimeter)
470Ω Resistor
1kΩ Resistor
3.3kΩ Resistor
10kΩ Resistor
33kΩ Resistor
100kΩ Resistor
1MΩ Resistor
50kΩ Variable Resistor
0.005μF Disc Capacitor
0.047μF Disc Capacitor
10μF Electrolytic Capacitor
100μF Electrolytic Capacitor
Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)

Activity 1. The Light Bulb

After fixing your setup according to the given diagram:
While the switch is off:
1. Measure the voltage across the Battery (VT)
2. Measure the voltage across the LED (VLED)
3. Measure the voltage across the Resistor (R1)
4. Measure the current along the circuit (IT)
While the switch is on, do steps 1-4 above….
Replace the 10k resistor with any other resistor of your choosing, 1 higher, 1 lower, then do step 1-4
again.
Actual Data:

@ Off state @ On state @ On state @ On state

(10k resistor) (10k resistor) (____ resistor) (____ resistor)
VT
VLED
R1
IT
Verify the data above by computation:
(You may insert your solutions here)
Computed Value:

@ Off state @ On state @ On state @ On state

(10k resistor) (10k resistor) (____ resistor) (____ resistor)
VT
VLED
R1
IT

Questions: (You may insert your answers in between questions)

1. How do your turn on the LED?
2. Why does the LED light up when you connect it based on the circuit diagram?
3. What happened when you replaced the 10k resistor?
4. How does the value of the resistor affect the brightness of the LED?
5. Is there any difference between the actual and computed values?
Documentation (Insert pictures while performing experiment)
Activity 2. The Brightness Control
Isolate the potentiometer:
1. Measure the resistance of the potentiometer by connecting the black probe of your multimeter to
the middle terminal of the potentiometer, turn the potentiometer to the left, and connect the red
probe to the left terminal, then right terminal. Gradually turn the dial and record each of the
resistance reading.

Dial Position Left – Middle Reading Right – Middle Reading

Maximum Left

Maximum Right

Proceed to fixing your setup according to the given diagram:

While switched on, using your multimeter tabulate the Voltage across the LED, and the Resistance value
of the potentiometer, turn the dial at random positions. Repeat until you complete the table below.
Compute the supposed resistance value of the potentiometer for each dial position you chose.
(You may insert your solutions here)
Data:

Dial Potentiometer Computed

VLED
Position Resistance Resistance
 1
2
3
4
5

Questions: (You may insert your answers after questions)

1. What happens to the brightness of the LED when you turn the dial of the variable resistor to the
left? To the right?
(For Activity 3-6, tabulate the data just like the previous activities and compare the actual vs computed
values. The final format should be like the previous activities).
Activity 3.
1. Describe the brightness of the LED.
2. What happened when you replaced the 100k resistor with a 10k resistor?
3. Remove one of the resistors in the circuit. What happened to the LED?
Activity 4. Parallel Pipes
1. Describe the brightness of the LED.
2. What happened when you replaced the 100k resistor with a 10k resistor?
3. Remove one of the resistors in the circuit. What happened to the LED?
Activity 5. Comparison of Parallel Current
1. Compare the brightness of the left and right LED.

Activity 6. Combined Circuit

Data:

Dial Position 1 2 3 4 5
 VLED1 (Actual)          

VLED1 (Computed)          

VLED2 (Actual)          

VLED2 (Computed)          
Potentiometer
         
Resistance (Actual)
Potentiometer
         
Resistance (Computed)
Actual Voltage at 3.3k
         
Resistor
Computed Voltage at
         
3.3k Resistor
Actual Voltage at 10k
         
Resistor
Computed Voltage at
         
10k Resistor

1. How does the resistor work in series? In parallel?

Activity 7. Water Detector
(For Activity 7, measure the Voltage of the LED and compute the resistance of water as you add salt,
tabulate data)
1. Describe the brightness of the LED when the water is halfway through the cup.
2. Describe the brightness of the LED as you add more water.
3. What happened to the LED when you added table salt to the water.
4. Why does the water affect the brightness of the LED?