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BENJAMIN MOTHUSI SEFORO

202003798

EEB 231 LAB 1 REPORT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
BACKGROUND OF OHM’S LAW

THEORY OF THE EXPERIMENT

PROCEDURE

RESULTS AND ANALYSIS

DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION
BACKGROUND OF OHM’S LAW
Ohm’s law is the relationship between current, voltage and resistance in circuit. Ohm’s law
states that the current passing through a conductor or a resistor in a closed circuit is directly
proportional to voltage. This is given by the formula below;

V
R=
I

When resistor is stable it obeys Ohm’s law and its resistance is calculated using the equation
above. The unit for calculating resistance is ohms (Ω).

OBJECTIVES OF THE EXPERIMENT

The objective of this experiment is to verify Ohm’s law experimentally in a circuit.
PROCEDURE
The circuit was generated online where two resistors where connected in series to a voltage
source. The first resistor, R1 was 1kΩ and the second resistor, R2 was 2kΩ. The two resistors
were connected to 5V, 10V, 15V, 20V, 25V and 30V two terminal power source. Then the
corresponding current and the voltage across each resistor were measured in each circuit. The
circuits were connected as shown below:
RESULTS AND ANALYSIS

SUPPLY MEASURED RESISTANC MEASURED RESISTANCE MEASURED EQUIVALENT

VOLTAGE E
CURRENT VOLTAGE R2 (Ω) VOLTAGE RESISTANCE
(V)
R1 (Ω)
(mA) ACROSS R1 ACROSS R2 (Ω)

5 1.67 1 1.67 2 3.33 3

10 3.33 1 3.33 2 6.67 3

15 5.00 1 5.00 2 10.00 3

20 6.67 1 6.67 2 13.33 3

25 8.33 1 8.33 2 16.67 3

30 10.00 1 10.00 2 20.00 3

Table 1; supply voltage, resistance, measured current and measured voltage of R1 and R2.

GRAPH OF VOLTAGE (V) AGAINST MEASURED CURRENT (mA)