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EXPERIMENT NO. 1
OBJECTIVE:
● To understand the characteristics of rotary potentiometers as angular displacement transducer.

APPARATUS:
1. Edibon apparatus
2. Jumper wires
3. Digital Multimeter
4. Potentiometer as position transducer apparatus
5. Power supply

ROTARY POTENTIOMETER:

Describe rotary potentiometers (Carbon track and Wire wound) and how they are used as angular
displacement transducers?

Draw schematic diagram of angular displacement transducers.

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PROCEDURE:
⮚ Clean the trainer and make the connection.
⮚ Turn on the supply.
⮚ Move the resistance slowly to change the voltage.
⮚ Note down corresponding changes in voltages against various displacements.

ROTARY POTENTIOMETER (Carbon Track)

READINGS:
Sr. Angle (deg) Resistance (kilo Ohm) Output Voltage (V)
No
1 0 1.06 5.40
2 72 14.5 4.64
3 144 36.87 2.88
4 216 62.6 1.005
5 288 75.3 0.002
GRAPH: Angular rotation versus voltage.

CALCULATIONS: Find equation of line for carbon track potentiometer voltage

and rotation.
Linear model Poly1:
f(x) = p1*x + p2
Coefficients (with 95% confidence bounds):
p1 = -0.02004 (-0.02499, -0.01509)
p2 = 5.672 (4.798, 6.545)
Equation of Line:
f(x) = -0.02004x + 5.672
Goodness of fit:
SSE: 0.3505
R-square: 0.9835
Adjusted R-square: 0.978
RMSE: 0.3418
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ROTARY POTENTIOMETER (Wire wound)

READINGS:
Sr. Angle (deg) Resistance (kilo Ohm) Output Voltage (V)
No
1 0 1.16 5.39
2 72 1.24 4.223
3 144 1.49 2.729
4 218 1.79 1.280
5 288 2 0

GRAPH: Angular rotation versus voltage.

CALCULATIONS: Find equation for wire-wound potentiometer voltage and

rotation.
Linear model Poly1:
f(x) = p1*x + p2
Coefficients (with 95% confidence bounds):
p1 = -0.01901 (-0.02024, -0.01778)
p2 = 5.469 (5.252, 5.687)
Equation of Line:
f(x) = -0.01901x + 5.469
Goodness of fit:
SSE: 0.02335
R-square: 0.9988
Adjusted R-square: 0.9983
RMSE: 0.0882

Application areas of rotary potentiometer as displacement transducer.

1. Robotics: Measure joint angles and positions.

2. Aerospace: Control and monitor aircraft systems.

3. Industrial Automation: Position sensing in machines and processes.