EXPERIMENT #3

APPLICATION OF VOLTAGE DIVISION CURRENT

DIVISION AND OHMS LAW
Performed: 9/11/13
Submitted: 9/18/13
ECE 2111
Derick Pope - 901150412
Bilas Chowdhury

Purpose: Analyze internal resistance and compare the expected results to the ones received.
Equipment Used:

Function Generator

Decade Resistance Box

Digital Multimeter

Circuit Board and wires

Procedure:
Section A
1. Have the resistance box implement certain resistances and use the digital multimeter to
determine what the actual resistance is being put out.
2. Do this starting at 500 ohms then go up to 3000 ohms with intervals of 100.
3. Repeat the same process using intervals of 500 but go up to 10K ohms.
4. Make ratios of each box resistance compared to the multimeter resistance.
Section B
1. The function generator will be used for this section so set it at 75% of the full scale
amplitude, 150 Hz frequency, and Sine waveform.
2. Measure the AC volts output with the digital multimeter of the circuit in intervals of 500
starting from 10K ohms going down to 500 ohms.
3. Take the average, standard deviation, and standard error of the numbers.

Section C
1. Set up the circuit below:

2. Similar to the previous section, record the voltage and current with resistance starting
at 1000 ohms then going up to 3000 ohms in intervals of 100.
3. Make a power dissipated versus resistance graph.
Table of Results:
Part 1
Section
A

Box
Settin
g

DMM
Readi
ng

Ratio
DMM/B
OX

AVG

Corr
ecte
d
Mea
sure

Box
Settin
g

DMM
Readi
ng

Ratio
DMM/B
OX

AVG

Corre
cted
Meas
ured
Resis

AV
GAV
G

500

501

1.0020

600

601

1.0017

700

700

1.0000

800

800

1.0000

900

898

0.9978

1000

987

0.9870

1100

1085

0.9864

1200

1190

0.9917

1300

1288

0.9908

1400

1390

0.9929

1500

1488

0.9920

1600

1588

0.9925

1700

1687

0.9924

1800

1786

0.9922

0.98
97

d
Resi
stan
ce
494.
827
9
593.
793
4
692.
759
0
791.
724
6
890.
690
2
989.
655
7
108
8.62
13
118
7.58
69
128
6.55
25
138
5.51
80
148
4.48
36
158
3.44
92
168
2.41
48
178
1.38
03

tance

500

501

1.0020

1000

987

0.9870

1500

1488

0.9920

2000

1964

0.9820

2500

2460

0.9840

3000

2950

0.9833

3500

3450

0.9857

4000

3940

0.9850

4500

4440

0.9867

5000

4930

0.9860

5500

5430

0.9873

6000

5910

0.9850

6500

6410

0.9862

7000

6900

0.9857

0.98
80

494.0
0167
62
988.0
0335
24
1482.
0050
29
1976.
0067
05
2470.
0083
81
2964.
0100
57
3458.
0117
33
3952.
0134
09
4446.
0150
86
4940.
0167
62
5434.
0184
38
5928.
0201
14
6422.
0217
9
6916.
0234
67

0.9
888

1900

1885

0.9921

2000

1964

0.9820

2100

2060

0.9810

2200

2160

0.9818

2300

2260

0.9826

2400

2360

0.9833

2500

2460

0.9840

2600

2560

0.9846

2700

2660

0.9852

2800

2760

0.9857

2900

2860

0.9862

3000

2950

0.9833

188
0.34
59
197
9.31
15
207
8.27
71
217
7.24
26
227
6.20
82
237
5.17
38
247
4.13
93
257
3.10
49
267
2.07
05
277
1.03
61
287
0.00
16
296
8.96
72

7500

7400

0.9867

8000

7920

0.9900

8500

8400

0.9882

9000

8900

0.9889

9500

9390

0.9884

10000

10000

1.0000

7410.
0251
43
7904.
0268
19
8398.
0284
95
8892.
0301
71
9386.
0318
47
9880.
0335
24

Part 1 Section B

VS
V
N

Step
1
Step
3

VRMS
5.400
0
5.400
0

Decade
Resistanc
e

Corrected
Measured
Resistance

Internal
Resistanc
e

None

None
9888295.458
9

0.0000

1.0E+07

Standard
Deviation

Average
Internal
Resistanc
e

Standard
Error

15.91314
4

47.1282

3.55828713
7

5.37
5.4
5.37
5.37
5.36
5.36
5.36
5.36
5.35
5.35
5.34
5.34
5.33
5.32
5.31
5.29
5.26
5.22
5.13
4.9

1.0E+04
9.5E+03
9.0E+03
8.5E+03
8.0E+03
7.5E+03
7.0E+03
6.5E+03
6.0E+03
5.5E+03
5.0E+03
4.5E+03
4.0E+03
3.5E+03
3.0E+03
2.5E+03
2.0E+03
1.5E+03
1.0E+03
5.0E+02

9888.2955
9393.8807
8899.4659
8405.0511
7910.6364
7416.2216
6921.8068
6427.3920
5932.9773
5438.5625
4944.1477
4449.7330
3955.3182
3460.9034
2966.4886
2472.0739
1977.6591
1483.2443
988.8295
494.4148

55.2419
0.0000
49.7177
46.9556
59.0346
55.3449
51.6553
47.9656
55.4484
50.8277
55.5522
49.9970
51.9460
52.0437
50.2795
51.4042
52.6373
51.1464
52.0437
50.4505

Part 1 Section C
Resistance
Ohms

Corrected
Resistance
Ohms

Volts
(V)

6.0000
Current
(mA)

1000
1100
1200
1300
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
2100
2200
2300

989
1088
1187
1285
1384
1483
1582
1681
1780
1879
1978
2077
2175
2274

1.81
1.94
2.06
2.16
2.28
2.37
2.47
2.55
2.63
2.71
2.77
2.84
2.92
2.99

1.85
1.8
1.74
1.7
1.65
1.6
1.56
1.52
1.49
1.45
1.42
1.39
1.36
1.33

Measured
Power
(W)

max

0.0033
0.0035
0.0036
0.0036
0.0038
0.0038
0.0039
0.0039
0.0039
0.0039
0.0039
0.0039
0.0039
0.0039

0.0039

2400
2500
2600
2700
2800
2900
3000

2373
2472
2571
2670
2769
2868
2966

3.05
3.11
3.16
3.22
3.27
3.32
3.37

1.3
1.27
1.24
1.22
1.2
1.17
1.15

0.0039
0.0039
0.0039
0.0039
0.0039
0.0038
0.0038

Graphs:

0.0040
0.0039
Power (Watts)

0.0038
0.0037
0.0036

y = 3E-22x6 - 3E-18x5 + 2E-14x4 - 4E-11x3 +

5E-08x2 - 3E-05x + 0.01
R = 0.9929

0.0035

Series1
Poly. (Series1)

0.0034
0.0033
0.0032
1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

Resistance(ohms)

Calculations:
Part 1 Section A
Multimeter/Ratio: Box = 501/500 = 1.0020
Average: Sum/20 = 0.9897
Correction factor: Average*Box Setting = 0.9897*500 = 494.8279
Part 1 Section B
(Excel calculated these numbers but here are the formulas excel used)
Ravg = (1/n) Ri

Rstdev = sqrt((1/n) (Ri Ravg)2)

Rstderr = Rstdev/sqrt(n)
Part 1 Section C
P = V2/R = 1.812/1000 = 0.0033 Watts
Discussion:
The decade resistance box and function generator both have internal resistances that
alter the actual resistance being used compared to what is expected. The correction factor value was
rather consistent throughout all the resistances as well as the power dissipated. At 0.0039 watts, the
maximum power is dissipated.
Conclusion: The experiments were successful. There were no problems setting up the circuits. Excel
helped quite a bit with the calculations and recording values.