TECH 21021

Survey of Electricity and Electronics

Lab #5
Oscilloscope and AC measurements
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Objectives:

a. Learn about the relationship between period and frequency.

b. Learn about the relationship between peak voltage, peak-to-peak voltage and effective
voltage.
c. Gain experience using an oscilloscope.
d. Compare voltage measurements of sine waves, square waves, and triangular waves.

Procedure:

Part 1: Using the function generator on the analog/digital trainer, oscilloscope, and the DMM.

a. Calculate each period by using the particular frequencies from the table below.
b. Setup the function generator to generate the sine wave with 250 Hz frequency by
using the DMM to measure the frequency.
c. Measure the period by using the oscilloscope.
d. Calculate the frequency from the period that gets from part c.
e. Measure the peak-to-peak voltage by using the oscilloscope.
f. Calculate the peak voltage from the peak-to-peak voltage that was obtained from part
e.
g. Calculate the effective voltage from the peak voltage that was obtained from part f.
h. Measure the effective voltage by using the DMM.
i. Repeat the procedure with each waveform and frequency from the corresponding
table below.

Note: Veff = 0.707 x Vp for sine wave, Veff = 0.577 x Vp for triangular wave, and Veff = Vp for square wave.

Calc Calc DMM Oscillo Oscillo Oscillo Oscillo Oscillo DMM

Waveform
freq Period freq Period freq Vpp Vp Veff Veff
Sine 250 Hz 4ms 250.9 Hz 3.995ms 250.3Hz 5.44V 2.72V 1.92V 1.77V
Square 250 Hz 4ms 251.3 Hz 3.995ms 250.3Hz 11.84V 5.92V 5.92V 5.594V

Sine 500 Hz 2ms 500.1Hz 2.04ms 4.88 2.44 1.76

Square 500 Hz 2ms 500.3Hz 2.04 12.16 6.08 5.95

Sine 1.25 800us 1249.9 847us 4.8 2.4 1.76

kHz
Square 1.25 800us 1249.9 847 12 6 5.95
kHz

Sine 5 kHz 200us 5kHz 250us 4.36 2.18 1.78

Square 5 kHz 200us 5kHz 249us 11.84 5.92 5.87
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Part 2: Use the Heath 1274 Function Generator, the oscilloscope, and the DMM and apply
waveforms across a 1 MΩ resistor as shown in figure 1 below.

Function
generator 1 MΩ OSC

Figure 1. Connection of the function generator, resistor, and oscilloscope.

a. Calculate each period by using the particular frequencies from the table below.
b. Setup the function generator to generate the sine wave with 60 Hz frequency by using
the DMM to measure the frequency.
c. Measure the period by using the oscilloscope.
d. Calculate the frequency from the period that gets from part c.
e. Setup the function generator to generate 2 Vpp as shown in the oscilloscope.
f. Calculate the peak voltage from the peak-to-peak voltage from part e.
g. Calculate the effective voltage from the peak voltage from part f.
h. Measure the effective voltage by using the DMM.
i. Repeat the procedure with each waveform and frequency from the corresponding
table below.

Note: Veff = 0.707 x Vp for sine wave, Veff = 0.577 x Vp for triangular wave, and Veff = Vp for square wave.

Calc Calc DMM Oscillo Oscillo Oscillo Oscillo Oscillo DMM

Waveform
freq Period freq Period freq Vpp Vp Veff Veff
Sine 60 Hz 60.08 16.7ms 2 2.92 2.07 2.07
Square 60 Hz 60.08 2
60.08 2

Sine 1.2 kHz 4

Square 1.2 kHz 4
Triangle 1.2 kHz 4

Sine 5 kHz 6
Square 5 kHz 6
Triangle 5 kHz 6

Sine 10 kHz 8
Square 10 kHz 8
Triangle 10 kHz 8
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