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    This document provides instructions for a lab experiment using a Wheatstone bridge circuit to measure resistances and voltages. Students will construct Wheatstone bridge circuits using resistors, potentiometers, thermistors and light-dependent resistors. They will measure voltages and resistances, then model the circuits in Multisim to compare measured and modeled values. The goal is to determine unknown resistances and understand how the circuits respond to changes in conditions.

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    Physics 231- Electronics I

    Lab # 3
    Wheatstone Bridge

    A Wheatstone bridge circuit is shown below.

    1k! 1k!

    1V
    +
    _
    + v0 -

    1k! 1k!

    1. Model this circuit with Multisim.

    2. Construct the circuit on your protoboard and measure v0. Compare the measured
    v0 to the modeled value.

    3. Measure the resistance of each resistor and use these values in your Multisim
    model. Compare the modeled v0 to the measured value.

    4. Replace one of the resistors with a 1k! potentiometer in series with a 500!
    resistor. Adjust the potentiometer to see how low a voltage v0 you can obtain.

    5. After disconnecting, measure the resistance of the resistor-potentiometer


    combination and use these values in your Multisim model. Compare the modeled v0
    to the measured value.
    6. Construct the variation shown below.

    1k! 1k!
    + + v0 -
    1V _

    1k! T 1k!
    500! thermistor

    7. Adjust the potentiometer until v0 is a minimum.

    8. After disconnecting, measure the resistance of the resistor-potentiometer


    combination and use these values in your Multisim model. Using your Multisim
    model determine the resistance of the thermistor.

    9. Reconstruct the circuit. Hold the thermistor between your fingers until the
    voltage reaches a maximum.

    10. Using your Multisim model estimate the resistance when the voltage is at a
    maximum.

    11. Assuming that the thermistor obeys the following equation


    “ ”
    1
    β − T1
    r = r0 e T 0

    with r0 = 1k!, ! = 3540, and T0 = 298K. Calculate the temperature of the thermistor
    when you were holding it.
    12. Construct the variation shown below using a CdS photoresistor or light-
    dependent resistor (LDR). Measure the voltage v0 under different lighting
    conditions.

    1k! 1k!

    1V
    +
    _
    + v0 -

    1k!

    LDR

    13. Using your Multisim model estimate the range of resistance obtainable from the
    LDR.

    Equivalent Circuits

    14. Model the circuit shown below in Multisim.

    1k! 4k!
    +
    i0 r
    10V _
    + v0 -
    4k! 1k!

    15. Evaluate v0 and i0 for several values of r.


    16. Model the circuit shown below in Multisim.

    1.6 k!
    +
    i0

    +
    6V _ r v0

    -
    17. Evaluate v0 and i0 for the the values of r from part 15.

    18. Model the circuit shown below in Multisim.

    +
    i0
    1.6 k!
    +
    v0
    3.75 mA _
    r

    -
    19. Evaluate v0 and i0 for the the values of r from part 15.

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