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This document provides a tutorial on basic electrical circuits and components. It includes examples of calculating unknown voltages, currents, resistances and power using Ohm's law. It also defines junction voltages and potential differences, explains how to apply the voltage divider rule, and gives examples of calculating unknown values in circuit diagrams. The final questions calculate the period, frequency, and maximum/RMS amplitudes of sinusoidal current and voltage quantities.

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Tutorial1 Basic

This document provides a tutorial on basic electrical circuits and components. It includes examples of calculating unknown voltages, currents, resistances and power using Ohm's law. It also defines junction voltages and potential differences, explains how to apply the voltage divider rule, and gives examples of calculating unknown values in circuit diagrams. The final questions calculate the period, frequency, and maximum/RMS amplitudes of sinusoidal current and voltage quantities.

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Tutorial 1

Basic Electrical Circuits and Components

1) Give the following prefixes for the following powers: 10−15, 10−12 , 10−9 , 10−6 , 10−3 , 103 , 106 , 109 , 1012.

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2) Explain the difference between 1 mΩ and 1 MΩ ?

Ans:

3) Calculate the undefined currents 𝐼𝐼3 and 𝐼𝐼1 in the following arrangements. (Ans -8A, -10A)

𝐼𝐼1 = 5𝐴𝐴 𝐼𝐼2 = 3𝐴𝐴 𝐼𝐼1 = ? 𝐼𝐼2 = 7𝐴𝐴

𝐼𝐼3 = ? 𝐼𝐼3 = 3𝐴𝐴

(a) (b)

Ans:

4) Calculate the undefined 𝑉𝑉3 voltage in the following arrangement: (Ans: 1V)

𝑉𝑉1 = 8𝑉𝑉

𝐸𝐸 = 12𝑉𝑉 𝑉𝑉2 = 5𝑉𝑉

𝑉𝑉3 = ?

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5) Ohms law: Calculate the 3rd parameter in the following Ohm’s law scenario involving a resistor

a) Resistance: 5 𝑘𝑘Ω ; Voltage across: 5V ; Current through = _____ ? (Ans: 1 mA)

b) Voltage across: 9V ; Current through: 1.5 mA ; Resistance = _______ ? (Ans: 6 kΩ)

6) Calculate the Power dissipated by a Resistor for the following scenarios:

a) Resistance: 25 Ω ; Voltage across: 25V; Power Dissipated = _______ ? (Ans: 25 W)

b) Resistance: 400 Ω ; Current through: 5 𝜇𝜇𝜇𝜇; Power Dissipated = _______ ? (Ans: 10 nW)

7) Calculate the effective resistance between terminals A and B in the following arrangements.
(Ans: 1.5086 kΩ, 208 Ω)

𝐴𝐴 𝐴𝐴

1 𝑘𝑘Ω 3.3 𝑘𝑘Ω 150 Ω 300 Ω

1.2 𝑘𝑘Ω 1.5 𝑘𝑘Ω 270 Ω 180 Ω

𝐵𝐵 𝐵𝐵
(a) (b)

Ans:

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8) Clarification between Junction voltages and p.d (Potential Differences). In the given circuit,

𝑉𝑉1 𝑅𝑅1

𝑅𝑅2

𝑉𝑉3

note the following differences in voltages:

• 𝑉𝑉1 and 𝑉𝑉3 are Junction Voltages. They are of some value that is taken with reference to a ground point,
which is not shown – you just have to assume it exists somewhere out there and the voltage of that ground
point is 0 V.
• 𝑉𝑉2 is drawn with an arrow, it is a p.d (potential difference) across the resistor 𝑅𝑅2

Note that the voltage divider rule is based on p.ds and not on Junction Voltages:
𝑝𝑝. 𝑑𝑑. 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉
=
𝑝𝑝. 𝑑𝑑. 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 𝑇𝑇𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉
Now apply the voltage divider rule, write 𝑉𝑉2 in terms of 𝑉𝑉1, 𝑉𝑉3 , 𝑅𝑅1 and 𝑅𝑅2 .

Ans:

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9) Calculate the following voltage 𝑉𝑉1, 𝑉𝑉2 , and 𝑉𝑉3 in the following arrangements. (Ans: 16V, 4V, -8V)

𝑉𝑉1

9𝑉𝑉 1 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 6 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 2 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 18𝑉𝑉

(a)

25 𝑘𝑘Ω 30 𝑘𝑘Ω
9𝑉𝑉 −14𝑉𝑉

20 𝑘𝑘Ω 𝑉𝑉2 60 𝑘𝑘Ω 𝑉𝑉3

0𝑉𝑉 −2𝑉𝑉

(b) (c)

10) A sinusoidal current quantity has a frequency 𝑓𝑓 = 1 kHz and a maximum amplitude of 30A. What is its period 𝑇𝑇
and its rms value? (Ans: 𝑇𝑇 = 1 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 , 𝐴𝐴𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 = 21.2132 𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴)

11) A sinusoidal voltage quantity has a period of 𝑇𝑇 = 16.66667 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 and a rms amplitude of 120V (North American AC
outlet). What is its frequency and what is its maximum amplitude? (Ans: 𝑓𝑓 = 60 Hz , 𝐴𝐴 = 169.71 ≈ 170 V )

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