2.5 Lab Parallel Circuits

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EET113 DC and AC Instructor: Professor Ziyad Kas Campus: 2.5 Lab Parallel Circuit Student Name: Roy Steuer Honor Pledge: I pledge to support the Honor System of ECPI. I will refrain from any form of academic dishonesty or deception, such as cheating or plagiarism. I am aware that as a member of the academic community, it is my responsibility to turn in all suspected violators of the honor code. I understand that any failure on my part to support the Honor System will be turned over to a Judicial Review Board for determination. I will report to the Judicial Review Board hearing if summoned. Signature: Roy Steuer Date: 10/13/2023
2 A BSTRACT The purpose of this lab of this lab is to gain a better understanding of Parallel Circuits. Parallel Circuits are defined as “providing more than one path for current from a point A to Point B” (Floyd et al., 2019). I will also be taking measurements to prove Kirchhoff’s Current Law. I NTRODUCTION Kirchhoff’s Current Law states that the Sum of the sum of all current in a circuits branches equals the overall current of the circuit. Mathematically this can be shown as It= = Ia + Ib + Ic… We will measure the current of the circuit and three branches within the circuit. We will then prove Kirchhoff’s Current Law both through simulation and mathematically. P ROCEDURES 1. Create the following circuit: 2. Run the simulation and record voltage across the power supply, current in the circuit, and current across he three circuit branches. 3. Record the initial voltage and current value. 4. Divide total resistance by the 3 branches to prove Kirchhoff’s Current Law. 5. Record measured and calculated values in table 1. D CB A
3 R ESULTS 1. Voltage across power supply: V s = 12V 2. Current flowing through circuit: I T = 36mA 3. Calculated values for current through each of the three branches: a. I 1 = 36mA/3 routes = 12mA b. I 2 = 36mA/3 routes = 12mA c. I 3 = 36mA/3 routes = 12mA Table 1 Voltage drop across the resistor for different reference points Measured Current Calculated Current I 1 12mA 12mA I 2 12mA 12mA I 3 12mA 12mA I T 36mA 36mA 4. Verify Kirchoff’s Law. It= = Ia + Ib + Ic = 12mA + 12mA + 12mA = 36mA C ONCLUSION This lab was intended to gain a better understanding of Kirchhoff’s Current Law in a Parallel Circuit. We were able to prove that current is split by the number of branches within a circuit. We proved this both mathematically and through simulation. R EFERENCES Academic Volume License Download- MultiSim . NI. (n.d.). https://www.ni.com/en/support/downloads/software-products/download.academic-volume- license.html#490461 Floyd, T. L., & Buchla, D. M. (2020). Principles of Electric Circuits: Conventional current . Pearson Education.
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