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Lab 5 Function Generator and Oscilloscope

This document provides instructions for a lab experiment using a function generator and oscilloscope. Students will use the function generator to generate sinusoidal, triangular, and square waveforms. The oscilloscope will be used to display and analyze the waveforms by measuring voltage, frequency, period, and the phase difference between two sinusoids. Students will attach proofs of their work to the document by filling in labels on the steps where instructed. The lab report will include the student's name, objectives of the lab, equipment used, procedures, data tables to record measurements made using the oscilloscope, and a technical conclusion.

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Lab 5 Function Generator and Oscilloscope

This document provides instructions for a lab experiment using a function generator and oscilloscope. Students will use the function generator to generate sinusoidal, triangular, and square waveforms. The oscilloscope will be used to display and analyze the waveforms by measuring voltage, frequency, period, and the phase difference between two sinusoids. Students will attach proofs of their work to the document by filling in labels on the steps where instructed. The lab report will include the student's name, objectives of the lab, equipment used, procedures, data tables to record measurements made using the oscilloscope, and a technical conclusion.

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Name: ________________________________

Lab 5 Function Generator and


Oscilloscope
OBJECTIVES
● Use a function generator to produce AC waveforms of desired shape, amplitude, and
frequency.
● Use a digital oscilloscope to display waveforms and to measure peak-to-peak voltage
and period.
● Use a digital oscilloscope to measure the phase angle between two sinusoids.

EQUIPMENT and COMPONENTS


Tektronix TDS 2014 Oscilloscope ETS-7000 Digital-Analog Trainer with Breadboard

Part 1. Function Generator and Oscilloscope


1. Use the red trainer’s function generator to produce a sinusoidal waveform.

2. Display the waveform on the oscilloscope and use the oscilloscope’s MEASURE button
to display the waveform’s frequency, period, peak-to-peak voltage, and maximum
voltage, in that order.

3. Adjust the function generator’s controls until the waveform’s frequency is 90 kHz (±2%)
and its peak-to-peak voltage is 7 V (±2%).

4. Adjust the oscilloscope’s VOLTS/DIV control until the waveform is as tall as it can be and
still fit on the screen vertically. Also adjust the oscilloscope’s SEC/DIV control until two
full cycles are as wide as they can be and still fit on the screen horizontally.

5. Adjust the oscilloscope’s Vertical Position knob until the waveform is centered on the
screen from top to bottom. To help you do this, notice a yellow arrow head and the
number 1 on the left edge of the screen that move up and down with the waveform. You
want the arrowhead to point at the horizontal line in the center of the screen.

6. Adjust the oscilloscope’s Horizontal Position knob so that a rising edge of the waveform
touches the yellow arrowhead mentioned above.
7. Attach proof ______________________

8. Repeat the previous steps for a triangle waveform whose frequency is 120 Hz (±2%) and
its peak-to-peak voltage is 3.5 V (±2%). Attach proof ______________________

9. Repeat the previous steps for a square waveform whose frequency is 4 kHz (±2%) and
its peak-to-peak voltage is 1 V (±2%). Attach proof ______________________

Part 2. Phase Angle Between Two Sinusoids


Up to now you’ve used the oscilloscope to examine one signal at a time. In studying AC circuits,
you’ll often need to display two signals at a time and examine the relationship between them.

Consider the series RC circuit shown below. Notice that the source (function generator) is
producing a 5 V peak-to-peak, 2 kHz sine wave.

Suppose we wish to display the following two waveforms at the same time:
● the voltage waveform produced by the source
● the voltage waveform across the resistor

To do this, we connect one oscilloscope probe across the source, and another probe across the
resistor. The ground clips of both probes must be connected to the same point in the circuit. The
ground clip is the black clip on each probe. So to display the source voltage on Channel 1 and
the resistor’s voltage on Channel 2, we connect the probes in the following way:

● Channel 1’s probe to point a and ground clip to point c.


● Channel 2’s probe to point b and ground clip to point c.

1. Build the circuit on the breadboard, and connect the oscilloscope probes as described
above.
2. Display both channels on the oscilloscope. Use the Vertical Position controls and the
arrowheads on the screen’s left edge to center both traces vertically. The measurement
we’ll make below requires both traces to be centered vertically on top of each other, so
be sure not to move either of them up or down from the screen’s central horizontal line.

3. Adjust the oscilloscope’s VOLTS/DIV controls and the SEC/DIV control until you get the
best possible display of the waveforms.

QUESTION
Of the two voltage waveforms, which one is leading? (The source voltage or the resistor
voltage?)

4. Measure the period T of the waveforms (they should both have the same period). Also
measure the time interval t between the point where the first waveform rises through the
0-volt line and the point where the second waveform rises through the 0-volt line. (The
0-volt line is the screen’s central horizontal line.) Feel free to move the waveforms
horizontally to get the most accurate measurements you can for t. But don't move
either of the traces vertically; if you do, your measurement of t will not be accurate.
Record your values in the first row of Data Table A. Then calculate the phase angle ϕ (in
degrees) between the waveforms, using the formula: ϕ = (t / T) x 360

5. Attach proof ________________ .

6. Adjust the function generator's frequency to 4 kHz and repeat the measurements,
recording your results in the second row of the table.

7. Adjust the frequency to 6 kHz and repeat the measurements, recording your results in
the last row of the table.
LAB REPORT
For this lab will turn in a typed lab report, including a technical conclusion, with your lab sheets
attached to the report.

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