Faculty Member: Qazi waqas Dated: 7 FEB 2025

Semester: 4th Course & Section: chemical engineering

SCME (SECTION A)

School: NUST Institute of Civil Engineering

Department of Electrical Engineering

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LABORATORY EXERCISE – 1

1. Introduction to Basic Lab Equipment and Multisim,

Determining Resistance Value using Color Codes, Use of Digital
Multi Meter (DMM) and Trainer Board

PLO4/CLO4 PLO5/ PLO8/CLO6 PLO9/CLO7

CLO5
Name Reg. No Viva /Quiz / Analysis of Modern Tool Ethics and Safety Individual and
Lab data in Lab Usage 5 marks Team Work
Performance Report 5 marks 5 marks
5 marks 5 marks

Afaf mazhar 455130

Ayesha mureed 464699

Maryem khan 461987

 I. Objective
 To familiarize student with the lab equipment
 To familiarize students with the Multisim environment
 Familiarization with the Trainer board and Breadboard
 Learn how to use Digital Multimeter
 To use MULTIMETER as a voltmeter and Ammeter in order to measure voltage and
current respectively
 Learn the COLOUR CODES scheme to determine the values of resistances
 Learn how to use Power Supply

II. Equipment Required

 Test bench (See Annexure 1)
 The Multimeter
 The Power Supply (See Annexure 2)
 The Breadboard (See Annexure 1)
 Resistors (See Annexure 2)

III. Theory and Background

This lab has two parts, in first part student will learn how to use basic lab equipment while in
second part student have to identify the value of resistor using Color Coding and have to
compare it with the measure (using multimeter)

Figure 1: Color Codes of Resistor

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 Table 1.1: Color Code's Value

Digit Color Tolerance Color Band 5 colors

0 Black 5% Gold 1% Brown
1 Brown 10% Silver 0.1% Red
2 Red 20% No color band 0.01% Orange
3 Orange 0.001% Yellow
4 Yellow
5 Green
6 Blue
7 Violet
8 Grey
9 White

R= (1st Digit)(2nd Digit)(Number of Zeros=3rdDigit)± tolerance

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 Figure 2: Digital Multimeter

Multimeter Connected as Ammeter

Figure 3: Digital Multimeter

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 Multimeter Connected as Voltmeter

Press the button for the required

parameter value to be measured
e.g. press DCV button in order
to measure the DC Voltage

Red and Black Probes are

connected as shown in the
diagram, for measuring the max
voltage of 1000V

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 The button is pressed

Notice that for measuring both voltage

and resistance, the positive (red) pin is
connected in the same socket

Consider your DMM and the pictures given above. What is the Maximum value of voltage
and current that the DMM can measure?

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 IV. Procedure
You will be explained important functionalities and procedure of using different equipment
available in the lab which you will be using in subsequent labs.

Determining Resistors Value and fill in the table below

S.No Band Band Band 3 Band 4 Band 5 Calculated Measured
1 2 (Ohms) (Ohms)
1 brown red red Golden - 1200±5% 1173.2
2 brown black orange golden - 10000±5% 10096

3 green blue red golden - 5600±5% 5563

4 orange orange black golden - 33±5% 32.81
5 brown black red golden - 1000±5% 984.7

Figure 4: Breadboard-I Figure 5: Breadboard-II

Figure A Figure B
Consider Figure A and B above. Utilizing what you have learned in this lab and in class about
nodes, explain in which configuration the resistor is short or active. Explain. (Refer to Annexure
2 for further help)
In the figure A, the circuit is short and the in the figure b the circuit is active.

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 Simulation in Multisim

The circuits for this lab report are designed using simulation software. The following legend
details the symbols used to represent different electronic equipment.
Legend

Resistance

Power supply

Multimeter

Connecting Wires

Simple Circuit using a known resistor / resistors

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 ANNEXURE 1

Oscilloscope Function Trainer with

Generator Breadboard Multimeter Power Supply Multimeter
Bench top Handheld

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 The Horizontal and Vertical Nodes of a Breadboard

THE HORIZONTAL
NODES

The
Vertical

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 ANNEXURE 2
RESISTORS
CONNECTED IN
SERIES WITH
POWER SUPPLY
ACROSS THEM

VOLTAGE
KNOB

RESISTORS IN
PARALLEL WITH
POWER SUPPLY
ACORSS THEM

THE POWER SUPPLY IS

SET TO DELIVER A
VOLTAGE OF
4.9Volts

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 NOTICE THAT THE CURRENT KNOB IS TURNED A LITTLE UP. IF IT WERE SET TO ZERO, THE
POWER SUPPLY WOULD NOT SUPPLY ANY VOLTAGE
DISPLAY
Voltage CURRENT
Knob KNOB

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 TWO RESISTORS CONNECTED IN SERIES AND PARALLEL

Notice that the left end

of the 1st resistor is
connected at node #7
while the right end is
connected at node #16
and the left hand end
of the 2nd resistor is
connected at node #16
and the right end at
node #28. Hence the
resistors share one
common node i.e.
node #16.

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 I. Calculate the current passing through the resistor R1 and R2(known as IR1 and IR2), and
voltages.

SNo Value Measured Measured Measured

Current(mA) Voltage (VR1) Voltage (VR2)
R1=32.81Ω R2=984.7 Ω
1.7474 0.0631 1.89
1 Voltage 2V

3.481 0.1262 3.794

2 Voltage 4V

5.776 0.1919 5.766

3 Voltage 6V

7.744 0.2563 7.694

4 Voltage 8V

9.715 0.3175 9.592

5 Voltage 10V

6 11.703 0.3856 11.564

Voltage 12V

TABLE 1

II. Calculate the current passing through the resistor R1 and R2(known as IR1 and IR2), and
voltages.

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 SNo Value Measured Measured Measured
Current Voltage (VR1)- (V) Voltage (VR2)-
R1=32.81Ω (V)
R2=984.7 Ω
2.9425A 0.0625 1.8804
1 Voltage 2V

7.11mA 0.1260 3.7876

2 Voltage 4V

10.66A 0.1924 5.780

3 Voltage 6V

14.30A 0.2572 7.714

4 Voltage 8V

17.984A 0.3221 9.644

5 Voltage 10V

6 21.79A 0.3872 11.544

Voltage 12V

TABLE 2

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 V. Review Questions

1. How to connect Multimeter to measure voltage in a circuit, In series or In Parallel?

To measure voltage, we just connect it in parallel of the component we want the voltage of and check its voltage.

2. How to connect Multimeter to measure Current in a circuit, In series or In Parallel?

To measure current in a circuit using a multimeter, you should connect the multimeter in series with the component. If you placed
the multimeter in parallel, it would short-circuit the path and disrupt the flow of current, possibly damaging the multimeter and the
circuit.

3. Ideally how much should the resistance of Multimeter when measuring voltage in a circuit be?
Ideally, when measuring voltage in a circuit, a multimeter should have an infinite resistance. This means it draws no current from the
circuit being measured, ensuring the most accurate voltage reading possible.

4. Ideally how much should the resistance of Multimeter when measuring current in a circuit?
Ideally it should be close to zero because we need the accuracy of the multimeter.

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