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Faculty of Architecture and Engineering

Department of Computer Engineering

Bachelor in Computer Engineering

Lab 02

Nodal and Mesh analysis

Group Members:
Objective
1. The study of nodal analysis, specifically its usage in multi-source DC circuits. Its application
to finding circuit currents and voltages will be investigated.
2. The study of mesh analysis, specifically its usage in multi-source DC circuits. Its application
to finding circuit currents and voltages will be investigated

Equipment
1. Adjustable DC power supply
2. Digital Multimeter
3. Breadboard
4. Resistors of different values (range of kOhms)
5. Wires

Lab Exercises
Exercise 1

Nodal analysis
Consider the dual supply circuit of figure above using E1 = 5 volts, E2 = 8 volts and resistors
of your choice in kOhms. Applying nodal analysis to this circuit yields two equations with
two unknowns, namely node voltages A and B. Again, once these potentials are found, any
other circuit current or voltage may be determined by applying Ohm’s Law and/or KVL and
KCL.
Write the node equations for the circuit and solve for node voltage A, node voltage B
and the potential from A to B. Also, determine the current through R4. Record these values in
the table given below.

Construct the circuit. Measure the voltages from node A to ground, node B to ground and
from node A to B, along with the current though R4. Record these values in the table. Also
determine and record the deviations.
What would happen to the node voltages if the positions of E1 and R1 in the circuit were swapped ?
Swap them and remeasure the node voltages.

Mesh analysis
The circuit will require three loops to describe fully. This means that there will be three mesh
currents in spite of the fact that there are five branch currents. The three mesh currents
correspond to the currents through R1, R2, and R4.

Using KVL, write the loop expressions for these loops and then solve to find the mesh
currents. Build the circuit. Measure the three mesh currents. Determine and record the
deviations in table below.

Invert the polarity of voltage source E2. Recalculate and remeasure node voltages and mesh
currents.
Use Multisim to simulate the circuit.

Exercise 2
Using only resistors of value 1Kohms obtain a resistive circuit with resistance of 3.416666
kΩ or to be exact 41/12 kΩ. Use Multisim to simulate the circuit.

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