====== Experiment 1: Resistors ======
===== Objectives of the Experiment =====
Getting to know the following components
* Digital multimeter
* Function generator
* Breadboard
Applying
* direct/indirect resistance measurement
* resistor standard series
* mesh/node equations
* differential resistance of an incandescent lamp
===== Preparation for the lab =====
Read the materials for Experiment 1 here. \\
These will be made public one week before the experiment.
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===== Preparation for the oral short test =====
For this experiment you should
- be able to apply and explain the following concepts:
- current- and voltage-correct measurement
- series and parallel connection of resistors
- mesh and node equations (Kirchhoff's laws)
- passive sign convention and active sign convention
- ideal and real sources
You should be able to answer the following questions:
- Which operating mode does the source use? Which quantity is kept constant by the source?
- Power supplies operate in quadrants. In which quadrant is the power supply operated? What can the source then correspondingly not do?
- What must be considered for the (loaded and unloaded) voltage divider?
- How do you measure a voltage with a current meter? How a current with a voltage meter?
- How does an ohmmeter measure resistance?
- Where are the limits of linearity in real resistors?
- What examples are there of linear and non-linear resistors?
- What else can the resistance depend on?