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EEB 241 Lab 1 and Lab2 (2025)

The document outlines two laboratory exercises for electrical engineering students at the University of Botswana. The first lab focuses on familiarizing students with oscilloscopes and measuring DC signals, while the second lab investigates the impedance of a series-connected RLC load in an AC circuit. Each lab includes aims, required equipment, procedures, and tables for recording measurements and calculations.

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EEB 241 Lab 1 and Lab2 (2025)

The document outlines two laboratory exercises for electrical engineering students at the University of Botswana. The first lab focuses on familiarizing students with oscilloscopes and measuring DC signals, while the second lab investigates the impedance of a series-connected RLC load in an AC circuit. Each lab includes aims, required equipment, procedures, and tables for recording measurements and calculations.

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Name: _______________________________ ID No.

: ______________________ Group: _______

Date:________________________________

University of Botswana
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Department of Electrical Engineering

BEng Level 200 – Course EEB 241

Laboratory 1: Familiarisation with the oscilloscope

Aims:
- Familiarisation with electrical measurements using the Oscilloscope
- Using the oscilloscope to measure a DC signal

Equipment:

- One variable voltage DC power supply up to 24 V


- One multimeter
- Oscilloscope

Pre-lab assignment:

- Surf the Internet to find illustrate functional descriptions of the Oscilloscope

Procedure:

Figure 1

1) Set up the oscilloscope as described in the Appendix


2) Connect the circuit as shown in figure 1.
3) Set the oscilloscope Input Coupling Switch to ground. Adjust the oscilloscope
beam to lie on the lowest line of the oscilloscope screen grid
4) Use the multimeter to adjust the output of the DC supply to be 1.0 V

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5) Set the oscilloscope Input Coupling Switch to DC, and adjust the oscilloscope Input
Attenuator to give a maximum deflection of the beam on the screen, without
actually losing the beam
6) Enter the observed deflections and the input attenuator settings into Table 1
7) Calculate the oscilloscope input voltage as the product of the latter two values in
step 6
8) Complete the table for the voltages shown. Do not expect complete agreement
between the multimeter reading and the oscilloscope measurements. The
oscilloscope is highly versatile but not highly accurate. As long as the two readings
are within 5 % of each other there is no cause for concern.

Table 1 – Record of DC signal measurements

Power supply 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5


output
voltage
4.Attenuator
setting (V/Div)
Beam
deflection
(cm divisions)
Oscilloscope
input voltage

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Name: _______________________________ ID No.: ______________________ Group: _______

Date:________________________________

BEng Level 200 – Course EEB 241

Laboratory 2: Investigating the Impedance of a Series-connected RLC Load

Aims:
- To observe experimentally the effect of an inductance and capacitance on
current in a single-phase ac circuit.
- To verify experimentally that the magnitude of the circuit impedance, Z is given by
the relation:
Z  R2  ( X L  X c )2
where R is the resistance and XL , XL are respectively the inductive and capacitive
reactance in the circuit.

Equipment Required
- AC power supply 0 to 24V, 50Hz
- Oscilloscope
- Multimeter
- Resistor: 100Ω
- Capacitor: 10μF
- Inductor: 30mH

Theory

Fig 1: RLC Circuit

The magnitudes of Z, X and V resulting from the circuit shown in figure 1 are respectively:

Z  R2  ( X L  X c )2

( XL  XC )
2
Z  R 2  X 2 where X =

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X
with the circuit phase angle  given through the trigonometric relationship: tan  
R

Procedure

1. Set up the oscilloscope for AC Measurements,


2. Connect up the circuit show in fig 1 with the input signal connected to channel 1
of the oscilloscope.
3. Using the AC supply control, adjust the AC supply voltage reading on the
multimeter to be 1V. Set the oscilloscope Input Coupling Switch to AC and adjust
the Input Attenuator so that the displayed waveform fills the screen, without being
cut-off at top or bottom.
4. Measure the peak-to-peak deflection (in centimeters) of the waveform on the
oscilloscope screen, and record the value in table 1. Record also the value of the
input attenuator setting used. Calculate the peak-to-peak voltage at the
oscilloscope by multiplying the two recorded values.
5. Using the multimeter measure the reactances across branch AB and BC. Record
the value in table 1.
6. Measure Voltages across branch AB, BC, CD and AD. Record the values in table 1.
7. From the measured impedances and voltages, calculate the current and enter the
value in table 1.
8. Calculate the theoretical reactance value and phase angle and enter the values
in table 1.
9. Calculate the power factor and enter the value in table 1.
10. Repeat steps 3 up to 9 by changing the values of the supply voltage as shown in
table 1 and completing the table.

Table 2

Supply Voltage reading on multimeter (V) 1 3 5 7 9

Attenuator Setting (Volts/Div)

Peak-to-Peak Deflection (cm)

Peak-to-Peak Voltage (Volts)

RMS Voltage (Volts

Resistance Branch AB (Ohms)

Voltage Branch AB (Volts) VL

Voltage Branch BC (Volts) Vc

Voltage Branch CD (Volts) VR

Voltage Branch AD (Volts)

Calculated XL (Ohms)

Calculated Xc (Ohms)

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Calculated Z (Ohms)

Calculated Current (A)

Phase Angle

Power Factor

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