Experiment 6: Transducers and Operational

Amplifiers
Iole Gail C. Vengco, Leiko Armand L. Ravelo, Lloyd Nadimar S. Sagun
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute, University of the Philippines Diliman
P. Velasquez St, Diliman, Quezon City, 1101 Metro Manila
AbstractIn this experiment we explore through the basic
types of transducers and familiarize with the functionality of the
operational amplifier. This experiment aims to teach students to
measure the data output of the transducer and correlate it with
the quantity being measured. It also teaches the students the
functionality of the operational amplifier as well as its basic
operations.

I. INTRODUCTION
On the early parts of the EEE 34, we tackled on different
voltage, current, and resistance measuring techniques. Then
we progressed to the oscilloscope and function generator as
we scrutinize more complicated circuits, finally exploring the
special properties of the diode, inductor, and capacitor in AC
circuits.
However most, if not all, of our work and
experimentation has been dealing with the science behind
circuits.

Figure 1 shows the plot of the thermistors resistance

value with respect to time in comparison with the reference
UEI447 datasheet showing the typical response curve of the
thermistor. It can be seen that the thermistor was operating
near its typical response curve. Also, It can be
TABLE 1
THERMISTOR STEADY STATE RESPONSE TIME AT DIFFERENT
TEMPERATURES

Temperature (C)
25.7
30.1
59.2

Steady State response time

(seconds)
40
51.2
71

B. LM35 Temperature sensor voltage values at different

temperature

II. EXPERIMENT, RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

A. Thermistor resistance values at different temperatures
The thermistor was exposed to three different kinds of
environments: ambient, body temperature, and tip of the
soldering iron. The resistance of the thermistor was monitored
until it was stable.

LM35 Temperature-Voltage Plot

600
400
Voltage
(mV) (mV) Linear (Voltage (mV))
Voltage
Output
200
20 30 40 50 60
Temperature ( C)
Figure 2: Voltage output of LM35 at different temperatures
TABLE 2
LM35 STEADY STATE RESPONSE TIME AT DIFFERENT
TEMPERATURES

Temperature (C)

Thermistor Temperature-Resistance Response

Measured

Exponential
(Measured)

Resistance () UEI447
x 10000

Exponential
(UEI447
datasheet)

datasheet

Temperature ( C)

Figure 1: Resistance of Thermistor at different temperatures

25.7
30.1
59.2

Steady State response time

(seconds)
7
60
78

C. Light Dependent Resistor resistance values at different

intensities
D. Operational Amplifier used as Voltage Comparator

III. CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
[1] Nilsson, J. and Riedel, S., Electric Circuits, 9th ed., Pearson, 2011