King Abdul-Aziz University

Faculty of Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering

(EE-303)

Lab #7
Date of the Experiment: 18/3/2019

No. Name ID
1 Saleh Alsulami 1639173
2 Moath Bahabri 1635775
3 Rayan Alghamdi 1637514

Instructor Name
Eng.Mohammed Motahar

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General Safety Instructions:

1) Move carefully in the lab.

2) No eating – No drinking and surely No smoking in the lab.
3) Wear protective clothes (laboratory robes, gloves, goggles) as
necessary.
4) Never use chairs or boxes to reach high places.
5) Concentrate on your experiment and equipment and don’t play with
anything else.
6) Don’t keep any liquid close to equipment or electrical outlets.
7) Don’t enter hazardous places without assistance of lab. Engineer (as
high voltage place or mechanical workshops …etc.…)
8) IN THE LAB YOU MUST ADHERE TO THE FOLLOWING,
 Double check your circuit connections and let lab engineer or
supervisor revise it before operating the power.
 During operation, keep away any unused wires or equipment.
 IF you need to do any change to your circuit, switch power off, do
necessary modifications, double check-it, then switch power on.
 Hands and components should be dry during experiment.
 If you got unexpected results, ask for assistance from lab Engineer.
 Never touch or play with loose wires or cables or unsafe plugs.
 Upon completion of the experiment, switch off equipment then
benches, disconnect the circuit, put back all components and wires
in their places and leave the bench clean and tidy.

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Introduction:
In the beginning of this course we designed an ammeter, voltmeter and
ohmmeter for DC current. This lab we will design a voltmeter for AC
current. Half wave rectifier type voltmeter with range zero to seven-volt
root mean square. The measuring will be by the deflection percent for the
voltmeter. We will see how it will change and calculate the error percent.

components we will use are:

• 1 mA meter movement.
• Resistor decades: 100 kΩ, 1 kΩ, and 100 Ω steps.
• Function Generator.
• Oscilloscope.
• 1N4001 diode (General-purpose rectifier diode)

Objective:
The objective of this experiment is to design a half-wave, rectifier type,
AC voltmeter. We will design a 0 V to 7.07 V rms half-wave rectifier type
voltmeter. In addition, the properties encountered due to the non-ideal
properties of real diodes will be explored.

Components, Equipment and Materials:

1. DC power supply:
“A power supply is an electrical device that
supplies electric power to an electrical
load. The primary function of a power
supply is to convert electric current from a
source to the correct voltage, current, and
frequency to power the load”.

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 2. Wires:
Wire is used for transmission of electricity or
electrical signals. A wire is a single, usually
cylindrical, flexible strand or rod of metal. Wires
are used to bear mechanical loads or electricity
and telecommunications signals.

3. DMM (Digital Multi-Meter):

“Digital Multi-Meter is an electronic
measuring instrument that combines
several measurement functions in one
unit. A typical multi-meter can
measure voltage, current, and
resistance”.

4. Ammeter: An ammeter (from Ampere

Meter) is a measuring instrument used to
measure the current in a circuit. Electric
currents are measured in amperes (A),
hence the name. Instruments used to
measure smaller currents, in the
milliampere or microampere range, are
designated as milliammeters or
microammeters.

5. Resistor
A resistor is a passive two-terminal
electrical component that implements
electrical resistance as a circuit element.
In electronic circuits, resistors are used to
reduce current flow, adjust signal levels,
to divide voltages, bias active elements,
and terminate transmission lines, among
other uses.

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lab activities:

Table 1: Data for Experiment#7

(Activity 1) (Activity 2)
% With Diode Drop Voltage With Rsh = Rm
Vrms (V) Vpeak
Deflection % 2*%
(calculated) (V) (set) % Error % Error
(Expected) Deflection Deflection
(Calculated) (Calculated)
(Measured) (Measured)
7.07 10 100 % 97 % 3% 46 % 8%
6.365 9 90 % 83 % 7.8 % 40 % 11.1 %
5.657 8 80 % 71 % 11.3% 31 % 22.5 %
4.949 7 70 % 60 % 14.3% 29 % 17.1%
4.243 6 60 % 50 % 16.7% 24 % 20%
3.536 5 50 % 41 % 18% 20 % 20%
2.828 4 40 % 29 % 27.5 % 16 % 20%
2.121 3 30 % 20 % 33.3% 11 % 26.7%
1.414 2 20 % 0% 100% 7% 30 %
0.707 1 10 % 0% 100% 1% 80 %

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Conclusion:
At the end of this lab we learned how to design a voltmeter for AC current
by using half wave rectifier circuit. Also, we learned that in this case we
are interested in the deflecting percentage because it is hard to get
perfect measure due to the AC current. We noticed that the error increase
when the deflecting decrease and this is due to AC current and the basic
meter

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Reference:
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammeter
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistor
 https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/10a-dc-ammeter-
18430105491.html
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimeter
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_supply

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