EE-223 (Basic Electrical Engineering)
Resistor color codes and resistor value measurement
LABORATORY EXERCISE 1
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Introduction
Many electrical circuits contain multiple variations of resistor networks.
Resistors play a vital role in the distribution and limiting of electric current in a
circuit. Students must learn to identify and measure the values of these components
to effectively design and troubleshoot electrical and electronic circuits.
Each resistor has three to five colored bands on them that represent different
values. Reading and decoding these bands allows you to determine a resistor’s
value and accuracy.
Objective:
The objective of this lab is to give students the opportunity to familiarize
themselves with digital multimeters, resistance measurement, and the resistor color
code. When the lab is completed, the student will be able to use a multimeter to
measure the value of a resistor and identify its value from its color code.
Equipment and Materials:
In this experiment, every group will be needing the following,
Item no. Equipment Range Quantity
1 Multimeter 2
2 Resistors 10
Resistor Actual Ideal
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Measurement and Data Collection
1. Use your Multimeter and Set it to ohmmeter mode.
2. Read the resistor using multimeter and tabulate the data in the actual column
3. Read the resistor value using the color coding and tabulate the resistor value
in the ideal column.
Conclusion: (per group members):
