BASIC ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS LAB
EE-260L
LAB REPORT NO .1
To
[Link] TAUSEEF KHAN
Submitted by
FIZZAH
INSHIRIAH HAFEEZ
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE
ENGINEERING
DATED: 4TH OCT, 2022
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LAB REPORT NO 1
Familiarization to lab equipment’s
INTRODUCTION:
The main purpose of this lab was to familiarize the students with new electrical engineering
instruments. In this lab, we learnt about the function generator as well as the oscilloscope. We
also learned how to use a digital multimeter and became familiarized with a basic dc supply
source also known as a battery in simple terms. The basic idea of each of the instrument is
given below.
• Function generator:
The function generator is an instrument that produces periodic
voltage signals of different frequencies and amplitudes.
• Oscilloscope:
The oscilloscope is an instrument that displays a signal of a certain value
and from that we can get the required information. we can also adjust the wave according
to our needs. We can also measure rms frequency and period of the sinusoidal to non-
sinusoidal signals.
• Digital multimeter:
A digital multimeter is a measuring instrument that is just used to
measure current voltage charges of AC and DC currents.
PROCEDURE:
FUNCTION GENERATOR:
1. Turn On the oscilloscope and adjust the necessary controls to establish a clear,
bright, horizontal line across the centre of screen.
2. Connect the function generator to one vertical channel of the oscilloscope and set
the output of the generator to a 1000Hz sinusoidal waveform.
3. Set the vertical sensitivity of the scope to 1V/cm and adjust the amplitude control of
the function generator to establish a 4V peak to peak sinusoidal waveform on screen
OSCILLOSCOPE:
[Link] oscilloscope was turned on
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[Link] it was adjusted using knobs of vertical and horizontal alignment on the oscilloscope
[Link] adjustment, a clear picture of the oscilloscope could be seen on its display channel .
BASIC CALCULATIONS:
In this slab there were so such experimenl but only to have a clear understanding of the basic
electrical engineering instruments so ,the below mentioned are some basic calculations and
questions asked by our instructor
HORIZONTAL SENSITIVITY:
1. Determine the period of the 1000 Hz sinusoidal waveform in milliseconds using the equation T = 1/f
.Show all work for each part of the experiment. Be neat!
Calculated time :
1/1000
=0.001
=0.001 * 1000
=1 ms
2. Set the horizontal sensitivity of the scope to 0.2 ms/cm. Using the results of part a,
calculate and predict the number of horizontal divisions required to properly display
one full cycle of the 1000 HZ signal.
Calculated Number of Division =
1/ 0.2 =5 divisions each of 1cm .
3. Use the oscilloscope measure the number of required divisions and insert below.
Measured Number of Division:
5.0 divisions
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4. Change the horizontal sensitivity of oscilloscope to 0.5ms/cm without touching any of
the controls of the function generators. Using the results of Part (a) how many divisions
will now be required to display one full cycle of 1000 Hz signal?
Calculated Number of Division =
1/ 0.5 =2 divisions
5. Use the oscilloscope measure the number of required divisions and insert below.
Measured Number of Division
2.0 divisions
6. What was the effect on the appearance of the sinusoidal waveforms as the horizontal
sensitivity as from 0.2 ms/cm to 0.5 ms/div and finally to 1 ms/cm.
As the horizontal sensitivity increased , the waveform became more
compressed
7. Did the frequency of the signal on the screen change with each horizontal sensitivity?
What conclusion can you draw from the results regarding the effect of the chosen
horizontal sensitivity on the signal output of the function generator?
Frequency did not change . this shows that horizontal sensitivity does not
affect frequency of signal
8. VERTICAL SENSITIVITY :
1. Don’t touch the controls of the functions generators but return the sensitivity of
the scope to 0.2 ms/cm and change the vertical sensitivity to 2V/cm. Using this sensitivity
calculate the peak to peak value of sinusoidal waveform on the screen by first counting the
number of vertical divisions between peak values and multiplying by sensitivity.
Peak to Peak Value
2* 2 =4 v
[Link] the vertical sensitivity to 0.5v/cm and repeat part
(a). Peak to Peak Value
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8* 0.5 =4v
[Link] the peak-to-peak voltage of the sinusoidal signal change with each vertical sensitivity?
What conclusion can you draw from the results regarding the effect of changing the vertical
sensitivity on the output signal of the function generator
Peak to peak voltage didn’t change . this means that vertical sensitivity
doesnot affect the output signal aside from changing the appearance
CONCLUSION:
As already mentioned the objective of this lab session was to develop a lucid understanding
about the mentioned instruments along with some basic calculations done .
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