Course: EE 222

Fall 2016
Section: 013
Date: September 8, 2016
Lab No: 1
Lab Name:

Submitted by: David Mihalko

Group Members: David Mihalko, Justin Rush, Kevin Louer, Kimberly Lopez
Objective:
The objective is to create a resistor that has five ohms of resistance measured at the banana jacks.
The type of wire used is nichrome wire that cannot be recut nor soldered.

Procedure:

1. Calculate length of wire needed to create the 5 ohm resistor using the proportions from

the resistance equation and the Nichrome wire rated with 2.769 ohms per foot resistance.
2. Cut the wire the length of 1.806 ft, or 21.67 in
3. Twist the wire neatly around a pen/ pencil to create the wound wire resistor
4. Fasten each end of the wire to the proto board
5. Connect connecting wires to proto board and connect banana Jacks to the multi-meter
6. Read the ohm observation off of the multi-meter.

Calculations:
L
R=
A
Where R is the resistance, A is the area of the wire, r is the rated ohms per foot resistance, and L
is the length of the wire. We can calculate the theoretical length of the wire to get a certain
resistance which comes out to 1.806 ft. or 21.67 in.
Final Readings Observed in Lab:
Final Reading: 5.00 .

Conclusion:
Our wire resistor was accurate to 5.00 with a length of 28
millimeters for the coil length.

Circuit Diagram: