Physics 241 Lab: RLC Circuit – AC Source

Section 3: In electronics, you may use the oscilloscope to simultaneously measure the voltage oftwo adjacent components. Connecting your inductor, capacitor and resistor in series should be donewith some consideration of which components you will measure with your oscilloscope since you onlyhave two channels to measure with. The three circuit configuration examples below and the questionsthat follow are used to illustrate this point3.1. In circuit A, which pairs of components can be separately measured on the oscilloscope with amiddle ground technique? (You are free to choose the location of the oscilloscope ground.)Your answer:3.2. In circuit B, which pairs of components cannot be separately measured on the oscilloscope witha middle ground technique? (You are free to choose the location of the oscilloscope ground.)Your answer:3.3. In circuit C, which pairs of components can be separately measured on the oscilloscope with amiddle ground technique? (You are free to choose the location of the oscilloscope ground.)Your answer:Therefore, as you make measurements on the RLC circuit, you often have to rearrange the componentsdepending on which two components you wish to measure.3.4. Sketch a circuit configuration along with the proper placement of the three oscilloscope leads(red 1, red 2 and ground) in order to be able to separately measure the time dependence of the solenoidand resistor simultaneously.Your complete sketch:3.5. Sketch a circuit configuration along with the proper placement of the three oscilloscope leads(red 1, red 2 and ground) in order to be able to separately measure the time dependence of the sourceand resistor simultaneously.Your complete sketch: