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Diodes II<br />

the same experiment we did last chapter with the diodes:<br />

measuring the voltage and current at a number of points,<br />

then sketching the curve as being the line which connects<br />

the points marked on the graph.<br />

But there’s no need to do this in the case of a resistor, because<br />

we know that resistors follow Ohm’s law. We know that:<br />

where R is the resistance, V is the voltage across the resistor,<br />

and I is the current through it. So, for any value of resistor, we<br />

can choose a value for, say, the voltage across it, and hence<br />

calculate the current through it. Figure 7.2 is a blank graph.<br />

Calculate and then draw on the graph characteristic curves<br />

for two resistors: of values 100 Ω and 200 Ω. The procedure<br />

is simple: just calculate the current at each voltage point for<br />

each resistor.<br />

Figure 7.2<br />

A blank graph for you to fill in — see the text above for instructions<br />

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