Voltage in a series connection with Cobra SMARTsense

Principle

The experiment serves as an introduction to the topic and should help the students to understand the function of a series resistor. This motivates them to deal with the law of voltage in series circuits.

Tasks

1. Investigate the voltage distribution across resistors in a series circuit by measuring the partial and total voltage.
2. Derive the relationship between the partial voltages across the resistors and the total voltage in an unbranched circuit.

Learning objective

Students should understand the physical laws and relationships that explain the behavior of electrical voltage in series circuits with resistors.

Benefits

• No additional cable connections between the building blocks needed - clear arragned and quick setup
• Contact saftey due to puzzle blocks system
• Corrosion-free gold plated contacts
• Doubled earning sucess: Electric circuit diagram on top, real components can be seen unterside