Voltage Divider

1st example DC Voltage Divider
Simple 2 resistors voltage divider

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DC Resistive Voltage Divider Example. This circuit demonstrates a resistive voltage divider

1) With R1 =100 Ohms and R2 =100 Ohms What is Vout if Vin =1V?

2) With R1 =100 Ohms and R2 =1000 Ohms What is Vout if Vin =1V?

3) With R1 =1000 Ohms and R2 =100 Ohms What is Vout if Vin =1V?

4) With R1 =100 Ohms and R2 =22,000 Ohms What is Vout if Vin =10V?

Play around with various Resistor values and Vin to get a feel of how the circuit works.

5) Develop a mathematical equation for this DC Resistive Voltage Divider . (hint The'venin's theorem)

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