====== Experiment 1: Resistors ======

===== Objectives of the Experiment =====

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Getting to know the following components
  * Digital multimeter 
  * Function generator
  * Breadboard
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Applying
  * direct/indirect resistance measurement
  * resistor standard series
  * mesh/node equations
  * differential resistance of an incandescent lamp
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===== Preparation for the oral short test =====

For this experiment you should
  - be able to apply and explain the following concepts:
    - current- and voltage-correct measurement
    - series and parallel connection of resistors
    - mesh and node equations (Kirchhoff's laws)
    - passive sign convention and active sign convention
    - ideal and real sources

You should be able to answer the following questions:
  - Which operating mode does the source use? Which quantity is kept constant by the source?
  - Power supplies operate in quadrants. In which quadrant is the power supply operated? What can the source then correspondingly not do?
  - What must be considered for the (loaded and unloaded) voltage divider?
  - How do you measure a voltage with a current meter? How a current with a voltage meter?
  - How does an ohmmeter measure resistance?
  - Where are the limits of linearity in real resistors?
  - What examples are there of linear and non-linear resistors?
  - What else can the resistance depend on?