Thevenin Equivalents

Introduction: In this lab, the objective is to learn how to reduce a circuit full of resistors, power supplies, current sources to its Thevenin equivalent.

Procedure: 

This is the circuit we will be trying to reduce

Step 1:
a)Use nodal analysis to establish the open circuit. We get V = 8.6V
b)Use nodal analysis to calculate Vy. We get Vy = 5.07V
c) use the equivalent circuit of Figure 3 to determine RL2. We get RL2 to be 879

Step 2: Measure any components before assembling the circuit.


Step 4: Build the Thevenin Equivalent Circuit on the Breadboard. 

Here we are assembling the circuit

Step 5: Perform the experiment and record the data.

Step 6: Use logger pro to plot power vs load resistance.

It didnt go quite as expected, here is our graph.