Figure 6 Resistors
(c) Capacitors
Capacitors are connected to form a filter circuit
which is connected parallel to the output of
rectifier.
Figure 7 fuse
Connections where made between the left-hand The errors associated with our nominal DC voltage was
side terminal of Pot1 and the R4 at the top left of probably due to the fact that components are not perfect.
the board using a 25 cm red wire. Another There is a tolerance margin associated with each
connection was made between the middle component. Because of this, our voltage was probably
terminal of the pot1 and R4 at the top middle of skewed slightly. Other percent errors show accurate creation
the board using a black wire. of the power supply we were required to design.
When the power supply was switched on the LED turned on
Connections were made between the left-hand
showing that power was circulating in the power supply
side terminal of Pot2 to R3 at the top left of the The output voltage was determined using a multimeter and
board. Another connection was made between the multimeter was also used to check if all components in
the middle terminal of Pot2 and R3 at the top the circuit where operating well.
middle of the board. When pot1 was varied the voltage reading on the multimeter
The LED was mounted on the enclose and swung between 0-1V and 18.1V, and when Pot2 was varied
connected to the circuit board using wires. the multimeter varied between 0V and -18.1V.
Capacitors were soldered to the circuit board as
was shown on the power supply chart.
V. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Diode and resistors where connected to the
circuit board as was shown on the power supply The objective of this practical was to construct a dual power
chart. supply that had an output voltage between+15V and -15V
making use of a transformer, bridge rectifier, capacitor,
The following connections where made to the
regulators and diodes. When the power supply was turned on
output jumper2: the output voltage was as expected.
(1) +Output: RED: LHS: J2:3 (Bottom), 15 cm of
wire I gained a lot of experience in soldering from this practical
(2) Ground: GREEN: MIDDLE: J2:2 (Middle), 11 and I have also leant how to convert AC voltage to DC
cm of wire voltage.
(3) -Output: BLACK: LHS: J2:1 (Top), 6 cm of wire VI. REFERENCES
% error = 0%