Sunday, July 9, 2017

Basic Knowledge On How A Voltage Divider Works

By Melissa Williams


Working with music or a recorder may impose a lot of concerns specifically on its volumes. For example, when doing a voice over, your recorded audio may be overpowered by a background music. To settle the needs for this adjustment, you should have a device that is deemed as a variable resistor. This device may also be applicable if you would like to take measurements for deflections on performing centers or when you wish to reduce the noise you are experiencing in your motorbike.

In some cases, devices which involve circuitry and an equation are produced as an aid to these situations. Known as the most fundamental circuit, this tool is called a Voltage Divider. It is a passive circuit which helps reduce the large volumes of your audio equipment or other electronics.

The Ohms law is used to understand the result of this device. It states that current flowing in a conductor is proportional to the difference between its ends. Meaning, if the current is reduced, then the Volt is also reduced.

There are two essential parts of this divider, one is the circuit and the other is the equation. The circuit pertains to a source of the Volt which goes across two resistors. For the equation, you have to assume three values namely input voltage, resistor one R1, and resistor two R2. The output value could be found by taking the ratio between R1 and R2.

Though you can buy your own device, creating a portable one can be a better choice as it helps you save. For this, you have to secure leads, resistors, a 9V battery, alligator clamps, voltmeter and its connectors. In addition, you have to ensure that you get at most the standard battery voltage which is 9.

Connect leads to its proper colors. Using an alligator clamp, find the red lead of your battery and attach the clamp. Following the same pattern, do the process toward the black lead of your energy source.

Putting together the two leads. Twist together both lead ends and lock it up using the last alligator clamp. After doing so, take the connector of your voltmeters then do the correct terminal placing. Red wires go to the positive terminal of your battery while the black wires refer to the negative one. Then you can start turning your meter on.

As you can see from 9V, your voltage goes down to 3V. When this happens, the positive terminal of the circuit is now the one where the twist is located. Meanwhile, the negative terminal is retained as the negative source.

Creating your own portable device is just easy. However, you have to take safety measures for this. When dealing with a 9V battery, however, you may not see a lot of danger for it in terms of electrocution possibilities. But for other electronics, make sure that you have unplugged the wires before working on it.




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