Direct Current and Transient Analysis 149
>> plot (R2,I*1.0e3) % current in ma
>> title (‘Current I, Voltage V2, and Voltage V1 vs R2’);
>> ylabel (‘Current I (mA)’)
>> grid on; V2 = R2.*I;
>> subplot(3,1,2)
>> plot (R2,V2)
>> ylabel (‘Voltage V2 (Volts)’)
>> grid on
>> subplot (3,1,3)
>> V1 = R1*I; plot(R2,V1)
>> xlabel (‘Resistance R2(Ohms)’),
>> ylabel (‘voltage V1(Volts)’)
>> grid on;
>> % plots are shown in Figure 2.47FIGURE 2.47
Plots of Example 2.8.0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000(^010002000300040005000600070008000900010000)
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Current I (mA)
Voltage V2 (Volts)
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Current I, Voltage V2, and Voltage V1 versus R2
It is left as an exercise for the reader to verify that V 0 = 10 V = V 1 + V 2 , for any value of
R 2 satisfying KVL.
Example 2.9
Write a program that analyzes the circuit shown in Figure 2.48, over the range 0 Ω ≤
R 3 ≤ 500 Ω, in linear increments of 10 Ω by returning the following plots:
- R 3 versus I
- R 3 versus I 2
- R 3 versus I 3
- From the preceding plots, indicate which current is the least and the most affected
by the variations of (potentiometer) R 3