[Virginia Tech Department of Physics]

Revised 07/11/2016

Physics 2306 Laboratory Equipment List

Lab 7: Circuits on Breadboards and Resistor Ladders

Transition notes:

  1. The following can stay from the previous lab:
    • All three of the black and red banana cords
    • The digital multimeters
    • The Bento Box
  2. Sweepy!

Equipment List:

  1. PB-103M Protoboard with:
    • Red and Black Jumper wires from the Banana Terminals to the left rail.
  2. D Cell Battery Holder Plugged into the red and black Terminal in the ProtoBoard.
    • 2 x D Cell Battery
    • Banana plug adapters
  3. 3 x Red banana plug cord
  4. 3 x Black banana plug cord
  5. 2 x Black Minigrabber
  6. 2 x Red Minigrabber
  7. 2 x Autorange Multimeter
  8. Current Limited Power Supply
  9. "Bento Box" of the following supplies:
    • Collection of Long Pin Jumper cables (Where the Alligators were)
      • 2 x Long Red Pin Jumper.
      • 2 x Long Black Pin Jumper.
      • 2 x Long Green Pin Jumper.
      • 2 x Long White Pin Jumper.
      • 2 x Long Yellow Pin Jumper.
      • 2 x Long Blue Pin Jumper.
    • Collection of Short Pin Jumper cables (Where the Alligators were)
      • 2 x Short Red Pin Jumper.
      • 2 x Short Black Pin Jumper.
      • 2 x Short Green Pin Jumper.
      • 2 x Short White Pin Jumper.
      • 2 x Short Yellow Pin Jumper.
      • 2 x Short Blue Pin Jumper.
    • Collection of Short Pin Jumper cable extensions (Where the Bare Wires were)
      • 2 Short Red Pin Jumper Extension.
      • 2 Short Black Pin Jumper Extension.
      • 2 Short Green Pin Jumper Extension.
      • 2 Short White Pin Jumper Extension.
      • 2 Short Yellow Pin Jumper Extension.
      • 2 Short Blue Pin Jumper Extension.
    • Collection of resistors (where the Variable Resistor was)
      • 5 x 50 ohm resistors
      • 2 x 100 ohm resistors
      • 2 x 4.7 ohm resistors
      • 2 x 100 kohm resistors
    • Pencil Sharpener
    • Pack of Colored Pencils
    • 5 x 10cm Jumper Wire
    • 5 x 25cm Jumper Wire
    • 5 x Light Element
A picture of the full table with all of the equipment set up in its proper place.

This is what your table should look like once set up

Additional Images below:

The equipment specific to the table setup where it is supposed to be.

The items not in the bento box.

Lab Specific Equipment

An open equipment bentobox correctly packed.

A correctly packed Bento box

The Breadboard with the battery pack attached to the banana plugs and the jumper from the banana plugged into the first power row.

The Breadboard with the battery pack plugged in properly.