Project 5: Resistors
When resistors are connected in parallel, the combination has an equivalent conductance that is the sum of the conductance of the individual resistors. The user will create a 5 kΩ resistor from the resistors available in Digilent's® Analog Parts Kit.
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This topic page will cover parallel circuit elements. Circuit elements are said to be connected in parallel if all of the elements share the same pair of nodes.
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Current Dividers
If the total current into a set of parallel resistors is known, there is an easy way to determine the current through any individual resistor in the parallel combination. The appropriate formula is called the current divider formula, since the total current is divided among the individual resistors.
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Equivalent Resistance
Circuits which consist of resistors connected in parallel can be simplified. This topic page will explain how.
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