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Analysis of Series RC Circuit Using Matlab

This document describes an experiment using MATLAB to analyze a series RC circuit. The objectives are to get familiar with MATLAB scripting, process array data programmatically, and plot graphs. MATLAB is used to plot the voltage across the capacitor for varying resistor and capacitor values based on the RC circuit equation. Two graphs are produced, one varying the resistor and keeping the capacitor constant, and another varying the capacitor with the resistor held constant. The conclusion states that MATLAB is useful for engineers and scientists to perform complex tasks and operations easily, like analyzing and graphing the series RC circuit.

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Analysis of Series RC Circuit Using Matlab

This document describes an experiment using MATLAB to analyze a series RC circuit. The objectives are to get familiar with MATLAB scripting, process array data programmatically, and plot graphs. MATLAB is used to plot the voltage across the capacitor for varying resistor and capacitor values based on the RC circuit equation. Two graphs are produced, one varying the resistor and keeping the capacitor constant, and another varying the capacitor with the resistor held constant. The conclusion states that MATLAB is useful for engineers and scientists to perform complex tasks and operations easily, like analyzing and graphing the series RC circuit.

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Experiment no: 1

Experiment name: Analysis of series RC circuit using Matlab.


Objective:
i. To get familiar with MATLAB scripting
ii. Processing array of data programmatically with MATLAB
iii. Plotting data in graph

Introduction:
We can easily analyse series RC circuit using matlab for different values of R and C .
We can also view the voltage across the capacitor for different values of R as well as C very
easily and plot it in a graph for easier realisation . The voltage across the capacitor is given by
the equation
−t
V c =V (1−e τ ) where τ= RC
we can easily plot Vc for different R and C.

circuit diagram:

V0

Clear matlab environment


clear;
clc;
Plot of V_c vs t of series RC circuit When only R changes
Define the variables
C1=10*10^(-6);
R1=logspace(0,7,15);
V=10;
t=0:0.001:2;

Set the figure properties


f1=figure(1);
ax1=axes(f1);
name=['Voltage across capacitor in series RC series circuit'...
'for different values of R'];
set(f1,'Name',name,'NumberTitle',...
'off','Position',[300,60,1200,700]);
hold on;
grid on;
grid minor;

Plotting the figure


l1={};
for i=1:length(R1)
Vc=V*(1-exp(-t/(R1(i)*C1)));
if rem(R1(i),10)==0 && R1(i)>100
text(ax1,t(floor(length(t)*i*.5/length(R1))),...
(Vc(floor(length(t)*i*.5/length(R1)))-0.123),...
['\leftarrow R=' string(R1(i))]);
end
l1{end+1}='R='+string(R1(i));
plot(ax1,t,Vc);
end

Make the figure look nice


leg1=legend(l1);
ylabel('Vc (volts)');
xlabel('Time (Second)');
title(leg1,' Values of R ');
title(ax1,{['Plot of V_c = V ( 1 - \ite^{-t/\tau} )'...
'where \tau = RC'];...
['For different values of R and C=10 \mu F and V=10 V DC'];});
Plot of V_c vs t of series RC circuit When only C changes
Define the variables
C2=logspace(2,5,11)*10^(-6);
R2=300;
V=10;
t=0:0.001:2;

Set the figure properties


f2=figure(2);
ax2=axes(f2);
name2=['Voltage across capacitor in series RC series circuit'...
'for different values of C'];
set(f2,'Name',name2,'NumberTitle',...
'off','Position',[300,50,1200,700]);
hold on;
grid on;
grid minor;

Plotting the figure


l2={};
for i=1:length(C2)
Vc=V*(1-exp(-t/(R2*C2(i))));
if rem(i,2)~=0
text(ax2,t(floor(length(t)*i*.5/length(C2))),...
(Vc(floor(length(t)*i*.5/length(C2)))-0.123),...
['\leftarrow C=' string(C2(i))]);
end
l2{end+1}='C='+string(C2(i))+'\mu F';
plot(ax2,t,Vc);
end

Make the figure look nice


leg2=legend(l2);
ylabel('Vc (volts)');
xlabel('Time (Second)');
title(leg2,' Values of C ');
title(ax2,{['Plot of V_c = V ( 1 - \ite^{-t/\tau} )'...
'where \tau = RC'];...
['For different values of C and R=10 and V=10 V DC'];});

Conclusion:
MATLAB provides many built in functionality for many complex operation. It is very useful for
engineers and scientists. Some complex tasks are easily done using MATLAB . Here many graphs
were plotted to view the response of series RC circuit for different values of R as well different values
of C.

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