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Power supply

For this experiment, you will need a power supply which can provide +10 volts, -10 volts and a common ground. However, the power supply at your station is not equipped to provide both positive and negative 10 volts relative to earth ground. So we are going to ``trick" the op-amp circuit by a clever use of a single power supply. Assemble the circuit shown in Figure gif. From the standpoint of the bench (20 V) power supply, is ground, common is 10 volts and is 20 volts. However, from the standpoint of the op-amp, common will be used as ground (not the same as earth ground) so that is now only 10 volts and is -10 volts. We have switched reference frames so that is now only 10 volts and is -10 volts. Measure and record the values of and using common as the reference (ground) node.



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