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       Lab 5, 8.1.7 to 8.1.9: Unusual Voltage Outputs
   DIR By: SadieBartels
       Date: October 24, 2025, 9:34 pm
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       Hello everyone,
       I just got my simulation for Lab 5 to work today, and after
       calculating the percent error for the values I got in class, I
       found that the voltages collected were nonsensical.  I have been
       in the lab for several hours trying to get a good result, but I
       cannot make the output resemble my simulation.  I am confused
       because I am using the same circuit that I used that got good
       data (percent errors around 40% at most) when RL was held
       constant and RS was swept, which made me believe that the
       voltage output for the other case should be correct, but it
       seems to not be.  It seems like my voltage output varies
       constantly, and I cannot get a consistent output.  I was
       wondering if anyone else had this issue.  My measured values
       were 154mV for the 100 ohm value, 32.5mV for the 1k value, and
       3.6mV for the 10k value. My simulation values were 0.919V,
       0.566V, and 0.141V, so obviously very off.  If anyone has any
       pointers for what was incorrect, please let me know so I can
       prevent any similar issue in the future.
       - Sadie Bartels
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