// Scilab code Ex5.15: Pg 164-165 (2008) clc; clear; R_c = 1500; // Coil resistance, ohm I_fsd = 75e-06; // Full-scale deflection current, A I = 5; // Current range, A V = 10; // Voltage range, V // Part (a) // Using Ohm's law, V_c = I_fsd*R_c; // Potential difference across coil resistance, V // Since I = I_s + I_fsd, solving for I_s I_s = I-I_fsd; // Shunt current, A // From Ohm's law, V_c = I_s*R_s, solving for R_s R_s = V_c/I_s; // Shunt resistance, ohm // Part (b) // Since = V = V_m + V_c, solving for V_m V_m = V - V_c; // Potential difference across multiplier resistance, V // From Ohm's law, V_m = I_fsd*R_m, solving for R_m R_m = V_m/I_fsd // Multiplier resistance, ohm printf("\nThe required value of shunt resistance = %4.1f mega-ohm", R_s/1e-03); printf("\nThe required value of multiplier resistance = %4.1f mega-ohm", R_m*1e-03); // Result // The required value of shunt resistance = 22.5 mega-ohm // The required value of multiplier resistance = 131.83 mega-ohm