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Wheatstone Bridge

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Vin [Volt]
Ra [Ohm]
Rb [Ohm]
Rc [Ohm]
Rx [Ohm]
Vb [Volt]
      
Input range:
Condition for Vb = 0 is:

Voltage across Vb is:

The Wheatstone bridge is used extensively to measure the resistance of an unknown resistor. By changing the potentiometer value Rx until the voltage across Vb is equal to 0. then the value of the unknown resistor Rb can be determined by the formula: