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FOUNDATION
ONLY on Foundation Tier

Recognise the arrangement of how fixed resistors in a circuit can be used as a potential divider.


Describe and recognise that a potential divider is used to produce a required pd in a circuit.


Describe and recognise that a LDR responds to a change in light level.


Describe and recognise that a thermistor responds to changes in temperature.

STANDARD
BOTH Foundation and Higher Tiers

Explain how two fixed resistors can be used as a potential divider.


Explain how one fixed resistor and one variable resistor in a potential divider allows variation of the output pd.


Describe how the resistance of an LDR varies with light level.


Describe how the resistance of a thermistor (ntc only) varies with temperature.

HIGHER
ONLY on Higher Tier

Calculate the output pd of a potential divider from the values of its resistors using:

Vout = Vin x R2 / (R1 + R2)

Explain how a variable resistor can be used in place of the fixed resistor to provide an output pd with an adjustable threshold.


Explain how an LDR or a thermistor can be used in a potential divider with a fixed resistor to provide an output signal which depends on light or temperature conditions.

 


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