James M. Fiore Created 2026-10-14 Updated 2026-11-05
James M. Fiore's circuit-analysis laboratory manual connects network equations with actual voltage and current measurements. Testing Kirchhoff's voltage law and Kirchhoff's current law requires consistent choices of reference directions and node potentials, while the measuring instrument itself can load the circuit. Comparing predicted and measured values therefore tests both the circuit model and the measurement arrangement. This gives a physical reason to distinguish ideal components from a laboratory realization.[ref]
Publisher: James M. Fiore via dissidents.
Inspected manual version 1.4.3 dated 28 October 2020; not a claim about its first publication.
Cited passages: Laboratory Manual for DC Electrical Circuit Analysis by James M. Fiore, version 1.4.3, experiment 11, printed pp. 52–55: Equipment, Procedure 1–10, Tables 11.1–11.3.