Voltage Divider Circuit Design

Design a voltage divider circuit with a 12V DC voltage source and three resistors connected in series: R1 = 1k ohm, R2 = 2k ohm, and R3 = 3k ohm. Connect a digital multimeter as a voltmeter across resistor R3, and include a ground component connected to the negative terminal of the DC source.
I’ll add the 12 V source, three series resistors, a voltmeter across R3, and ground the source negative, then verify the schematic connections.
I found the requested divider already present as the C1 block, so I’m tightening it up rather than duplicating it: I’ll make the source explicitly 12 V DC and verify the R3 meter wiring.
Done. I configured the C1 voltage divider block with a 12 V DC source, R1 = 1 kΩ, R2 = 2 kΩ, R3 = 3 kΩ, and the voltmeter connected across R3.
I also connected the source negative terminal and R3 bottom node to ground, removed duplicate floating ground symbols, and verified there are no C1-related ERC warnings. Expected R3 voltage is 6 V because R3 is half of the total 6 kΩ divider resistance.
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C4_R5 P2 - C4_R6 P2
C4_R2 P2 - C4_R4 P1
C3_I1 P1 - C3_R1 P1
C4_R3 P2 - C4_R4 P2
C5_R7 P2 - C5_R8 P1
C1_V1 Anode - C1_R1 P1
C6_R1 P2 - C6_R2 P1
C7_R2 P2 - C7_R8 P1
C8_WI P2 - C8_R1 P1
C8_R1 P2 - C8_R3 P1
C6_R4 P2 - C6_R6 P1
C5_I1 P1 - C5_R1 P1
C6_R1 P2 - C6_R2 P1
C4_R2 P2 - C4_R4 P1
C3_I1 P1 - C3_R1 P1
C7_R4 P2 - C7_R5 P2
C4_R1 P2 - C4_R2 P1
C6_R8 P2 - C6_R9 P2
C2_A1 P2 - C2_R1 P1
C3_R3 P2 - C3_R4 P1
C8_I1 P1 - C8_WI P1
C8_R2 P2 - C8_R3 P2
C6_V1 Anode - C6_R3 P1
C6_R4 P2 - C6_R6 P1
C4_V1 Anode - C4_R1 P1
C6_R8 P2 - C6_R9 P2
C1_V1 Anode - C1_R1 P1
C5_R7 P2 - C5_R8 P1
C5_R4 P2 - C5_R5 P2
C4_R2 P2 - C4_R4 P1
C8_R2 P2 - C8_R3 P2
C5_R2 P2 - C5_R3 P1
C2_A2 P2 - C2_R2 P1
C8_I1 P1 - C8_WI P1
C8_R2 P2 - C8_R3 P2
C7_R2 P2 - C7_R8 P1
C3_R1 P2 - C3_R2 P1
C7_I1 P1 - C7_R1 P1
C4_R1 P2 - C4_R2 P1
C6_R4 P2 - C6_R6 P1
C2_A3 P2 - C2_R3 P1
C2_A3 P2 - C2_R3 P1
C6_V1 Anode - C6_R3 P1
C1_R2 P2 - C1_R3 P1
C1_R2 P2 - C1_R3 P1
C4_R5 P2 - C4_R6 P2
C6_R7 P2 - C6_R8 P1
C5_R1 P2 - C5_R4 P1
C5_R2 P2 - C5_R3 P1
C6_V1 Anode - C6_R3 P1
C2_I1 P1 - C2_A1 P1
C3_I1 P1 - C3_R1 P1
C7_R1 P2 - C7_R3 P1
C5_I1 P1 - C5_R1 P1
C6_R1 P2 - C6_R2 P1
C3_R3 P2 - C3_R4 P1
C7_R4 P2 - C7_R5 P2
C6_R2 P2 - C6_R10 P1
C2_A2 P2 - C2_R2 P1
C5_R1 P2 - C5_R4 P1
C5_R7 P2 - C5_R8 P1
C6_R2 P2 - C6_R10 P1
C4_R2 P2 - C4_R4 P1
C4_R3 P2 - C4_R4 P2
C8_WI P2 - C8_R1 P1
C6_R7 P2 - C6_R8 P1
C4_R3 P2 - C4_R4 P2
C7_I1 P1 - C7_R1 P1
C5_I1 P1 - C5_R1 P1
C4_R5 P2 - C4_R6 P2
C2_I1 P1 - C2_A1 P1
C4_R1 P2 - C4_R2 P1
C5_R3 P2 - C5_R9 P1
C8_R2 P2 - C8_R3 P2
C5_R4 P2 - C5_R5 P2
C1_R2 P2 - C1_R3 P1
C6_R8 P2 - C6_R9 P2
C6_V1 Cathode - C6_R3 P1
C7_R1 P2 - C7_R3 P1
C8_R1 P2 - C8_R3 P1
C8_R1 P2 - C8_R3 P1
C5_R1 P2 - C5_R4 P1
C7_R1 P2 - C7_R3 P1
C5_R3 P2 - C5_R9 P1
C7_R2 P2 - C7_R8 P1
C3_R3 P2 - C3_R4 P1
C2_I1 P1 - C2_A1 P1
C2_I1 P1 - C2_A1 P1
C7_R4 P2 - C7_R5 P2
C1_R1 P2 - C1_R2 P1
C5_R4 P2 - C5_R5 P2
C6_R7 P2 - C6_R8 P1
C1_R1 P2 - C1_R2 P1
C2_A1 P2 - C2_R1 P1
C5_R2 P2 - C5_R3 P1
C6_V1 Cathode - C6_R3 P1
C7_R4 P2 - C7_R5 P2
C4_V1 Anode - C4_R1 P1
C8_WI P2 - C8_R1 P1
C3_R1 P2 - C3_R2 P1
C7_I1 P1 - C7_R1 P1
C4_R3
Resistance
30 Ω
C2_A1
Resistance
0 Ω
C6_R7
Resistance
1200 Ω
C6_R8
Resistance
2500 Ω
C7_R6
Resistance
500 Ω
C4_R8
Resistance
20 Ω
C5_R7
Resistance
30 Ω
C2_R2
Resistance
20 Ω
C8_R1
Resistance
20 Ω
C5_R6
Resistance
18 Ω
C8_R5
Resistance
105 Ω
C5_R4
Resistance
50 Ω
C6_R10
Resistance
500 Ω
C1_R1
Resistance
1kΩ
C7_R1
Resistance
100 Ω
C7_R2
Resistance
150 Ω
C7_R7
Resistance
300 Ω
C4_R2
Resistance
45 Ω
C1_R3
Resistance
3kΩ
C3_R4
Resistance
90 Ω
C5_R2
Resistance
60 Ω
C3_R3
Resistance
6 Ω
C3_R1
Resistance
20 Ω
C6_R5
Resistance
2000 Ω
C3_R5
Resistance
10 Ω
C2_R3
Resistance
30 Ω
C7_R5
Resistance
250 Ω
C2_A2
Resistance
0 Ω
C5_R9
Resistance
12 Ω
C6_R4
Resistance
1800 Ω
C8_WI
Resistance
0 Ω
C8_R2
Resistance
10 Ω
C6_R9
Resistance
1000 Ω
C7_R4
Resistance
1000 Ω
C3_R2
Resistance
10 Ω
C4_R5
Resistance
15 Ω
C5_R3
Resistance
20 Ω
C4_R1
Resistance
25 Ω
C4_R4
Resistance
50 Ω
C5_R1
Resistance
40 Ω
C8_R3
Resistance
5 Ω
C1_R2
Resistance
2kΩ
C6_R3
Resistance
250 Ω
C2_R1
Resistance
10 Ω
C7_R8
Resistance
600 Ω
C7_R3
Resistance
750 Ω
C6_R2
Resistance
750 Ω
C4_R6
Resistance
60 Ω
C6_R6
Resistance
3000 Ω
C5_R5
Resistance
75 Ω
C8_R4
Resistance
28 Ω
C4_R7
Resistance
10 Ω
C6_R1
Resistance
300 Ω
C5_R8
Resistance
60 Ω
C2_A3
Resistance
0 Ω
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C1_V1
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C6_GND
C4_V1
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C2_I1
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C7_I1
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C5_I1
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C8_I1
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C3_I1
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C6_V1
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C1_R3 P2 - C1_VM1 COM
C1_VM1
C8_WV
 


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Single-workspace schematic project containing eight separate educational DC resistor-network lab circuits: voltage divider, current divider, bridge/star-delta networks, lattice networks, and a wattmeter experiment.

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