Extech Sponsors "Electronics 101" Sessions at MADExpo with EX210 Infrared-Enabled Digital Multimeters

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Extech is excited to support young learners and newcomers to electronics at MADExpo.

Hampton, VA (PRWEB) June 27, 2012

Extech Instruments, makers of the best handheld test and measurement tools, is pleased to support two Electronics 101 programs at the MADExpo (Mid Atlantic Developer Expo) conference in Hampton, VA, held June 27 - 29, 2012. Extech donated ten EX210 Infrared-Enabled Digital Multimeters (DMMs) for hands-on use in these programs.

The two sessions, "Intro to Electronics 101" and "Electronics 101 – Hands-on," will be presented by Sean Westcott and Jean Riescher Westcott, authors of the popular reference book, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Electronics 101.

In these sessions, attendees will be introduced to the basic concepts and then have a chance to get hands-on experience with measuring current and voltage using an Extech digital multimeter, seeing wave forms on an oscilloscope, soldering together a circuit containing a seven-segment display and experiment with digital concepts in sending signals to control the display. Click here to learn more about these sessions.

Extech vice president, Arpineh Mullaney, commented on the partnership: "We are excited to support young learners and newcomers to electronics who will be participating in these sessions at MADExpo. Electronics is best learned hands-on and we're thrilled we could help realize that approach with a set of the EX210 multimeter, the DMM featured in the Electronics 101 text."

She added, "Extech is proud to continue our collaboration with the Westcott's which first began when Extech team members assisted in the development of the Electronics 101 text."

About the Book that Inspired the MADExpo Sessions

Sean and Jean are the authors of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Electronics 101", the ideal handbook for today's hacker/maker. The book teaches readers the fundamentals of electronics in an engaging, hands-on way. Appropriate for students and aspiring hacker/hobbyists alike, this book is loaded with more than a dozen projects that start simple and progressively get more involved as the reader moves through the book. Topics include: fundamentals of electronics: electrons, voltage, current, power, conductors, insulators, semiconductors, etc.; designing, building, and modifying circuit boards; using a digital multimeter, sensors and controllers; and transmitters and receivers.

About the Authors/Presenters:

Sean Westcott is an IT administrator at MBP, Inc. , a construction engineering firm in Fairfax, Virginia. Jean works in book marketing and writes a technology column for Patch.com. Together they are the authors of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Electronics 101, Digitally Daunted: The Consumer’s Guide to Taking Control of the Technology in Your Life. Sean’s website is BasementHacker.com and Jean blogs at DigitallyDaunted.com. They live in northern Virginia with their two teenaged children.

About Extech Instruments
Extech Instruments is recognized as the source for the best handheld test and measurement tools worldwide. Founded in 1971, Extech is known for its depth and breadth of innovative testers and meters suited for electrical, HVAC, building/restoration, as well as a host of environmental testers for measurement of sound, light, humidity and other factors. All Extech meters are distributed worldwide through leading representatives, distributors and OEMs. The company is headquartered in Nashua, NH USA and is ISO 9001 2008 certified. Extech is a wholly owned subsidiary of FLIR Systems, Inc.

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