The Fairfield County Makers' Guild
When: Tuesday April 22nd, from 6:30 to 8:00 PM
Instructor: Ed Kalin
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In this introductory class you will learn how to use a multimeter to perform basic yet essential electronic measurements that are useful either for learning electronics or for troubleshooting problems in electronic equipment.
The class will consist of a mixture of short presentations and hands-on lab exercises.
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Each student will be provided with a digital multimeter which can be used to do the lab exercises (and which can then be taken home to keep after the class).
Students will learn how to use the multimeter to measure:
- Resistance
- DC voltage
- AC voltage
- DC current
- Basic transistor and diode characteristics
- Health testing of common battery types
In addition, students will be introduced to topics such as:
- Multimeter safety
- Analog vs. Digital meters
- Settings and ranges of measurement
- Measurement precision, accuracy and errors
- Understanding and avoiding typical problems when making measurements
The class will also introduce students to some measurement features and capabilities often built into more advanced multimeters such as:
- Continuity beeper
- AC current measurement
- Special probes
- Non-contact measurements
- Frequency measurement
- Capacitance measurement
- Inductance measurement
- Energy and power measurement
- Temperature measurement
- Timing measurement
- Light intensity measurement
- Computer interfaces
- Graphical readouts
- Moving beyond the multimeter: Logic analyzers and oscilloscopes
It is not necessary to be an electronics expert to take this class, however having some basic knowledge of electronics will be helpful in understanding the course content.
The class is appropriate for students aged 10 and up. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
The cost of the class is $25, which includes the cost of the digital multimeter.
A maximum of 20 students may enroll in the class.
