Electronic Projects for Oscilloscopes 2017

I don't know who this book is for. An oscilloscope is not a beginner's tool - it's for intermediate and advanced technicians, and it's not cheap. But half of this book is a very elementary introduction to electronics, and if you want to work with an oscilloscope, you should already know all this. If not, there are better books for learning the basics.There are some circuits, but the author does not explain the relevance to using a scope beyond mention that it is sometimes useful. As an example, an ordinary 555 astable oscillator, which is one of the most common circuits found in books and the Internet. No explanation of why you'd want to have one to use with an oscilloscope.The real meat of the book, I guess, is some ideas on how you could turn an Arduino etc into a very simple scope. It could be a fun project, but you'll end up with something that shows wave forms but won't be a very accurate way to make measurements.This book has a lot of paper, but a lot of that paper is blank. Some of the code listings are screen shots that take half the page (the rest is blank) but for 10 lines of code. Elsewhere, there are code listings written in a somewhat compact form, but it still takes a lot of space. And nobody wants to type in code anyway - that's something that should be downloadable. Maybe it is, but a lot of code listings is not useful in a book like this.I was hoping for projects that would help me make better use of the scope I own - an excellent scope that's 20 years old but cost $100, and makes a great first scope. There's nothing like that at all. The most obvious thing to include would be a V/I tracer (tester), sometimes known as an Oscilloscope Octopus. Google that and you'll find many designs for a very useful accessory for a scope. He could have spent a chapter on building one (easy) and using it for testing (takes some explanation) but it's just not there.So, oscilloscopes aren't really for beginners, but this book is way below the level of an intermediate who wants to learn to make use of a scope.

Nuff said--> You have a Pi, Arduino, ESP32? Great projects! Play with micro controllers, breadboards, IOT and such? Great! Off you go and have fun. :). Not an absolute beginners book, but one they should soon buy.