555 Timer Applications Sourcebook Experiments

I needed a quick refresher on the 555. This book is short but a good enough reference for tinkering. The info isn't anything different that what you can obtain online, but I prefer to read from a printed page and have a book at my fingertips. Not disappointed.

I had this book as a kid learning electronics and now I gave it to my son so he could tinker with it like I did. Great book to learn from and use as a reference!

This is a reprint of a classic old Sams book from the 1980's. The author, Howard Berlin, is an accomplished engineer and explains thing very well. This reprint appears to be a low quality photo copy of the original books. In places the print is blurry or missing and several of the diagrams are difficult to read.Is it worth the price? Maybe. The print quality makes it difficult to read.

This book explains in detail the 555 Timer with plenty of sample schematics and equations. My only complaint is that the copy I received is a reprint from India (reprinted 2011) and the first several pages have issues such as the text being slanted down the page by several degrees and some blotchy text. After the first several pages though everything is fine.

Lots of basic projects to do just for fun. Some of the projects have useful applications. Fun book.

Useful information, good print

Full of geeky details and projects but as others have said the printing quality is awful, nearly illegible in spots.SAMS must be appalled, their stuff is usually A-1.

Poorly printed on low quality paper. The content and 555 circuits make up for the poor quality of production. I used to have the original printing and it was very high quality. If you can find a used copy of the original you may be better off.