Oscilloscopes for beginners (Udemy.com)

Excellent course as a solid intro to oscilloscopes, functionality, and most important, how to set them up for real-life use. It was just what I needed to get more comfortable with the Rigol scope I had recently purchased. My only complaint, or minor negative, might be that for the ESP32 section, if you're not familiar with platform.IO/VS Code, or able to manipulate the provided ESP32 code to work inside of the Arduino IDE, it's more difficult than expected to get the ESP32 up and running for that set of experiments. It should at least be noted/clarified in the description of the course as to those details. Or, providing that same code for easy implementation in the Arduino IDE would also help. Peter's courses are always a good value for the money, and this one is no different; I definitely recommend it.

El curso es muy bueno, pero no es excelente. Hacen falta detalles importantes relacionados con la seguridad al manejar estos dispositivos. Tampoco se da una explicación profunda sobre cómo funcionan internamente los osciloscopios. Esto le daría al estudiante una base más sólida para poder tomar decisiones cuando necesite medir ondas complejas. Las practicas son muy buenas, pero se debería incorporar mediciones de variables como corrientes y voltajes en sistemas más potentes haciendo uso de puntas de prueba diferencial y sensores de corriente. En términos generales el curso aclaro mis dudas y estoy muy agradecido con el profesor por ello. Muchas gracias.

Good, clear content. While some repetition is necessary to solidify knowledge points, it would have worked better for my purposes if some of that repetition had been replaced with more practical use examples. And although I recognize that the course is aimed at designers, some practical troubleshooting examples would still have been relevant since the design process always includes some troubleshooting.

While this is in fact a good approach for someone who never touched an oscilloscope before, I feel like after the explanation of the core concepts, demonstrations just get a little repetitive. You're just seeing the same sort of measurements over and over across different scenarios. Also, considerations should be made that efforts in order to get answers in the Q.A. section where worthless. I had some questions which I never saw answered. One last consideration goes for the fact that sometimes the instructor focus on features that are specific to his scope model that leads a newbie like me immediately start wondering if my scope is any good because it misses such features. It is never mentioned what can or cannot happen in different models and the workarounds about it. In a few words I can say that I'm satisfied with what I learned but there serious room for improvement.

This course was the perfect match, after all it is a course for beginners. I really liked that you had the wiring diagrams, so one could build and test. I would suggest you to make a follow up course, and include different electronics, explain the circuits, include wiring diagram and then measure with The oscilloscope. Even to measure a simple voltage divider could give someting back to a newbie. Or a BJT amplifier in one stage, two stage, and so on. I saw a few low point reviews, but I guess they did not read the label of the course: Oscilloscopes for BEGINNERS. I followed all the steps, and built my own circuits, and also wrote the code my self. That gives the best learning exparience. I still have some problem here and there, even though I have the same oscilloscope. But I Guess that is why I am here :) You got me started for real. I WILL take other courses you have done. Already knows which. Thank you very much. Dick / Stockholm / Sweden

Incredible course--made me MUCH more comfortable using my Rigol scope. The scope I have has more features than the one in this course, but it turned out to be something of a blessing in disguise...as it forced me to go research how to access the same features on my scope, and of course to practice and experiment with the thing. I also have an older Digilent Analog Discovery USB scope laying around (that I wasn't using), and I even dusted off that thing and did all the experiments with it as well. All-in-all, I probably spent 25 hours or so with this course, and would highly recommend people spending as much time with the material as they possibly can. It really does make a difference.

This was a thorough introduction to the features and limitations of modern oscilloscopes. Peter covered everything from calibration of probes and the oscilloscope to complex triggering, with information useful to both analog and digital circuits. The circuits he uses are basic, going from a basic RC circuit to a PWM waveform generator built around an ESP32, with an Arduino in the middle. It was easy to follow along on my own scope. This is a basic course, so things like decoding bus communications and signal math were not covered, but by the time you finish with this course you will feel comfortable experimenting on your own and cracking open your scope manual. This was an enjoyable but comprehensive intro with sections short enough to get through in a single sitting, and it left plenty of room to explore more on your own.

So far so good, I am not having trouble understanding what the instructor is teaching.

Brilliant course, have done 4 of Peters courses and everyone is 5 stars

I am really enjoying the course so far. Clear explanations and I can always replay the videos. As I progressed with the course, it included hardware that I was unsuccessful at installing. I had a lot of difficulty installing the ESP32 board on my personal computer. As a result, I only give the course four stars.

Since this course title oscilloscope for beginners and level of each person are different so I would like to see more detail explain on the oscilloscope itself and each of their functionality. But it is good to see a lot of experiment of measurements.

Very impresed, and what i expected from the course so far.