Who this book is for

This book will hopefully have something of interest to a large variety of electronics enthusiasts, from hams to hackers.

I would say that, as long as you have at least intermediate programming and construction skills, you should have no problem completing the projects in this book. All the projects use through-hole parts to make assembly easier. All the files used to construct your own printed circuit boards, as well as all of the code, are available for download from the Packt Publishing website.