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Designing Embedded Hardware

Errata for Designing Embedded Hardware

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The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".

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Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update

Version Location Description Submitted By Date submitted Date corrected
Printed
Page iv
in the 2/03 printing, there is an extra copyright paragraph that doesn't belong.

It starts with "Material in Chapter 3, SWISS-PROT, and Chapter 5, PROSITE""
It was only in the 2/03 printing and has been removed from future printings

 Anonymous   
Printed
Page 14
Figure 1-7

The arrows for the "status output" signals should be pointing away from the ALU.

 Anonymous   
Printed
Page 73
3rd paragraph

These switching regulators are available in tiny surface-mount SO-8 or in standard
DIP (Dual Inline Package) packages (discussed in Chapter 4) and require only two
external components.

switching regulators
should be:
linear regulators

(http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/1131)

 Anonymous   
Printed
Page 85
Figure 4-1

The footprints of the surface mount and through hole components are incorrect with
respect to pins 5,6,7,8 on both footprints shown.

The actual footprints should have the following pin assignments:

1 |-----| 8
2 | | 7
3 | | 6
4 |-----| 5

This error is extremely important especially if one were to design a printed circuit
board using components with similar footprints, DIP through hole components are very
common as are surface mount.

AUTHOR: I checked the book, and the reader is quite correct.
> That's a major fault. With electronics diagrams, every marking,
> name and number, and where and how they appear is vitally important.
> Things just fail to work if diagrams are reproduced exactly as the
> originals.

 Anonymous   
Printed
Page 93
Figs 4-15, 4-17 and 4-18

Regulator pin 4 (OFF) is routed to Proc pin 1 (RESET) instead of to VCC as shown on
the schematic Fig 4-13.

 Anonymous   
Printed
Page 134
2nd paragraph;

port A and port B
should be:
port A and port C

 Anonymous   
Printed
Page 143

the output "latch0" of the address decoder should be inverted
before connecting to the "LE" input of the 74HCT573.

 Anonymous   
Printed
Page 154
Last paragraph, 3rd line up from bottom of page

"...MMU must appear in the processor's address."

NOW READS:
"...MMU must appear in the processor's address space."

 Anonymous    May 01, 2004
Printed
Page 161
4th paragraph

"Using the bus interface techniques we learned in Chapter 5..."

NOW REFERS TO:
"Chapter 6" instead of "Chapter 5."

 Anonymous    May 01, 2004
Printed
Page 193
Figure 9-11

Figure 9-11 should be of a DS1305.
The part labeled "PCF8583" should be "DS1305".

 Anonymous   
Printed
Page 212
2nd paragraph (1st FULL paragraph)

"logic low is between +5V and +1V"...

NOW READS:
"logic low is between +5V and +15V"

 Anonymous    May 01, 2004
Printed
Page 216
Figure 10-7

Figure 10-7 has two "C1" capacitors listed, but no "C2".
The bottom capacitor should be labeled "C2", not C1.

 Anonymous   
Printed
Page 221
2nd paragraph

... the standard has been expanded to support higher data rates of 1.
15Mbps and 4Mbps.
should be:
... the standard has been expanded to support higher data rates of
115Mbps and 4Mbps.

 Anonymous   
Printed
Page 230
Figure 10-23 - and paragraph directly above it

on Page 230, there is figure 10-23 showing USB Data Packets.
The Data area is labeled "Data 0-1023 bits".
The paragraph directly above the figure states, "A single data packet can transfer
between 0 and 1023 bytes."

The original diagram had "bytes", but it seems
to have been corrupted to "bits".

 Anonymous   
Printed
Page 254
Figure 12-3. Inverting amplifier

The "+" and "-" inside the op amp symbol should be swapped.
The corrected Figure 12-3 can be found here -
http://examples.oreilly.com/9780596003623/corrected_Figure12-3.jpg

 Anonymous   
Printed
Page 284
18th reference

http://www.ime-actia.com/can_intro.html
Should be:
http://www.ime-actia.com/web_can/about_can.htm

 Anonymous