Errata
Errata for Practical Electronics: Components and Techniques
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released.
The following errata were submitted by our customers and have not yet been approved or disproved by the author or editor. They solely represent the opinion of the customer.
Color Key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
| Version | Location | Description | Submitted by | Date submitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | The latest version of the book as PDF is 350MB in size, the previous release was 80MB. This seems an order of magnitude bigger than you would normally expect with most large OReilly books come in at about 10-20MB. |
Stuart Roebuck | Mar 15, 2015 | |
| Mobi | Page - - |
As Stuart Roebuck noted the size of the files have increased in the last revision. While a 360M PDF file is usable on a PC, a 590M Mobi file (up from 47M) is not usable in a device like a Kindle. |
Daniel Quadros | Mar 17, 2015 |
| Page 18 Opening the page |
The image of the two types of hex screws is wrong: it shows an octogon instead of a hexagon. |
Oscar Fernandez Sierra | Feb 18, 2016 | |
| Printed | Page 444 Figure A-53 |
Figs A-53 and A-54 are identical, because A-53 is wrong; it does not depict a PNP transistor. |
eastpole | Mar 26, 2016 |
| Page 444 Figure A-53 |
The Figure A-53 is suppose to be for a PNP transistor, but it is given for a NPN transistor and is the same as Figure A-54. |
ndhamer | Aug 20, 2016 | |
| Page 713 figure 14-21 RS-485 signals |
figure 14-21 shows the non inverting signals (the "+" signal) lower than the inverting signals (the "-" signal) for a TTL logic 1 (+5v). |
Anonymous | Jul 25, 2015 |