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Beginning NFC

Errata for Beginning NFC

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Version Location Description Submitted by Date submitted
Printed Page 17
NFC Tag, Type 1 and Type 2

In Type 1 and Type 2 paragraphs, communication speed is described as:
"Communication speed 106Kb".
Shouldn't it be "106kbps" or "106kb/s"?

Damien Gourbiere  Mar 31, 2016 
PDF Page 19
2nd paragraph under "Device-to-Tag Type Matching"

"... when you try to read Mifare Classic tags with some of these newer tags."

Should "tags" be changed to "devices"?

Anonymous  Jun 19, 2014 
PDF Page 27
Item 3 of the list in the middle

"Click ?OK? to dismiss the PATH dialog..."

Should "PATH" be changed to "JAVA_HOME"?

Anonymous  Jun 19, 2014 
PDF Page 35
Note 1

"Windows users should type /d %userprofile%\Locator instead of ~/NfcReaderLocator."

Should "~/NfcReaderLocator" be changed to "~/Locator"?

Anonymous  Jun 19, 2014 
PDF Page 41
3rd item under "Installing the NFC Plug-In"

"Here are the modifications to those two files:"

Why "those two files"? There is only on file.

Anonymous  Jun 19, 2014 
PDF Page 56
3rd paragraph

"500MB (that?s 2^32 bits)"

Why? Should it be 2^32 bytes? Which is 4096 MB.

Anonymous  Jun 19, 2014 
PDF Page 64
1st paragraph

"...creating NDEF#Records. An NDEF#Message..."

Why is there "#"?

Anonymous  Jun 19, 2014 
PDF Page 95
1st paragraph

"... differences between NFC and NDEF"

Why should we compare these two things? Should it be "NFC and RFID"?

Anonymous  Jun 19, 2014 
PDF Page 138
2nd paragraph

"Michael Margolis? Arduino Bookbook"

"Bookbook" should be "Cookbook".

Anonymous  Jun 19, 2014 
PDF Page 150
Figure 7-6's text

"The circuit for the NFC reader door lock device"

"reader door lock device" should be "writer device"

Anonymous  Jun 19, 2014 
PDF Page 150
1st paragraph under "The Arduino NDEF Writer Device"

Should remove this sentence "Connect the solenoid circuit as shown.".

Anonymous  Jun 19, 2014 
PDF Page 150
1st paragraph under "The Arduino NDEF Writer Device"

"It contains two LEDs and the NDEF shield. "

"NDEF shield" should be "NFC shield".

Anonymous  Jun 19, 2014 
PDF Page 151
Figure 7-7's text

"The NFC reader door lock device in schematic view"

"reader door lock device" should change to "writer device"

Anonymous  Jun 19, 2014 
PDF Page 154
last paragraph

"You can see the writer device on a door ..."

"writer" should be "reader"

Anonymous  Jun 19, 2014 
PDF Page 154
3rd paragraph

"Your reader device doesn?t have a user interface..."

"reader" should be "writer"

Anonymous  Jun 19, 2014 
PDF Page 155
Figure 7-8's text

"The writer device prototyped on a door"

"writer" should be "reader"

Anonymous  Jun 19, 2014 
PDF Page 159
2nd code listing

// e.g. date shown here is Jan 9 2013, midnight:
setTime(00, 00, 00, 1, 9, 2013);

the Comment says Jan 9 2013.
But the code says Sep 1 2013.

Anonymous  Jun 19, 2014 
PDF Page 160
last paragraph

"Once you know the record?s length"

"record's length" should be "payload's length".


"... and copy the record into the array..."

"record" should be "payload".

Anonymous  Jun 19, 2014 
PDF Page 162
last paragraph

"This takes the check-in time (called arrival in the function?s parameters), and the departure (called departure)..."

There is no such things "arrival" and "departure" in the code.

Anonymous  Jun 19, 2014 
PDF Page 189
1st paragraph

" The onFileSuccess() handler doesn?t do..."

"onFileSuccess()" should be "onFileSystemSuccess()"

Anonymous  Jun 20, 2014