Double Reviews

It's not often you receive a review from a buyer of your books, much less to have a double reviews from the same buyer in one day. So it came as a pleasant surprise when someone did just that for two of my books, PCB-RE: Real-World Examples and Manual PCB-RE: The Essentials:

For those wanting to know how PCB-RE works out in the real-world, go for the examples; for those looking to understand the process of doing manual reverse engineering a PCB, I recommend you settle for the essentials.

There simply is no better references on the PCB-RE subject out there than these two books. If you're into Microsoft Visio, then my first book, The Art of PCB Reverse Engineering is your best bet. But if you want to know what are the alternative resources available for doing PCB-RE besides the manual method, then PCB-RE: Tools & Techniques is the answer, hands down.

To find out more, click on the book covers on the right to Look Inside at the content page and samples for a better idea.

Errata to Deciphering Schematics

As much as I tried to ensure that all my books are published to the best quality, sometimes a thing or two still managed to elude me. I just received the hardcopy of Deciphering Schematics after some delivery delays and found that the illustration for the Xminilab-B mechanical diagram is fainter than what was presented in electronic forms, both on my Word document as well as Amazon's book reviewer. Somehow you can never take for granted what you see onscreen is what you'll get on print. Granted, it's still visible but not ideal to a perfectionist like myself.

For readers who purchased the earlier version, I have included an errata of the affected page below which you can download, print and insert into (or paste over) your copy:

The latest edition has been corrected. My sincere apology for this oversight. An important lesson learned is that even for a vector graphic like Microsoft Visio, if it is shrunk to 50% of the original size, there's no guarantee that it will turn out right when printed. Instead, I need to export it out as a PNG format, then copy and paste before resizing it to ensure the appropriate visibility is achieved for hardcopy.

I would appreciate that readers inform me of any mistakes, typos, or quality issues so I can correct them or feedback to Amazon.