| ??? 04/19/05 07:25 Read: times |
#91898 - datasheets??? Responding to: ???'s previous message |
What is the use of a datasheet where the user has to guess what the manufacturer meant???
Atmel, for example, states the tuning range of the internal RC oscillator of AVRs (although with a quite wide tolerance) and there are also appnotes with additional information on the same. This is not to say ATMEL datasheets are perfect - far from being so. Changing process implies a new datasheet or at least an errata. I would not consider it a serious approach changing things and disguising it from the user. I think, the customer appreciates the information much more than lack of it; even if the information says "we have a flaw". Nevertheless, I know a lot of companies with the "say nothing, deny everything" policy. Just an another example from the already mentioned documents (not RC-oscillator-related, just an illustration): P89LPC932A1_1.pdf on page 37 said: Up to 3 Mbit/s can be supported in Master mode or up to 2 Mbit/s in Slave mode. UM10109_1.pdf on page 81 said:
Up to 3 Mbit/s can be supported in either Master or Slave mode. And I did NOT search deliberately for discrepancies, just came across it incidentally. How many more similar are there? Jan Waclawek |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| P89LPC932A1 internal RC osc. TRIM | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| TRIM | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| TRIM range 6.5MHz to 12MHz | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| completely confused now... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| warning | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| more confusion | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| who Knows | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Consider This... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| datasheets??? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
That is not correct | 01/01/70 00:00 |