John Lark>> >>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm looking at a couple of different parts from Atmel
>>> and TI for an upcoming design. I'd appreciate comments
>>> (not *rants*) folks might have about both firms in terms
>>> of:
>>> - quality of their products
>>> - accuracy of their documentation
>>> - ability to meet commitments
>>> - responsiveness during the design process
>>> etc.
>>>
>>> I often have to approach vendors as a "one man shop" during
>>> product development with production buys done by clients
>>> *after* the design is finished. So, I usually can't carry
>>> the clout that their buying power will (NDA's).
>>>
>>> I.e., I don't want to waste time with firms that are either
>>> slow to respond to *highly* technical inquiries (in the past,
>>> I've had face-to-faces with the actual designers of many
>>> components that I've "stetched" in unusual ways) or simply
>>> brush them off thinking it's not worth their time/effort
>>> (Motogorilla has lost *many* designs over the years on account
>>> of this).
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> --don
>>
>>
>> Any experience in this respect with the NXP ARM parts?
>
>We've had supply problems recently with the LPC2888 on our second production
>run after speccing it into a design.
>A few niggly problems with the port timings too so the softies tell me.
IIRC the LPC2888 is a bit of a weird part designed by another company. The LPC210x also has some supply problem. They need to run on 1.9V instead of 1.8V.