| ??? 12/06/12 17:41 Modified: 12/06/12 17:47 Read: times |
#188973 - So, you took the hard road... Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Richard said:
BTW, I don't dislike the ATMEL parts, as I've not used them. I do, however, dislike the ATMEL corporate culture, as demonstrated in that incident I have repeatedly described, and which I won't repeat here. Yes, I know what you mean: First they deny that there's a problem with their POR and BOR at all, and then, overnight, they present an "enhanced" power-on reset... Unfortunately things have changed here in Germany, and I guess nearly everywhere in overseas? It's not so easy to contact manufacturers in the USA directly as it worked in the 80ies and 90ies. You are rigurously rejected to your sales offices in your country where only stupid and unexperienced people sit. People entirely uncapable to solve a problem. They only read the datasheet to you and finally you must explain them what the datasheet is telling. Shareholder value seems to be more important than good service and custormer satisfaction. In the last months and years I have given up to ask the manufacturers in the USA for help at all. If the datasheet of a chip doesn't tell me what I want to hear I dismiss the whole chip even if the chip seems to fit perfectly. Where I make my bread highest reliability is of more importance than highest performance... Kai Klaas |
