On Tue, Jul 01, 2014 at 08:29:07AM +0200, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote: > On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 03:28:32PM -0700, Cirilo Bernardo wrote:
> > Oh yes, the OMAP ones can be worse. A huge section of the chip errata > > have to do with USB issues, and I'm not happy with the length of > > TI's chip errata either. Some faults have persisted across 2 > > chip revisions. Sometimes I get the impression that TI has no interest in > > creating a working processor. > > OMAP == consumer, don't be so surprised... another TI errata which is > absurdly fun is for an NFC controller/transceiver (don't remember the > part number). It can be used with parallel, 3-wire SPI or 4-wire SPI. > Errata #1: 3-wire SPI doesn't work. Workaround: Use 4-wire SPI :D:D > > Not that other manufacturers are better; a dsPIC33 errata substantially > says: don't ever *hope* to get the part programmed over JTAG, we left > that part out (were they out of silicon area?!). And don't care to trap > DMA conflicts either since they trigger whenever they want (if they > trigger at all). > > Seems that the whole industry is plagued by too short development > cycles... That's astonishing! Thanks for sharing these info guys! Are there any article/blog/anything about this topic (issues, errata and reability in general in microcontroller/ARM world you know of? TIA -- Marco Ciampa "L'utopia sta all'orizzonte. Mi avvicino di due passi, lei si allontana di due passi. Faccio dieci passi e l'orizzonte si allontana di dieci passi. Per quanto cammini, non la raggiungerò mai. A cosa serve l'utopia? A questo: serve a camminare." Eduardo Galeano +--------------------+ | Linux User #78271 | | FSFE fellow #364 | +--------------------+ _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
