And you work for who? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dimitrios Sidiropoulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 11:34 AM Subject: Re: [smartBridges] AirBridge Firmware release 0.01.07
> Michael, > > > Anyone have any luck yet? > > I have my doubts regarding all those problems Smartbridges has encountered. > > We use the same Atmel 510 H/W Reference Design and similar F/W to that of > SmartBridges and all our untis perform flawless. For your information we > have moved about 1000 units so far. > > It amazes me how the same f/w operates so wonderfully for us and gives so > much trouble to SB ? > > I mean there are issues one after another and since the same > people(ATMEL)that code f/w for us, code f/w for SB I would not think all > those issues are f/w related. At least not only f/w related. > > Last week I poped open a SB unit and looked around > I know I am not an expert but my basic electronics knowledge would not > allow me to place a heating element on top of the physical ethernet. > Doesn't the additional heat created by the heating element raise the temp > of the etherent chip ? doesn't that change the operational structure of > the chip and therefore cause various missbehaviors on the ethernet side ? > > I believe there are more than afew incidents and my opinion is that > removing the heating element form the ethernet physical will resolve alot > of those issues. > > Also there are a couple of resistors on the SB data bus lay out. I doubled > check the reference desing of the manufacturer (ATMEL) and there is no > such a thing there. > > Those are just 2 very basic observations made by the naked eye. > > When ATMEL engineers code f/w or make any h/w changes the first basic > assumption is that the customer (SB) followes their refference design. > > I know our new units have the new ATMEL flash and we have had absolutely 0 > problems with that issue. > > We are located in Greece and the temp on our outdoor units goes higher > than 60C. Still no heat problem, why ? > > Because our OEM follows ATMEL's Reference Dessign by heart. > > SB officialy "BASHED" ATMEL last week (.pdf posted the 11th) while it is > strictly their fault. > > I believe if they had informed ATMEL for their h/w modifications we would > not be talking about it now. > > For the record, this is my personal opinion and I am in no way affiliated > with either one of the companies named above. > > Thank you > Dimitri > > > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
