Subj : Re: New Pico2 To : Theo From : Phil Hobbs Date : Mon Aug 12 2024 16:42:54 XPost: sci.electronics.design Theo wrote: > In comp.sys.raspberry-pi Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: >> On Sun, 11 Aug 2024 14:07:59 -0700 >> John Larkin wrote: >> >>> The RP2350 data sheet is 1347 pages! >> >> The days of fitting an instruction set on a page or two are long >> gone. > > These days, when you've got a 1K+ page manual you know it's the actual > manual. If it's 10 pages it's just a 'product brief' that shows some basic > information about the chip but not nearly enough to program it (contact the > OEM and they'll make you sign an NDA for the actual details, and maybe only > if you're going to buy a million units). > > Most of the time you can ignore huge chunks of the manual - if you never use > the CAN bus transceiver, skip that section. But better to have the > information there if you need it. > > Theo > As long as the silicon errata sheet isn’t 1000 pages! Cheers Phil Hobbs -- Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal Consultant ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .