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[Marco Ciampa <ciampix@xxxxxxxxx>]

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

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Marco Ciampa

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