AVR-Chat

On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 09:34 +1000, Peter Gargano wrote:
> Thomas Keller wrote:
> >    Ok, guys.  For this here ignorant `Murkin, what the *&^(*&^ does
> > "Pty." stand for?  Is this an Australian equivalent of the British
> > 'Ltd.?"
> Risky getting into comparisons where law is involved ...

  Good point.  I was just curious as tot he actual words represented,
really.  I am not at this time doing any business with anyone in
Australia, though I may be in the near future.  I doubt the meaning of
'Pty" will have any impact on my business transactions, since they'll be
restricted to purchasing off-the-shelf products for cash payment.
*grin*

  Actually, vis-a-vis that, What can any of our Australian compatriots
tell me about FutureLEC?  They are the english language vendors for the
ETT AVR products, and I am considering (once funds become available)
purchasing some from them.  Any positive or negative experiences anyone
thinks I ought to know about?

   My experience wiuth the so far is mixed. On the one hand, they *DID*
finally send me an English language documentation CD for the ETT
development board I purchased via eBay from somone IN Thailand. I don't
know if I had room for complain or not.  The auction SAID there was a
software/documentation CD included, and indeed there was.  They didn';t
happen to mention that the CD contained files exclusively in Thia,
however.  *sad grin*

   In any case, someone pointed FutureLEC out to me, and I emailed them.
It took four emails, over a period of three months, to get a response
from them  Once they responded, they were highly cooperative and even
friendly (and, I should add, very prompt about mailing the CD). 

  I suppose my emails could have gotten lost, to be fair.  I didn't know
until after I received the CD in the mail that they are an Aussie
company.  I was undere the impression that they were in the US or
Canada, for some strange reason.

   For anyone not familair with them, their URL is www.futurelec.com.
They carry a wide range of electronics components and especially
micrcontroller support products, with fairly broad support for AVR in
particular (they also heavily supoport PIC...they know how to cover the
bases).  Their pricing seems to be very reasonable, for the products
they are offering, so I am inclined to do business with them, despite
the higher cost of shipping, and the additional shipping delays
engendered by having to wait for packages to arrive from "Down Under."

Tom