Dear Philips, I have some suggestions for making your LPC series datasheets better... I've always thought that your datasheets where top of the line, easy to read and quick to get around in... (Logic, PLL, etc..) Please let me give you some suggestions and comments: 1) Sadly I find it quite difficult to even find a suitable datasheet for my Part LPC2129... getting to the specific part page was easy (applause for that! (Some manufacturers -ST for instance couldn't find a donkey in a toilet) But! Now I'm at this page: http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/pip/LPC2129.html I press the datasheet link and I'm given a 34 page datasheet, Wow excuse me but I guess this parts have more to it than just the supply voltages! Come on Philips you can do better, why did I have to search your website for an hour and ending up comparing pins on the LPC2114 and the LPC2129 to find a "match" or even a datasheet with more than 34 pages! This discourages me to get started with that part when the manufacturer not even knows how it works (or cant supply a real datasheet for it)! 2) Another thing... I miss C and Assembly examples. A lot of microprocessor manufacturers has examples for everything that's just a bit special such as correct watchdog initialization etc. look at Atmel ATmega128 that datasheet is like the holy bible it self. I have seen datasheets like that from you before, but I'm missing them on the LPC parts. Another datasheet thing... The counter/timer/capture initialization is very confusing! I'm missing connection diagrams showing the logic inside how the actual "travel path is" from pin to MPU, the Prescaler logic etc. block diagrams etc. Some people like to read themselves to an answer, and some of us (like me for instance) learn better if the text is illustrated with some diagrams. Again look at Atmel's ATmega128 datasheet look how easy Its all explained how they carry you through the registers etc. Just for the record I'm not a slow reader, slow learner, dyslectic etc. And I'm not a crackpot either having some insane vengeance towards Philips products. In fact I'm an incarnated Philips fan not only loving your semiconductors but also your consumer products :) I hope you will take my humble option into consideration as your logo says "Lets make things better" - and I hope you will... We are not all bookworm layers that can read between the lines :-D Best regards Lasse Madsen
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2005-02-23 by Lasse Madsen
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