Lpc2000

Robert,

By "ARM Architecture Reference Manual" are you referring to Furber's "ARM
System-on-chip Architecture" book?

Curt

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Adsett [mailto:subscriptions@...] 
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 2:39 PM
To: lpc2000@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [lpc2000] Re: Philips datasheet department...


At 11:33 AM 2/24/05 +0100, Lasse Madsen wrote:
> >If you scroll to the bottom of the web page you reference above you 
> >can easily find the 300 page User Manual.
>The problem was that I'm familiar with the word Datasheet for explaning 
>all the things about the part, and I've actually only seen the word 
>user manual being used for embedded modems where they are split up...

Our experiences and expectations are, apparently, almost completely
reversed.  All the microprocessors I'd used, until I ran into Microchips
back breaking idea of a data sheet,  had a data sheet that was mostly
electrical with an overview of the on board peripherals, a user manual which
sometimes covered several variants, and an architecture and instruction set
manual which usually covered an entire family.  That was true for Intel,
Motorola, ST, Siemens and the Japanese manufactures I'd had a cursory look
at.  When I ran into Microchips data sheet I was quite dismayed at what I
had to wade through to get basic electrical information.  Some of them
(Motorola comes to mind) actually had additional supplements to describe
various peripherals rather than repeat the description in multiple user
manuals.

>Any way I think as the "user manual" is the most important ting it 
>should be in the top of that list not "hidden" down the list :)


Well I don't know about 'most' important ;), but it is equal to the data
sheet and architecture manual.  And I agree there seems to be something
about the layout of Philips pages that makes if difficult to find literature
(and take forever to render).  I've had to read some PIPs several times to
find either the datasheet or user manual.

On a similar note, from what I can see the best architecture and instruction
set manual is the "ARM Architecture Reference Manual".  It is commercial but
you do end up with a proper perfect bound manual for a change.

I do miss TI's logic bible.

Robert

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