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>BTW, I was at an Atmel AVR seminar yesterday - only about 20 attendees.
>The other month, the Calgary Microchip seminar drew about 200 (after the
>fact estimate).  Some neat parts, even neater "soon-to-be" parts, some
>Microchip-bashing, but NO plans to make them work at 125 deg C. :'-(
A friend who fixes cellular phonbes tells me that Atmel TSOP eeproms
(unlike other makes) get corrupted by unsoldering temperatures  -
doesn't exactly inspire confidence, does it?