At 05:00 PM 1/20/03 -0500, Olin Lathrop wrote:
> > Me too. I cringe when people say that the midrange reference manual or
>the
> > electrical specifications in the datasheet are not useful. 8-(
>
>What exactly have you found useful in the midrange reference manual that
>wasn't in a particular data sheet?

I enclose a copy of my reply when when the same topic came up in October=20
last year:

>At 08:24 AM 10/27/02 -0500, Olin Lathrop wrote:
>
>>Personally I don't bother with the midrange reference manual.  Everything
>>you need is in the individual data sheets which are much more reliable
>>than a "one size fits all" description.
>
>Except when the individual data sheet tells you to refer to the mid-range=
=20
>manual.
>
>Excerpted from section 5.4.1 of the 12f675 data sheet (DS41190A-page 31)
>
>"Reading the 16-bit value requires some care. Examples 12-2 and 12-3 in=20
>the PICmicro=99 Mid-Range MCU
>Family Reference Manual (DS33023) show how to read and write Timer1 when=20
>it is running in Asynchronous mode."
>
>The original poster's question was valid: if current data sheets (the=20
>12f675 is a brand new part) tell you to refer to a document, should that=20
>document not be kept up to date?
>
>dwayne


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