> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Parks" > To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." > Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 4:24 PM > Subject: [PIC] invitation for comment > > > > Hi, > > > > Hope this doesn't look too much like spam, but I'm a writer for > > Business 2.0 magazine, working on a July 2006 profile of > > Microchip. I was hoping to get some voices of PIC users into the > > feature. The article is about how Microchip has done a good job > > providing grassroots support to engineers including support, the > > sample program, low-cost IDE, and programming tools. Thus, many > > people choose the silicon when developing products. I met the > > Microchip CEO for about 3 hours last week. He's a crazy man! But he > > seems quite focused on the smaller businesses and the consultants > > that Freescale, Atmel, STmicro, and others won't touch. Has anyone > > developed a consumer or industrial product in the last few years with > > a PIC involved? Has anyone had interesting bushes with Microchip > > people? Would like the hear your take. > > > > Regards, > > > > Bob > > > > > > Bob Parks > > Author, Makers: All Kinds of People Making Amazing Things in Garages, > > Basements, and Backyards > > (O'Reilly, January 2006) > > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/makers/ > > > > www.bobparks.org On 5/4/06, Dominic Stratten wrote: > There are two manufacturers who stand out for me on their general attitude > to their customers. > > Microchip are one of them (the other being Maxim/TI). I'm a spurious user of Microchip pics, located in the East of the Europe and some very small amount of time at NY. Maxim looks much better to me than Microchip talking about the feedback and implication in user's real problems. So, I'll vote for Maxim, but you'll have to write about Microchip... hard stuff, but if they pay you well, no problem. BTW, I've seein many books (most of them published by Mc Graw-Hill) in which the first 40 pages the author is talking (using pictures) a bout how looks a hammer, a drilling machine, a soldering iron or a prototyping card. The next few chapters are how to mount a LED into the holes and make it blink using a PIC and usualy a compiler. I'm just curious, -and as a writer you must know- those kind of books can be sold well in the US ? cheers and thx, Vasile -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist