Re: Datasheet-flation?

On Sat, 23 Nov 2024 07:38:16 -0800, john larkin <JL@gct.com> wrote:

On Sat, 23 Nov 2024 03:50:54 -0700, Don Y
<blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
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The data "sheet" for the new processor I'm using is ~16,000 pages.
(note carefully the position of the comma separator)
>
This is getting ridiculous.  I thought 2,000 page datasheets were
over the top, but this one is a personal record!  <frown>

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On the other hand, data sheet quality is generally going down.

My experience is similar - these are usually written in cookbook form,
and there must be a recipe for every possible use.  It can be just
about impossible to find the principles of operation documented in a
coherent way.  Even if badly written, it would still beat the immense
cookbook approach.

In some cases (networking comes to mind), the vendors have immense
documentation bases, large enough that it's physically impossible to
be fully expert in more than one vendor's product line.

Joe Gwinn