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Why don't they visually update more datasheets ?
Scrts:
--- Quote from: MathWizard on March 14, 2023, 05:12:48 am ---So why don't some of these big companies at least update their old crappy photocopies ?
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Please show me an engineer that likes to write documentation, especially datasheets? Nobody wants to do it |O
SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: Scrts on March 16, 2023, 06:24:00 pm ---
--- Quote from: MathWizard on March 14, 2023, 05:12:48 am ---So why don't some of these big companies at least update their old crappy photocopies ?
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Please show me an engineer that likes to write documentation, especially datasheets? Nobody wants to do it |O
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Quite right. We almost all hate having to do that.
But for me personally, the hardest part is to get going. It's a motivation thing. Once I've started writing documentation and the momentum is there, I'll do it and may even - moderately - enjoy it.
What I don't "understand" is doing it half-baked. Like : "OK, you want me to do it, I'll do it. But you'll get a pile of shit."
I tend to enjoy the end result of nicely written documentation.
But yeah, it's always really hard to get started.
schmitt trigger:
--- Quote from: Scrts on March 16, 2023, 06:24:00 pm ---
--- Quote from: MathWizard on March 14, 2023, 05:12:48 am ---So why don't some of these big companies at least update their old crappy photocopies ?
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Please show me an engineer that likes to write documentation, especially datasheets? Nobody wants to do it |O
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Engineering hell must be working with a never-correct document, which is always rejected by QC for trivial grammatical errors, decimal point placements, or simply because the graphics are confusing.
And I know, I know. A decimal point used in the wrong parameter, is what separates a functional board from a full blown fire drill.
james_s:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on March 16, 2023, 08:32:09 pm ---But for me personally, the hardest part is to get going. It's a motivation thing. Once I've started writing documentation and the momentum is there, I'll do it and may even - moderately - enjoy it.
What I don't "understand" is doing it half-baked. Like : "OK, you want me to do it, I'll do it. But you'll get a pile of shit."
I tend to enjoy the end result of nicely written documentation.
But yeah, it's always really hard to get started.
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I'm exactly the same way. I'll stare at my computer for an hour trying to get started and get nowhere, then once I figure out how to start it just takes off.
james_s:
--- Quote from: schmitt trigger on March 16, 2023, 08:49:19 pm ---And I know, I know. A decimal point used in the wrong parameter, is what separates a functional board from a full blown fire drill.
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You mean I was supposed to feed 100 millivolts to that point and not 100 megavolts? No wonder. ;D
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