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wilted-iris | 1 year ago

This is unfortunately not emphasized with many breakout boards. It pays off to skim errata sections at the start of a project. All hardware has errata, and it ranges from incorrect details and minor malfunctions all the way through to broken peripherals and all manner of critical malfunctions.

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beala|1 year ago

To be clear, this isn't a problem with the breakout board. The issue is inside the microcontroller itself, which, iiuc, is why there is such a long lead time on fixing it.

kjs3|1 year ago

While I agree that reading the errata absolutely should be on the "mandatory TODO before you start" list for any project (esp with new/unfamiliar hardware), one should be equally aware that manufacturers aren't always transparent about the defects in their products, sometimes failing to note that entire subsystems, frankly, don't work.