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PeteS
I'll rate TI as 'most improved' over the last 3 years. Still has a ways
to go, but useful.
ST Micro - sucks
National - useable
Motorola derived:
ON Semi - about the same as the old Mot SPS - useable but with quirks.
Freescale - you better know what part you want before you even hit the
site.
Xilinx - See Freescale, especially if you're looking for an appnote
referenced in another document: e.g. Xapp[some number] - do a search
and it won't turn up - you'll have to list all the app notes by device
to find it.
Linear Tech - pretty good but suffers from the 'Xilinx' problem above.
Microchip. Slick, but sometimes too clever for it's own good.
Panasonic - too much javascript and flash - hard to find things
Vishay - just like the company - bloated and no-one knows what product
should be listed where. Badly needs a x-ref back to the original
companies (as that's what we often know the parts as).
AMP - not bad as connector companies go
Molex : ditto
I'll leave the rest of the starting positions to others
Cheers
PeteS
to go, but useful.
ST Micro - sucks
National - useable
Motorola derived:
ON Semi - about the same as the old Mot SPS - useable but with quirks.
Freescale - you better know what part you want before you even hit the
site.
Xilinx - See Freescale, especially if you're looking for an appnote
referenced in another document: e.g. Xapp[some number] - do a search
and it won't turn up - you'll have to list all the app notes by device
to find it.
Linear Tech - pretty good but suffers from the 'Xilinx' problem above.
Microchip. Slick, but sometimes too clever for it's own good.
Panasonic - too much javascript and flash - hard to find things
Vishay - just like the company - bloated and no-one knows what product
should be listed where. Badly needs a x-ref back to the original
companies (as that's what we often know the parts as).
AMP - not bad as connector companies go
Molex : ditto
I'll leave the rest of the starting positions to others
Cheers
PeteS