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Hi All, Is anyone else here on the list going to Microchip's "embedded control seminar" on the 11th of March in Brisbane? (Oz/Australia/Down-Under) David... ___________________________________________ David Duffy Audio Visual Devices P/L U8, 9-11 Trade St, Cleveland 4163 Australia Ph: +61 7 38210362 Fax: +61 7 38210281 New Web: http://www.audiovisualdevices.com.au ___________________________________________ -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

First I heard of it.. Can someone point me towards some information? Does it cost? where? etc? Thanks,Des >>> spam_OUTdavidTakeThisOuTAUDIOVISUALDEVICES.COM.AU 19/02/03 2:00:19 pm >>> Hi All, Is anyone else here on the list going to Microchip's "embedded control seminar" on the 11th of March in Brisbane? (Oz/Australia/Down-Under) David... ___________________________________________ David Duffy Audio Visual Devices P/L U8, 9-11 Trade St, Cleveland 4163 Australia Ph: +61 7 38210362 Fax: +61 7 38210281 New Web: http://www.audiovisualdevices.com.au ___________________________________________ -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

Are they happy to see hobbiests or just the big users. Justin -----Original Message----- From: David Duffy [davidKILLspamAUDIOVISUALDEVICES.COM.AU] Sent: Wednesday, 19 February 2003 12:00 PM To: .....PICLISTKILLspam.....MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: [PIC]: Embedded control seminar (Brisbane) Hi All, Is anyone else here on the list going to Microchip's "embedded control seminar" on the 11th of March in Brisbane? (Oz/Australia/Down-Under) David... ___________________________________________ David Duffy Audio Visual Devices P/L U8, 9-11 Trade St, Cleveland 4163 Australia Ph: +61 7 38210362 Fax: +61 7 38210281 New Web: http://www.audiovisualdevices.com.au ___________________________________________ -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email EraseMElistservspam_OUTTakeThisOuTmitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

Justin wrote: >Are they happy to see hobbiests or just the big users. I don't know. I've never been to one before. It couldn't hurt to ask though. It does run for the whole day and I expect that it's a sales pitch as well. Like they say on Seinfeld: "Not that there's anything wrong with that" Contact: Ruth.Farrarspam_OUTmicrochip.com David... ___________________________________________ David Duffy Audio Visual Devices P/L U8, 9-11 Trade St, Cleveland 4163 Australia Ph: +61 7 38210362 Fax: +61 7 38210281 New Web: http://www.audiovisualdevices.com.au ___________________________________________ -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email @spam@listservKILLspammitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

At 03:40 PM 2/19/2003 +1000, you wrote: >Justin wrote: >>Are they happy to see hobbiests or just the big users. > >I don't know. I've never been to one before. It couldn't hurt >to ask though. It does run for the whole day and I expect >that it's a sales pitch as well. Like they say on Seinfeld: >"Not that there's anything wrong with that" >Contact: KILLspamRuth.FarrarKILLspammicrochip.com Probably the introductory seminar where they give you a very sketchy overview, a sales pitch, a few samples, literature and a bit of discount on a Picstart etc. Oh, and a good lunch. If you like that sort of thing.. I don't think they really care if you're a hobbyist or not. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" RemoveMEspeffTakeThisOuTinterlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email spamBeGonelistservspamBeGonemitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

hey a lunch is a lunch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spehro Pefhany" <TakeThisOuTspeffEraseMEspam_OUTINTERLOG.COM> To: <RemoveMEPICLISTTakeThisOuTMITVMA.MIT.EDU> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 11:57 PM Subject: Re: [PIC]: Embedded control seminar (Brisbane) {Quote hidden}> At 03:40 PM 2/19/2003 +1000, you wrote: > >Justin wrote: > >>Are they happy to see hobbiests or just the big users. > > > >I don't know. I've never been to one before. It couldn't hurt > >to ask though. It does run for the whole day and I expect > >that it's a sales pitch as well. Like they say on Seinfeld: > >"Not that there's anything wrong with that" > >Contact: Ruth.FarrarEraseME.....microchip.com > > Probably the introductory seminar where they give you a very sketchy > overview, a sales pitch, a few samples, literature and a bit of discount > on a Picstart etc. Oh, and a good lunch. > > If you like that sort of thing.. I don't think they really care if you're > a hobbyist or not. > > Best regards, > > Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" > EraseMEspeffinterlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com > Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email RemoveMElistservEraseMEEraseMEmitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email RemoveMElistservspam_OUTKILLspammitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

At 12:03 AM 2/20/2003 +1100, you wrote: >hey a lunch is a lunch They charge enough for the seminar that you could probably get a better lunch elsewhere for less, and not have your appetite ruined by geeky engineers milling about and clumsily trying to make small talk. ;-) Best regards, Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" RemoveMEspeffTakeThisOuTspaminterlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email EraseMElistservspamspamBeGonemitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

> I don't know. I've never been to one before. It couldn't hurt > to ask though. It does run for the whole day and I expect > that it's a sales pitch as well. I went to a signal processing seminar at the local Microchip office a year or two ago. I usually give a company one shot, and if it's a sales pitch or somebody reading me the manual, I never go back. I was pleasantly surprised by the Microchip seminar. They didn't talk down to the audience like we were idiots. They did spend the time showing us some neat tricks on using the PIC18 for signal processing. I would be willing to go to another one on a different topic. I have also tried out a TI seminar on their DSPs and a Motorola seminar on their microcontrollers. TI is definitely on my "never again" list. They spent 10 minutes just telling us what a "DSP" was, then another 30 minutes why we should use DSPs (as apposed to microcontrollers I think, but this wasn't clear). The rest of the morning was a glorified sales pitch telling us all the neat things you can do with a TI DSP, but there was very little compare and contrast between the offerings of their product line, and between their stuff and their competitors. Every time they started to hint at the underlying architecture and instruction set, they dumbed it down and glossed over the details. I would have walked out after the first hour if it hadn't been that the development tools were scheduled to be shown off in the afternoon. This was done much better (by a guy who actually new something), but didn't make the whole day worth it. The Motorola seminar was at least run by people who knew the technical details of their microcontrollers, but in the end there was little there that couldn't have been learned by sitting down and reading the manual for about the same amount of time. I did get some useful information about their product line and development tool setup by talking to one of the guys during lunch. ***************************************************************** Embed Inc, embedded system specialists in Littleton Massachusetts (978) 742-9014, http://www.embedinc.com -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email RemoveMElistservKILLspammitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

At 07:39 AM 2/20/2003 +1000, you wrote: >The seminar is free, along with the lunch. :-) >David... Hey, you can't beat that deal! Best regards, Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" spamBeGonespeffSTOPspamEraseMEinterlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email KILLspamlistservspamBeGonemitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body