Review 8: Atmel SMART SAMA5D4 Xplained Ultra - Product Review

RE: Review 8: Atmel SMART SAMA5D4 Xplained Ultra - Product Review

Jan Cumps — Wed, 27 May 2015 17:52:35 GMT

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RE: Review 8: Atmel SMART SAMA5D4 Xplained Ultra - Product Review

Jan Cumps — Wed, 20 May 2015 19:55:56 GMT

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RE: Review 8: Atmel SMART SAMA5D4 Xplained Ultra - Product Review

DAB — Mon, 18 May 2015 18:39:38 GMT

Great Post.

You hit one of the key issues about road testing perfectly.

A product is only as good as it is easy to use. In this case you identified a great hardware board left mostly useless by bad software.

I have seen this mistake made over and over in my career.

Even experienced engineers just want to get to using the hardware to see if it meets their needs. When they are forced to debug bad software or instruction manuals, the perception forces the user to conclude that the device is not worth using.

Thanks you for your persistence in getting the board working so we could see more of its value.

DAB

RE: Review 8: Atmel SMART SAMA5D4 Xplained Ultra - Product Review

cstanton — Mon, 18 May 2015 11:59:06 GMT

I think that Atmel has training documents for this board. I've seen one for the SAMA5D3. It was great (really!), but only after a road tester got in touch with a representative from Atmel, it was released to the community.

Oh, I hadn't seen that. Do you have a link ? [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-d8129385-0cbf-4725-b71b-b85159d427fc/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16]

RE: Review 8: Atmel SMART SAMA5D4 Xplained Ultra - Product Review

amgalbu — Mon, 18 May 2015 08:41:41 GMT

Absolutely agree with your review: great hardware but very poor support

I immediately removed the SAMA5D4 from the list of material for this challenge after the bad feeling I had during my road test...

RE: Review 8: Atmel SMART SAMA5D4 Xplained Ultra - Product Review

mcb1 — Mon, 18 May 2015 05:17:43 GMT

Great review.

It is a shame that such good hardware lacks good documentation to get users started.

Mark

BTW Top Gear looking a new presenter that gives honest opinions. [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-d8129385-0cbf-4725-b71b-b85159d427fc/contentimage_5F00_3.png:16:16]