owd3............
by you....
I am sure someone will tell Ford31 that I decided to help his education over here.
Posted by: Ford31
In reply to: owd3 who wrote msg# 53555 Date:12/4/2003 3:58:44 PM
Post #of 53587
owd3.........now......please tell me.......
what in the heck would e.digital have anything to do with the operating temperature range of a piece of electronics?
This should be interesting!
Maybe I'll learn something here.
Well, clearly you do have much to learn. You demonstrate a lack of understanding of any type of business transaction. EDIG designed a player for F-T. To do so, F-T would have supplied specifications to EDIG as to what type of player they desired and what specs it should meet. Clearly F-T would have provided specs that would allow the player to operate within tolerances necessary to function inside an automobile. These specs would have been different than say the specs for a player that would operate inside a building.
When F-T states "They had to make modifications to allow it to operate over a broader temperature range" it means the design they had, that EDIG provided, does not meet the specs. EDIG designed the player and selected the components to use, if the Actel FGP is not capable of operating within the required specs, then EDIG errored in selecting that for the design. If it is the HD as Tinroad thinks, then EDIG should have accounted for the shortcomings of the HD when they designed it. They apparently missed that.
So what does EDIG have to do with the "operating temperature range of a piece of electronics", when they were supposed to design a player that could operate within a certain range, and their design falls short of those specs, it means they did a poor job that is not acceptable to the customer. If the design to date is not acceptable to the customer, EDIG would not be able to recognize those NRE associated with the design.
If you still don’t understand, please refer to the O1000 manual that states:
"Operational Temperature 41-104 degrees Fahrenheit (5-40 Celsius)"
Who do you think is responsible for that? That is the operating range of a piece of electronic equipment (the O1000), who would you say has anything to do with that? Anyone besides EDIG?
owd........what makes you think EDIG is designing the physical player...I would think FT is doing that......isn't EDIG just supplying the software?
