Re:Helium.co: Connect devices to the web without Wi-Fi, Blue...
by vacri on Friday July 04, 2014 @12:38AM
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This device is a digital communications module, and so I'd expect information to be provided in a form which is useful for digital electronics desginers to use.
Yes, I am not a digital device engineer. I did, however, sit next to them and provision their designs for customers (also tested various bits of firmware for same). The 3G specialist low-power modems we used were rated by mA. Replacement modems we looked at were primarily rated by mA. Yes, there are datasheets, but the convention was to talk in current draw, not total power. Not to mention the original complaint was "they reported A, not j", not "they reported A, not a datasheet".
I look forward to hearing you explain how 3G modems are 'different' to digital communications, just because they're transmitting over a paddock rather than a tenement.
I've read this a few times and I'm still at a loss as to what you're trying to say.
Well, basically it's saying that you using terms like "completely" is wrong. There are plenty of places in the real world where things don't follow the script laid down by "shoulds".
Yes, I am not a digital device engineer. I did, however, sit next to them and provision their designs for customers (also tested various bits of firmware for same). The 3G specialist low-power modems we used were rated by mA. Replacement modems we looked at were primarily rated by mA. Yes, there are datasheets, but the convention was to talk in current draw, not total power. Not to mention the original complaint was "they reported A, not j", not "they reported A, not a datasheet".
I look forward to hearing you explain how 3G modems are 'different' to digital communications, just because they're transmitting over a paddock rather than a tenement.
I've read this a few times and I'm still at a loss as to what you're trying to say.
Well, basically it's saying that you using terms like "completely" is wrong. There are plenty of places in the real world where things don't follow the script laid down by "shoulds".