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Arlen Walker (arlen -dot- p -dot- walker -at- jci -dot- com) gives a very good description
(as is his wont) of Application Notes.
One thing I would add...
Another reson for *short* app notes is that Tech Support often has to
fax them to a customer.
Fewer pages=lower fax costs, fewer chances for transmission errors.
Grant
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Grant Hogarth, Information Services Manager
Onyx Graphics Corp. Midvale, UT
"For I am a Bear of Very Little Brain,
and long words bother me."
--Winnie the Pooh
