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From: Steven Toth <stoth@linuxtv.org>
To: Robin Perkins <robin.perkins@internode.on.net>
Cc: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org
Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] Reverse enginnering using i2c protocol analysers
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:51:09 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <48B2C6DD.9040806@linuxtv.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E8C49B92-E40C-499D-9362-923C3A3A1F9A@internode.on.net>

Robin Perkins wrote:
> Does anyone have any experiences using i2c logic analysers to work out 
> how cards work ? 
> 
> Is it an effective reverse enginering method ? 
> 
> I was looking for them online but most of them seem pretty expensive 
> (~$4000) however I found the Total Phase Beagle 
> <http://www.totalphase.com/products/beagle_ism/> for about $300. Has 
> anyone else tried this adapter out ? (It appears to have software for 
> Linux, OS X and Windows which seems pretty good.)

A parallel port on a spare linux box, two wires and a copy of lmilk does 
it for me. < $10.

- Steve

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  reply	other threads:[~2008-08-25 14:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-23  6:10 [linux-dvb] Reverse enginnering using i2c protocol analysers Robin Perkins
2008-08-25 14:51 ` Steven Toth [this message]
2008-08-25 16:11   ` Steven Toth
2008-08-25 20:49   ` e9hack
2008-08-25 15:30 ` Markus Rechberger

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