From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp119.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([68.142.224.74]:31062 "HELO smtp119.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752724AbZBVVuq (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:50:46 -0500 Message-ID: <49A1C8B5.2010501@rogers.com> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:50:45 -0500 From: CityK MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Amy Overmyer CC: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: vbox cat's eye 3560 usb device References: <132842.8631.qm@web35805.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <132842.8631.qm@web35805.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Amy Overmyer wrote: >> Lastly, are there any other IC components on the back or front of the >> PCB ? Can you provide pics (upload them to the wiki article)) ? >> > > The back only has a couple components, probably for electrical, no ICs. > okay > The > front only has the cypress (100 pin pkg) chip and the NIM, with a > couple small components, that I can't read what they are. The PCB is > stamped osc by one of them and usbid on the other, so I'm guessing one > is an oscillator and the other the PROM where the cold USB id is stored. > okay. I rather imagine that your guesses are correct > I > opened up the NIM (hey, they're $30 at my local computer store right > now, so even if I kill it, I have an extra), and I saw my old friend > the BCM3510 (I have a 1rst gen air2pc pci card that works pretty well > for me) Wow, I'm kind of surprised about that one -- I would have expected the NIM to have been a little more contemporary (given that I believe these devices (150/151/3560) came out in the ~2005 time frame). > and a smaller chip marked tua6030 (or could be 6080, the > writing is faint, but infineon doesn't look like they make an 6080). > Yes, that would be 6030 > I have photos but need to upload them. > okay This device might also be close in design to the original Technisat Air2PC-ATSC-USB device (http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/TechniSat_Air2PC-ATSC-USB) -- though, obviously it doesn't use a Flexcop controller ... I say might be, as I don't know what the USB bridge is in the Technisat device, nor the exact tuner module employed. Patrick might recall though