This gives me a good start. Thank you. Brian On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Daniel Schmelzer wrote:
> >In the mean time, I would like to do a little homework before hand, > >so I would definately appreciate any help you can provide for > >chipset driver parts, code, contacts more familiar with the chips, > >and perhaps better suited mailing lists more on topic. > >I've got some learning to do. :) > > OK, well there's likely just 4 hardware parts to get the stream over the > bus: > > (1) Tuner -- It seems likely that the FusionHDTV II will have a Philips > 1236D tuner. This is an analog/digital tuner. The only difference between > digital and analog operation is throwing a one bit switch. Indeed, most > Philips tuners use very similar/identical code, so you need not know > precisely which tuner they are going to use. I have the datasheet at home. > Open source code is widely available. > > (2) Demodulator -- They mention that they will use an Oren demodulator. > There is a datasheet available for a demodulator that is a couple of > generations old. This should help you at least start to grok what is going > on. Save this one to disk! > > http://www.oren.com/pdf/OR51210DataSheet.pdf > > (3) ROM/RAM -- Depending on the configuration of the card, the Oren chip > may require loading of microcode either through a ROM or from RAM. > > (4) PCI Bridge -- Apparently, they are using the Conexant Fusion 878A. It > would be nice to get an update on where Peter Hettkamp's code stands. The > datasheet is widely available, but most of the stuff covered is analog. > > http://www.conexant.com/servlets/DownloadServlet/100600B.pdf?FileId=443 > > This is a good start. > > Regards-- > > Dan > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
