It seems the chip does not output the raw I and Q values... It means there is nothing to do with it except watching tv, exactly the converse of existing tuners ;-)
regards sylvain 2013/9/19 Jay Salsburg <[email protected]> > I just received a Product Announcement from SILICON LABS. There new TV > Tuner Chip, the Si2177, appears to be able to demodulate Analog TV directly > on the chip without software. If I am not mistaken, this function is a new > feature in TV Tuner Chips, which may provide a much better SDR than current > TV Tuner Chip Dongles, especially when it comes to noise performance. It > also eliminates almost all external components. RF Input Frequency Range - > 42 to 870 MHz > > Si2177 5th Generation Silicon TV Tuner ICs > > http://www.silabs.com/Support%20Documents/TechnicalDocs/Si2177-short.pdf > > > >
