Hello
I at least learned something about the Chips in these new TV Tuner Sticks, the tuner is
perhaps British. Information about these chips, it seems, is kept secret for some
(unimportant) reason I cannot understand. You would think a group or company that
manufactures something for sale would publish how to use it; non-disclosures are merely
ways to protect trade secrets. These chips are in the open and may be reverse engineered
or hacked as is the case in this forum, not publishing their datasheets does not protect
them, it only limits their sale. Perhaps someone who has a non-disclosure with them should
convey that to the Fabricator.
Thank you
-----Original Message-----
From: osmocom-sdr-bounces(a)lists.osmocom.org [mailto:osmocom-sdr-bounces@lists.osmocom.org]
On Behalf Of Sylvain Munaut
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 3:44 PM
To: Jay Salsburg
Cc: osmocom-sdr(a)lists.osmocom.org
Subject: Re: why Docs for the ELONICS E4000 are not published
Hi,
Is the reason why Docs for the ELONICS E4000 are not
published because
it is Chinese?
The E4K is from a UK company AFAIK, not chinese. It's only available under
Non-Disclosure-Agreement, they don't just give it out. (I tried
:)
I'm not sure exactly what terms the RTL datasheet are available under, but in any case
it's a copyrighted document.
Cheers,
Sylvain