(Resending message. I think the original got lost someplace. Apologies to all if it did get there.)
Hello from Gregg C Levine I've got a new project being created. It concerns a system that uses a rather specialized, and unfortunately not open sourced protocol for talking to external hardware. However the software that does speak to the device is. It's the One-Wire protocol, and the OWFS software, http://owfs.sf.net
Basically the hardware would be communicating with other items that would eventually create a video signal. For development purposes I've chosen to, ah, do things here, and I'd be using a specific tuner card, name on request. But I'd eventually like to move to a Linux BIOS solution. Here's an e-mail message that Google found for me that concerns itself with one of the EPIA family boards: ----- Embedded Linux Forum ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Original Topic: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Mini-PCI TV Tuners with hardware encoding Posted by tekmage (andrew@plumb.org) on 12-22-2004 09:29:33 What mini-pci TV Tuners have people had success using in Linux based systems? Follow-up questions would be what chipsets do they use (i.e. which device drivers are they compatible with) and from whom can I buy small quantities? I have plans for a Kontron X-board based system, and VIA's upcoming EPIA N board will also have a mini-pci slot, opening up options for a lot of people.
Thanks!
Andrew. ---- It came from a forum which lives somewhere on the Linux Devices site, or did, I do not know if the forum is still active.
I do remember that one of the EPIA boards did support composite video out, but I do not recall which one, nor do I have access to my local archives.
And Ron, if this is really not on topic for anything currently being discussed, even though I do plan on my board design becoming a Linux BIOS platform, I shall discontinue discussing it, with this message. ----- Gregg C Levine hansolofalcon@worldnet.att.net --- "Remember, the Force will be with you... Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi