"Kits" don't have to pass FCC part 15 certification tests. * Drew Van Zandt Artisan's Asylum Craft Lead, Electronics & Robotics Cam # US2010035593 (M:Liam Hopkins R: Bastian Rotgeld) Domain Coordinator, MA-003-D. Masquerade aVST *
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 2:39 AM, Tom Metro <[email protected]> wrote: > adafruit is selling NeTV, a $119 kit (you put the board into the > supplied plastic case - not sure why they bothered making it a "kit"), > that has hardware similar to a Google TV, which lets you pass HDMI > signals through it and overlay graphics. > > It is open source hardware created by "the lead hardware engineer of the > chumby internet alarm clock." > > http://www.adafruit.com/products/609 > > I'm not sure what CPU it uses. The HDMI overlay is accomplished with a > Xilinx FPGA. "The FPGA is managed using a convenient set of built-in > command-line tools. You can modify the NeTV's video processing > capability using Xilinx's free Webkit development environment. Or, you > can repurpose the FPGA for entirely new functionality; the sky's the > limit!" > > It runs "Angstrom linux...running Webkit that features chroma-key video > compositing. Out of the box, the reference firmware enables the overlay > of Facebook and Twitter feeds, and SMSes from Android phones. The UI is > written in Javascript/HTML, making it easy and fast to develop your > custom application." > > Also has a WiFi radio and a cheesy IR remote. > > Not clear if it is actually any good at video decoding, or if it only > has enough horsepower to show relatively static overlays. No mention of > video decompression hardware. > > Hmmm...if it ran XBMC or Android it would be more interesting. > > I think I'd rather start with a platform capable of being an HD > streaming video player and run open enough software that permits adding > custom overlay data, rather than bother with a device dedicated to > displaying custom overlay data. > > -Tom > > _______________________________________________ > Hardwarehacking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking >
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