Thomas Davis wrote:
>
> On Tue, 07 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> >> c) Belkin/Crystal dongle support (got to get one first..)
> >
> >I got a Belkin (and would like to make it work). Have you
> >got any docs for it?
> >
>
> http://www.cirrus.com/products/overviews/cs8130.html
>
> I've been told the belkin has the cut down version of this in it.
>
> ie, no consumer ir support.
>
> >Other hints?
> >
>
> start with the airport dongle; they are close, but not identical..
>
> thomas
>
I opened the dongle. Inside is a 5.9904 Mhz crystal. The crystal is hiding
a PIC16C54 (Microchip). The other stuff is really difficult to read. There
is an 8 pin chip - I think I read TC7660 which is DC to DC converter (makes
sense - there are some capacitors and diodes near it. Most of the components
(except for the IR LED/receiver and the crystal) are SMT mounted
on a tiny PCB which has also printed:
BELKIN SMARTBEAM
COPYRIGHT 1998
AEGIS TECHNOLOGIES
FLAGSTAFF AZ
Searching for Aegis I found their home page at <http://www.primenet.com/~aegistec/>.
Itai
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