Hello Everyone ! Some time ago I had announced my initiative about building truly universal DTV receiver - “Joker TV” (supports DVB-S2/T2/C2, ISDB-T, ATSC, DTMB). Now I’m glad to post an update. It has been almost 10 months now but during this time, I have prepared two hardware revisions of “Joker TV” with various fixes. I also wrote software for FPGA and the host (for Linux/OSx/Windows). This was a lot of work, but now I’m ready to share all of it with you. I have decided to donate my work to the community and make this project an Open Hardware and Open Software project. Here are some posts with additional information: https://jokersys.com/2017/07/06/schematic-pcb-share/ - hardware sharing https://jokersys.com/2017/07/06/joker-tv-linuxosxwindows-drivers-apps/ - user-level driver&app description https://jokersys.com/2017/07/06/joker-tv-fpga-verilogvhdl-code/ - FPGA firmware description And bonus for those who are interested in how the production is done and how much it cost. Here is my post about this: https://jokersys.com/2017/07/08/joker-tv-manufacturing/ Additionally, I have just placed the first batch order to the factory and I’m anticipating the results which should be ready in about three (3) weeks. I will send freshly baked “Joker TV” gadgets to all backers. I’m planning to prepare new posts with internals about Joker TV’s hardware and software. Here are some topics I’m planning to describe: * USB part. ULPI PHY interface, FPGA USB-stack, Isochronous transactions with TS data, etc; * RF part. Tuner and Demods, AGC, LNB, I&Q, etc * I2C and SPI buses * CI interface Please let me know if you are interested in some topics listed above - I will describe them in more detail next time. I’m open to any comments, collaboration, discussions. Thanks ! -- Abylay Ospan
