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Electronics => Beginners => Topic started by: loordgek on March 04, 2021, 06:42:25 pm

Title: broadcom chip datacheet
Post by: loordgek on March 04, 2021, 06:42:25 pm
i am looking for info for this chip but i don't know how to google it
and is it possible to run custom linux on it
Title: Re: broadcom chip datacheet
Post by: Terry Bites on March 04, 2021, 09:12:41 pm
What PCB is that chip on?

BCM7229ZZKFEB03G?
Title: Re: broadcom chip datacheet
Post by: loordgek on March 04, 2021, 10:09:38 pm
it is from a  Kamai entone 510b
Title: Re: broadcom chip datacheet
Post by: amyk on March 05, 2021, 02:55:56 am
Broadcom? Datasheet?

:-DD

Broadcom is already one of the most infamous companies for not releasing any documentation about anything. Especially for a set-top box, they are going to be even more secretive.

You'll have to do some really hardcore reverse-engineering if you want to do anything with that.
Title: Re: broadcom chip datacheet
Post by: mon2 on March 05, 2021, 04:39:31 am
https://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/1763209
Title: Re: broadcom chip datacheet
Post by: rfclown on March 05, 2021, 05:52:06 am
Quote from: amyk on March 05, 2021, 02:55:56 am
Broadcom? Datasheet?

:-DD
...

Before I scrolled down and saw this response, that was my precise reaction. Even when you are designing with their parts it's hard to get the datasheets. We are using some Broadcom parts at work. NDA required. If they give them to you, they will have your company name plastered on every page over the text indicating that it is confidential so that you can't leak the information.
Title: Re: broadcom chip datacheet
Post by: james_s on March 05, 2021, 06:44:40 am
I used to work for a company that used a lot of Broadcom SOCs. I had to sign a NDA to even look at the schematic, some of the source code was tightly controlled, builds were signed on an airgapped machine that was stored inside a locked vault, it was all a bit over the top. So yeah, good luck finding anything.
Title: Re: broadcom chip datacheet
Post by: Ice-Tea on March 05, 2021, 07:39:04 am
Quote from: james_s on March 05, 2021, 06:44:40 am
I used to work for a company that used a lot of Broadcom SOCs. I had to sign a NDA to even look at the schematic, some of the source code was tightly controlled, builds were signed on an airgapped machine that was stored inside a locked vault, it was all a bit over the top. So yeah, good luck finding anything.

Same here. Even though we used insane amounts of BCM chips, I still didn't have access to anything I wasn't directly using.