I just cracked my KW-UB435-Q V2 open, here's some of the chips I identified:<div><br></div><div>Surface mount chips with many leads:</div><div><br></div><div>Labelled as a "7th generation tuner": LGDT3305<br clear="all">
A very big chip (big here means 9mm square): NXP / TDA18271HDC2</div><div>Small chip on reverse side: CeMPIA / EM2874b</div><div><br></div><div>And that's it for the microchip looking things on this device. There's a few larger items that look like voltage converters or transistors, and a few crystal looking things. I don't know much about electronics.</div>
<div><br>- Gavin<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Jarod Wilson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jarod@wilsonet.com" target="_blank">jarod@wilsonet.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div></div><div>On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Gavin Peters <<a href="mailto:gavin@ytz.ca" target="_blank">gavin@ytz.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
> Last week, I sent out a report that the UB435-Q tuner works well. It does!<br>
> It's a great tuner.<br>
> HOWEVER, I bought two more from newegg based on that success, and what I got<br>
> was a UB435-Q V2. This is a totally different device, and I don't know yet<br>
> if there's drivers (maybe Jarod will know and follow up here).<br>
> I examined the box and on mine, there's a difference in a sticker on the<br>
> back, near the bottom. In an area labelled "SN" is a white sticker with a<br>
> product code, the words "MADE IN CHINA", and a barcode.<br>
> On the GOOD UB435, the text at the top of this sticker says: KW-UB435-Q<br>
> On the I DON'T KNOW UB435, the text at the top of this sticker says:<br>
> KW-UB435-Q V2<br>
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</div></div>Didn't have a clue there was yet another revision of this stick. For<br>
starters, I'd crack the casing open and get a detailed listing of what<br>
all the components are. If the various components all have existing<br>
drivers (which is likely, as these are cheapo sticks, not likely to<br>
use the hot new latest and greatest stuff, and its also likely they<br>
are using at least some of the same components as the v1), its<br>
primarily a job of connect the dots to get it all wired up for that<br>
specific device ID.<br>
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Jarod Wilson<br>
<a href="mailto:jarod@wilsonet.com" target="_blank">jarod@wilsonet.com</a><br>
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