Anyone have any experience with this device

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I tripped over this today:

http://www.mirics.com/fm_files/Mirics_MSi3101_June10.pdf

Looks a little like a FunCube dongle, but with a larger device-to-host
bandwidth.

Anyone have any experience/more information about this device?

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On 08/30/2011 10:32 AM, Marcus D. Leech wrote:

I tripped over this today:

http://www.mirics.com/fm_files/Mirics_MSi3101_June10.pdf

Looks a little like a FunCube dongle, but with a larger device-to-host
bandwidth.

Anyone have any experience/more information about this device?

I’ve been tracking that outfit for a number of years now (even mentioned
them on the list a few times). They don’t respond to requests for info
and don’t appear to have actually released any products over that time.
I’m guessing that they’re goal is to sell chips & software IP to OEMs
for products targeted at high-volume consumer applications and they’re
not interested in research/hobby stuff.

Eric

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On 30/08/2011 1:47 PM, Eric B. wrote:

I’ve been tracking that outfit for a number of years now (even
mentioned them on the list a few times). They don’t respond to
requests for info and don’t appear to have actually released any
products over that time. I’m guessing that they’re goal is to sell
chips & software IP to OEMs for products targeted at high-volume
consumer applications and they’re not interested in research/hobby stuff.

Eric

Hmmm, OK.

So I should not expect to receive a reply from them at all?

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On 30/08/2011 2:12 PM, Eric B. wrote:

I never heard back from them. YMMV. If you do I’d certainly be
interested in learning more - it looks like useful stuff.

Eric

Indeed, it looks like a FunCube Dongle, but with enough bandwidth to
support applications like NTSC analog TV. That makes it
very interesting, and given a likely sub-$10 BOM cost, remarkably
cheap as well.

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On 08/30/2011 10:55 AM, Marcus D. Leech wrote:

So I should not expect to receive a reply from them at all?

I never heard back from them. YMMV. If you do I’d certainly be
interested in learning more - it looks like useful stuff.

Eric

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The dongle is available from England see
http://www.hamradio.co.uk/acatalog/AMSAT-UK.html
They export world wide.

Frank
South Coast England

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On 30/08/2011 3:08 PM, Frankie R. wrote:

The dongle is available from England see
http://www.hamradio.co.uk/acatalog/AMSAT-UK.html
They export world wide.

Frank
South Coast England
Yup, I’m very much aware of the FCD, although others on this list might
not be.

But this Miric 3101 thing appears to be a digital tuner with much higher
host-side bandwidth than the FCD, which makes it
more-than-passing interesting.