[offtopic] Re: I2c was: Cobalt Micro (was Re: Build your own Motherboards)

Gregory Maxwell (linker@z.ml.org)
Tue, 8 Sep 1998 00:34:32 -0400 (EDT)


On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Rogier Wolff wrote:

> Alan Cox wrote:
> > i2c is what holds the control circuitry of the average tv set together (
> > and incidentally why tv cards for PC's tend to use i2c onboard). There
> > is linux backend support for i2c too.
>
> One imho major drawback is that i2c is limited to about 4 meters. If
> you want more you need special bus converters or something like
> that.
>
> This is from memory, having looked at i2c for home-control about 5
> years ago.

Would it be possible to crack open my TV, find the tuner area, locate the
I2C, hook it to the computer and sniff it, then use the computer to
control the TV? (same for microwave and other such devices)?

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