[ANN]: GTA04 (Beagleboard inspired Openmoko Upgrade) - Early Adpoter Program

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Am 22.12.2010 um 09:50 schrieb Alfa21:

> 2010-12-22 at 08:49 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
>> The main idea to provide a display is that not everyone
>> wants to disassemble the freerunner core module
>> (PCB + Display) to easily swap both.
> 
> eh! I'm one of them ;P
> 
> btw, on the order page I see:
> Si4721 (FM transceiver)
> 
> ...UH?! I can transmit my broadcast? :D
> or do you plan to use gta04 like a C.B. radio? ^_^
> I think it's a typo

No typo:

	http://www.silabs.com/products/audiovideo/fmtransceivers/Pages/default.aspx

It may not be according to the rules to connect an antenna and operate it.
So we can replace it by a Si4705 (pin compatible receiver only).

	http://www.silabs.com/products/audiovideo/fmreceivers/Pages/Si470405.aspx

The idea behind such chips is to send sound and RDS messages to your
FM car radio. I.e. have your radio display a caller ID or navigation hints.

I think there are already some driver fragments in Linux/Staging.

Nikolaus