Re: Cobalt Micro (was Re: Build your own Motherboards)
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 7 Sep 1998 21:02:53 +0100 (BST)
> > 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.
>
> Well for sensor control this may be ok..
>
> This is all great until you want some fast data transmission. What if, say
> , you want to get 20Mb/s bandwidth ? (for a radio or scope )
At that point you are out of the toys built by hand range except for a
very very few people. The average inept wielder of a soldering iron (eg me)
can make i2c stuff work. Doing PCI requires serious tools.
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