This is Broadcom chip used on the WGR614L router. I am trying to find out the pinout so I can make use of the two UARTs, the GPIO, the USB 2.0 interface and the i2c interface. Any information will be apprecated.
I am working on some open source *hardware* projects and the pin information will be quite useful.
Gus Calabrese
I have also been looking for that data-sheet, I have found nothing other than the Product Brief (useless). I am guessing by the lack of information that you can only get your hands on it under an NDA. All I can suggest is phoning up Broadcom and asking for it. If you are met with any success please drop me a line!
I don't believe that you will get very far, IIRC the SoC you mentioned is a BGA package, so the pins you desire are probably inaccessible.
Good point that man!
I guess one could ask Netgear what each of the additional JP's are connected to on their "Open Source" board; however I suspect that will also be rather unsuccessful!
Any additional information on pinout would be helpful. I can be very creative when I need to be. I have some fun projects in mind.
Gus
Anyone who wants to send me information anonymously can snail mail to
4337 Raleigh Street Denver, CO 80212
I am not trying to hurt Broadcomm, just get some pinouts.
Gus
I will give Broadcom and Netgear a phone call tomorrow plus send out some snail-mail to both companies.
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I have sent snail mail off to Broadcom and Netgear..... to Marketing, the CEOs and Engineering.
Does anyone have a bricked , dead WGR614L router ? I will pay to have it shipped to me and I will disassemble it to find out the magic connections that hardware people may want.
Gus
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Any success with obtaining the datasheet from Broadcom??
No one I sent requests to gave me anything more than a brush-off. 20090112
Gus
Gus et al
I don't know if you've seen this blog (http://mightyohm.com/blog/2008/10/detailed-specs-for-the-asus-wl-520gu-u...)?
The ASUS uses a BCM5354 (as noticed by Mark). Though it looks to be a slightly different silicon revision (BCM5354KFBG HK0819 P13 R2 vs my BCM5354KFBG CK0817 P11 R2A). The source for the ASUS can be downloaded from: http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us
You might have better luck talking to the applications engineering department at Broadcom instead of the CEO. Or make friends with an engineer. :-)
Hello,
I have identified an opportunity to modify and sell Netgear routers to faciltate USB communication with other embedded hardware and sell my product/software/service to an another client. Is this permitted by netGear? Does anyone know if this so called "openSource " router can actually be useful to professionals like me who can do a downstream buiness with it.. Can any one please answer. Earlier I resisted attempts to sell other routers after modifications fearing legal implications. Now that they have named it open SOurce -- is it also a platform like motherboards which any could hack and sell?
Can we get any official netgear licensing for this?
Thanks,
Maha
Maha
I have never gotten any useful response from Netgear. I advise you to give up on the idea if you think you require any kind of response from Netgear.
I am very disappointed.
Any success on pinout for BCM5354?