Looking for pinout to BCM5354 chip

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puppetboy
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Looking for pinout to BCM5354 chip

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

bzing2
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I have also been looking for

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!

benbennington
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I don't believe that you will

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.

bzing2
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Good point that man!

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!

puppetboy
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Any additional information on

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

puppetboy
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Anyone who wants to send me

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

puppetboy
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I will give Broadcom and

I will give Broadcom and Netgear a phone call tomorrow plus send out some snail-mail to both companies.
20081117

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puppetboy
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I have sent snail mail off to

I have sent snail mail off to Broadcom and Netgear..... to Marketing, the CEOs and Engineering.

puppetboy
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Does anyone have a bricked ,

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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amcgrath
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Any success with obtaining

Any success with obtaining the datasheet from Broadcom??

puppetboy
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No one I sent requests to

No one I sent requests to gave me anything more than a brush-off. 20090112

Gus

amcgrath
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Gus et al

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

Jeff
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You might have better luck

You might have better luck talking to the applications engineering department at Broadcom instead of the CEO. Or make friends with an engineer. :-)

Maharaj
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Hello,

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

puppetboy
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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.

red_mamba
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Any success on pinout for

Any success on pinout for BCM5354?