Em28xx devices

This article discusses some USB interface chipset families produced by EMPIA, and, in addition, addresses the driver that support these chips.

How to compile latest em28xx driver?

• See section How o build from Mercurial

Firmware

Information

• See section Firmware Information in Xceive XC3028/XC2028 page

How to obtain it?

• See section How to Obtain the Firmware in Xceive XC3028/XC2028 page

Error: firmware xc3028-v27.fw not found

 firmware: requesting xc3028-v27.fw
 xc2028 1-0061: Error: firmware xc3028-v27.fw not found.

• See section How to Obtain the Firmware in Xceive XC3028/XC2028 to fix it

Not validated boards

Boards

Define	Name	Manufacture	Status
EM2750_BOARD_DLCW_130	Huaqi DLCW-130	Beijing Huaqi Information Digital Technology Co., Ltd	Not validated (change status)

EM2820_BOARD_DLINK_USB_TV

 Name: D-Link DUB-T210 TV Tuner

EM2820_BOARD_HERCULES_SMART_TV_USB2

 Name: Hercules Smart TV USB 2.0  

EM2820_BOARD_PINNACLE_USB_2_FM1216ME

 Name: Pinnacle PCTV USB 2 (Philips FM1216ME)

EM2820_BOARD_GADMEI_UTV310

 Name: Gadmei UTV310

EM2820_BOARD_LEADTEK_WINFAST_USBII_DELUXE

 Name: Leadtek Winfast USB II Deluxe

EM2820_BOARD_PINNACLE_DVC_100

 Name: Pinnacle Dazzle DVC 100

EM2820_BOARD_VIDEOLOGY_20K14XUSB

 Name: Videology 20K14XUSB USB2.0

EM2821_BOARD_PROLINK_PLAYTV_USB2

 Name: SIIG AVTuner-PVR/Prolink PlayTV USB 2.0

EM2821_BOARD_SUPERCOMP_USB_2

 Name: Supercomp USB 2.0 TV

EM2821_BOARD_USBGEAR_VD204

 Name: Usbgear VD204v9

EM2860_BOARD_NETGMBH_CAM

 Name: NetGMBH Cam

EM2860_BOARD_TYPHOON_DVD_MAKER

 Name: Typhoon DVD Maker

EM2860_BOARD_GADMEI_UTV330

 Name: Gadmei UTV330

EM2860_BOARD_TERRATEC_HYBRID_XS

 Name: Terratec Cinergy A Hybrid XS

EM2861_BOARD_KWORLD_PVRTV_300U

 Name: KWorld PVRTV 300U

EM2861_BOARD_YAKUMO_MOVIE_MIXER

 Name: Yakumo MovieMixer

EM2861_BOARD_PLEXTOR_PX_TV100U

 Name: Plextor ConvertX PX-TV100U

About em28xx models

em2800/em2820/em2821/em2840

• used on older analog only device designs. These chips have support for USB Audio Class; so, audio module is snd-usb-audio

em2820/em2840 based devices

• Em2820/gadmei utv 310
  • Em2820:Talk
• Pinnacle_PCTV_USB2
• Em2820/pinnacle
• Em2820/vgear

em2880/2881/2883

• supports DVB/ATSC. Doesn't provide USB Audio Class. Instead, digital audio is provided via an USB Vendor Class; so, these chips require the em28xx-alsa module for digital audio to work.

em2880 based devices

• KWorld 350U DVB-T
• KWorld DVB-T 355U
• KWorld 310U
• KWorld USB2800
• Em2880/PinnaclePCTV
• Videology 20K14XUSB webcam

em2750

• Seem to be used by some Webcams.

Some Misc stuff

The following needs to be cleaned up and/or integrated into the article:

• Em2880/Eeproms
• Em2880/Todo
• Em2880/remote

Feature Support

• in-kernel em28xx driver: radio and analog TV (including broadcast audio) are working fine. Support for DVB/ATSC is not present yet.
• no firmware is required for em28xx ICs ... note: though em28xx based devices paired with some tuners will need firmware for the tuner (i.e. there are em28xx based devices paired with a XCeive XC3028 or XC2028 tuner, which require a generic firmware from Xceive).

About Driver

• Development -- originally by 4 Ludovico Cavedon, Markus Rechberger, Mauro Carvalho Chehab, Sascha Sommer.
  
• One of the authors, Markus Rechberger, forked the upstream project.

External Links

• EMPIA EM2880 datasheet
• EMPIA EM2870 datasheet
• EMPIA EM2880 product page
• EMPIA EM2820/EM2840 product page
• EMPIA EM2750 product page
• mcentral.de wiki offers alternative, out of kernel, drivers for some em28xx based devices:
  • mrec's page on the em2880 ... note: that the information seems heavily tied to devices which utilise a xceive xc3028 tuner ... hence you may also want to read his xc3028 page for related info
  • mrec's page on the em2820

Additional Help

Contact video4linux developers at vide4linux-maillist