The analog tuner (manual voltage control) wil be easy enough to get started
with. The i2c analog tuner is kinda harder - apart from the UV916 which is
documented on the web and in projects, the google does not help to much for
datasheets for others. There is a DTT tuner on ebay going cheap that I can
find the d/s for, these are meant for DVB tuners and the tuning range leave=
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out the lower bands. I may visit a tv repair shop and haggle an analog tune=
r
out of them - hopefully the pinouts  are silkscreened on the main board.

The TV tuners are quite bulky, and I am thinking about sampling a maxim tv
tuner ic - I remember a circuit cellar article using one of these. High
performance is not a primary goal. I don't have access to a scope, so it
will be very low tech - hopefully fun!

Apart from the analog tv tuners, I have come across a device known as the
FunCubeDongle www.funcubedongle.com which uses just 3 active devices (and
the PC) that achieves results. It does use the impossible E4000 which is
under NDA and generally won't be available to play with. The other devices
are a TI audio codec and and pic24.


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