Currently, there are three mainstream networking modes for home audio-visual entertainment: the host software mode, which connects a computer to a television; the set-top box mode, which connects a set-top box to a television; and the television mode, which utilizes built-in functions. The comparison of supported features for these three modes is as follows: Supported … Read more
Many Huhutong set-top boxes now use the BGA-packaged 25Q64 chip. To read and write data for this chip, a dedicated BGA24 programming seat is required. This programming seat directly converts the chip’s BGA pins to DIP pins, and the 8-pin header is compatible with any programmer that supports the 25 series chips, providing great convenience … Read more
Feel free to message the editor for casual chats. Table of Contents 1. Background 2. Confirming the Box Chip 2.1. Label 2.2. Boot Screen 2.3. Disassembling the CPU 3. Preparing the Flashing Environment 3.1. Preparing Flashing Tools 3.2. Preparing the Flashing Package 3.3. Burning the Image 3.3.1. Installing the Burning Software 3.3.2. Burning the Image … Read more
Feel free to message the editor for casual chats. Table of Contents 1. Background 2. Confirming the Box Chip 2.1. Labels 2.2. Boot Screen 2.3. Disassembling the CPU 3. Preparing the Flashing Environment 3.1. Preparing Flashing Tools 3.2. Preparing the Flashing Package 3.3. Burning the Image 3.3.1. Installing Flashing Software 3.3.2. Burning the Image 3.4. … Read more
Manufacturers and Their Representative Products: 1. Tmall Tmall Magic Box 3S CPU: Amlogic S905X WiFi: 2.4GHz, 802.11b/g/n *************************************************************** 2. Xiaomi Official Website: http://www.mi.com/ Xiaomi Box 3 Enhanced Version CPU: Amlogic WiFi: 2.4GHz/5GHz, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac *************************************************************** 3. Huawei Official Website: http://www.huawei.com/ Huawei Secret Box M310 CPU: Hisilicon K3V2 WiFi: 2.4G/5G, 802.11b/g/n *************************************************************** 4. Skyworth Official Website: http://www.skyworth.com/ … Read more
A friend asked me how to install a box system on Raspberry Pi, and in this article, I will teach everyone how to install the Android system and create a set-top box. For instructions on how to install the system, I have already introduced it in the article on installing the system on Raspberry Pi; … Read more
Recently, I received something quite interesting, a set-top box. There’s not much to say about the set-top box itself, but the chip it features is something I’m very curious about. It uses the RK3528A SoC, equipped with four Cortex-A53 cores, with a frequency of up to 2.0GHz, and a Mali 450 MP2 GPU. After testing, … Read more