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<h1>Linux on iPod - Technical Notes</h1>
<p>This page is pretty much a place holder for the moment. Below you can find some links to other sources of information that I have found interesting.
<h1>iPod Information on the Web</h1>
<h2>Articles on the iPod</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.designchain.com/coverstory.asp?issue=summer02">Inside the Apple iPod Design Triumph</a>. An interesting article on how Apple chose off the shelf components to put together the iPod design.
<p><a href="http://www.eetimes.com/sys/uth/OEG20020326S0045">Apple's iPod packs a pricey punch</a>. Another article, has some nice diagrams.
<p><a href="http://www.chipmunk.nl/iPod/">Complete iPod disassembly</a>. Photos of the inside of an iPod.
<p><a href="http://www.maushammer.com/systems/ipod-remote/ipod-remote.html">iPod Remote Control Protocol</a>. A good discussion of the iPod remote control connectors and protocols.
<h2>Product Pages</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.portalplayer.com/products/publications.html">Portal Player's PP50xx</a> range. The Portalplayer chip is the "system-on-chip" that drives the iPod. Unfortunately not too many details here.
<p><a href="http://www.arm.com/techdocs.nsf/html/ARM7Docs">ARM7 Documentation.</a>. The Powerportal chip contains two ARM7TDMI cores.
<p><a href="http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/tsb43aa82.html">TSB43AA82</a>. Texas Instrument's IEEE-1394 chip.
<p><a href="http://www.toshiba.com/taissdd/products/features/MK1003GAL-Over.shtml">TOSHIBA MK5002MAL</a>. The 10GB HDD version.
<p><a href="http://www.wolfsonmicro.com/products/WM8721/">WM8721</a>. The Wolfson DAC for 1st and 2nd generation iPods (this is where the sound comes out :).
<p><a href="http://www.wolfsonmicro.com/products/WM8731/">WM8731</a>. The Wolfson DAC for the 3rd generation iPods (this is where the sound comes out :).
<p>The LCD controller is actually a Hitachi chip (now owned by Renesas Technology Europe), the <a href="http://www.eu.renesas.com/products/lcd_controller/datasheets/greyscalestn_eu.html">HD66753</a>. Thanks readers!
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