The Logitech Revue comes with a full-size, wireless keyboard that has a built-in directional control pad and multi-touch trackpad.
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Under the keyboard are the device and cables (inside the box on the right).
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Along the back of the Logitech Revue are the Logitech Unifying button and ports. From left to right, you’ll find the Loitech Unifying technology button (which allows you to pair the device with other Logitech devices), HDMI in, IR blaster ports, two USB ports, Ethernet port, HDMI out, SPDIF port, and power connector.
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With the screws removed, you can use a small metal blade or plastic case opening tool to pop the top half loose from the bottom half.
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The Logitech Revue’s cooling fan and air duct are mounted to the underside of the case’s top half.
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A pair of Phillips screws hold the fan in place. Four screws hold the air duct in place.
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With the top half of the case completely removed, we can get a good look at the main components inside the Logitech Revue. There are four separate PCBs–the large motherboard, and three smaller, function-specific PCBs.
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We’ll remove the AzureWave Wi-Fi card first. A single Phillips screws secures the card to the case.
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Two screws hold the Wi-Fi antenna to the plastic case.
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With the their screws removed, you can detach the AzureWave Wi-Fi card from the motherboard and the antenna from the case.
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The Logitech Revue has an AzureWave AW-NU137 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi card.
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Two stickers cover the chips on the underside of the AzureWave Wi-Fi card.
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On the back of the AzureWave AW-NU137 card is an Atmel H934 IC
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Two PCBs are located at the front of the Logitech Revue. A small square board that contains the RF transceiver and a longer PCB with the IR LEDs.
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The smaller board contains a Nordic Semiconductor nRF24L01 RF transceiver.
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Next, we’ll remove the longer IR board.
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Like the other PCBs, the IR board is secured to the Logitech Revues case with Phillips screws.
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The IR board has four IR LEDs.
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Markings on the IR and main PCBs indicate that GIGABYTE made both boards.
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With the Wi-Fi, RF, and IR boards removed, we can lift the Logitech Revue’s main PCB away from the case.
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Before we look at each of the chips on the main PCB, we’ll remove the CPU’s heatsink.
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The CPU heatsink is held in place with two Phillips screws.
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The head of each heatsink screws is accessible from the underside of the main PCB.
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With its two screws removed, you can pop loose the CPU heatsink. I used a plastic spudger to gently pry up on the heatsink.
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PHISON PS2251-50 USB-to-Flash micro-controller
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Silicon Image SiI9135 HDMI 1.3 Receiver
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Integrated Devices Technology (IDT) 9LPRS525AGLF Motherboard clock
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Texas Instruments TPS2062 power-distribution switch
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The Logitech Revue has eight Nanya NT5CB128M8CN-CG 1 GB DDR3 SDRAM chips.
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Microchip PIC24FJ64GA004 16-bit microcontroller
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Anpec Electronics APW7080 3A, asynchronous, step-down DC-DC converter with integrated Power Switch
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Intel Atom CE4150 1.2 GHz processor
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Fairchild Semiconductor FDS8880 30V N-Channel PowerTrench MOSFET
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Bill Detwiler is the Editor for Technical Content and Ecosystem at Celonis. He is the former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and previous host of TechRepublic's Dynamic Developer podcast and Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show. Previously, Bill was an IT manager in the social research and energy industries. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Louisville, where he has also lectured on computer crime and crime prevention.
