Documenting SuperSlim Syscon Pinout on Wiki

zecoxao

zecoxao

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not sure if this is the best place to start this thread but i'm looking for someone with:
A multimeter
A Superslim Motherboard
Knowledge about the Service Connectors/Syscon
Willingness to document

I've already asked some people but i'm getting different results.
Can you guys help?
 
ive thought of trying this out to test serial/uart stuff a while back.

anything specific you need documented or tested? just syscon?

maybe different results are from emmc vs nor consoles

i have an emmc console i could test
 
@sandungas you can add this one lol

4201A eMMC June 2013 MFR

PQX-001 / Syscon: SW3-304

i have some good pics that can be added to wiki later too

i sent @zecoxao some info he needed and pics already. in process of mapping some pin voltages for the one i have here. pretty fun so far, been wanting a reason to tear down the superslim haha :)

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esc0rtd3w said:
@sandungas you can add this one lol

4201A eMMC June 2013 MFR

PQX-001 / Syscon: SW3-304

i have some good pics that can be added to wiki later too

i sent @zecoxao some info he needed and pics already. in process of mapping some pin voltages for the one i have here. pretty fun so far, been wanting a reason to tear down the superslim haha :)

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Thanks, i have uploaded the syscon photo here

I been thinking in how could be the best way to ask you some questions about this motherboard and i think the best is by asking you to fill the info in this table
http://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/Talk:SKU_Models#PS3_SuperSlim

Are some tables i was making, collecting info from other wiki pages and internet and photos, and well, is a lot of info from lot of the components "that matters" either because are big parts of the console or because are components of the motherboard that does some "logic" or are important to know

Sorry to ask you so many things, the table could be a bit confusing, if you have some doubt look at the others for PS3 fat and slim (the models and serials of some of your components are going to match a bit with the slims)

Make a list in a .txt with the stuff that appears on the table, post it here, and i will update the table in wiki
And no hurry... there are some components that you can do in a row (chips of the mobo), but others are going to be a bit more tricky to access (the switch board, or the bluray chasis and laser pickup that has an small sticker)

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And while doing that and comparing motherboards for superslims i just realized the last 2 motherboard models has a nice improvement (yours, and the next that was the last)
Note they reduced the RSX in the third superslim motherboard, and reduced CELL in your motherboard (both to smaller nm), and the RSX RAM are 2x126mb chips (instead of 4x64 in the slims and previous superslims)

Im wondering how much watts have the PSU, increasing efficiency in every revision is normal, but this changes are important so probably was a good gain :)

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And another btw... your motherboard (at least for me) explains a big doubt i had
In wiki we have 6 superslim motherboards... and only one of them had a photo with the eMMC
But that was... imposibru !
Now with your motherboard there are 2 with eMMC :)
This only explains a part of the mistery though... because there is another photo of your motherboard without the eMMC

The most notable difference i see in between your motherboard and the other are the serial numbers
PQX-001 (with eMMC) = 1-888-629-11
PQX-001 (without eMMC) = 1-888-629-21

Just a theory... but by now im thinking maybe the presence of the eMMC can be deduced by the last 2 numers of the motherboard serial
 
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Anyway, onward to what i found lately.
Slims 2000 and Slims 3000 have a chip that is based on the 78K0R-KG3 (128pin K0R chip).
Now, according to the docs, and according to the wiki (thanks to the user who found the Rx and Tx pins) , pin 78 is
SC_RxD(RxD3/RxD2/P14)
and pin 79 is SC_TxD(TxD3/TxD2/P13).
However, it seems that the latest package (the 100 pins one) belongs to an RL78-G13 (which is extremely similar to the 78K0R BUT it has no FLMD0 pin. now the thing is, what if P14(SC_Rx) and if P13(SC_Tx) are the same UART points for the superslim?
Then we can just check the docs and see if they match, and we'd get UART on the superslim.

edit: manuals

https://www.sendspace.com/filegroup/Ozz8gB8+TzlqEyyQJg11kFu0eir+2NEt
 
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Can now confirm that the SW and SW2 models are just a rebranded 78K0R-KH3 and that the SW3 is just a rebranded 78K0R-KG3
I've added also the RX and TX pins for the superslim to the wiki (or what i think they are, according to the connection to the service manual). Need someone to confirm the RX and TX pins for UART :P
Edit: Nevermind, SSL already confirmed it to work (UART works :P )
 
zecoxao said:
Anyway, onward to what i found lately.
Slims 2000 and Slims 3000 have a chip that is based on the 78K0R-KG3 (128pin K0R chip).
Now, according to the docs, and according to the wiki (thanks to the user who found the Rx and Tx pins) , pin 78 is
SC_RxD(RxD3/RxD2/P14)
and pin 79 is SC_TxD(TxD3/TxD2/P13).
However, it seems that the latest package (the 100 pins one) belongs to an RL78-G13 (which is extremely similar to the 78K0R BUT it has no FLMD0 pin. now the thing is, what if P14(SC_Rx) and if P13(SC_Tx) are the same UART points for the superslim?
Then we can just check the docs and see if they match, and we'd get UART on the superslim.

edit: manuals

https://www.sendspace.com/filegroup/Ozz8gB8+TzlqEyyQJg11kFu0eir+2NEt
Click to expand...
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