Reverse engineering the SNES

[R00man]

So far I have sanded down the SNES mini board and taken high resolution pictures of it.
http://electromunk.com/pictures/snes1.jpg(top)
http://electromunk.com/pictures/snes2.JPG(bottom)
I then mapped out the direct pinout of the cartridge slot.
http://electromunk.com/pictures/SNESCARTPIN.jpg
That diagram will probably be unreadable to anyone else and I'd rather make a nicer one than explain it. More to come when I get another working mobo if you have one PM me.

EDIT: For the most part here is the pinout of the RGB chip
Pin 1, CPU pin 3(components)
Pin 2, n/a
Pin 3, CPU pin 4(components)
Pin 4, n/a
Pin 5, CPU pin 5(components)
Pin 6, GND
Pin 7, CPU pin 10
Pin 8, CPU pin 9
Pin 9, nb
Pin 10, nb
Pin 11, GND
Pin 12, n/a
Pin 13, n/a
Pin 14, n/a
Pin 15, n/a
Pin 16, n/a
Pin 17, n/a
Pin 18, nb
Pin 19, n/a
Pin 20, n/a
Pin 21, GND
Pin 22, composite video (cap)
Pin 23, n/a
Pin 24, GND
nb stands for need board as in I need a board to correctly denote them.

EDIT 2: Lockout Chip Pinout
Pin 1, Cart Pin 55
Pin 2, Cart Pin 24
Pin 3, nb (GND[cap])
Pin 4, nb
Pin 5, n/a
Pin 6, n/a
Pin 7, CPU Pin 39
Pin 8, Reset switch
Pin 9, GND
Pin 10, APU Pin 1
Pin 11, Cart Pin 25
Pin 12, n/a
Pin 13, n/a
Pin 14, n/a
Pin 15, n/a
Pin 16, n/a
Pin 17, n/a
Pin 18, nb

 

[jleemero]

You've made some nice progress I can see.
There's a lot to work with there.

Side note: We already have SNES Schematics.

 

[R00man]

Meh more fun doing it myself

 

[Goldstubble]

Sweet! This is awesome! Tbh, this is immensely helpful to me. I've always been curious about what's under all that green, too. Also, brushed copper looks tight!

Side note: We already have SNES Schematics.

A more accessible link to that would be awesome.

 

[R00man]

google is your friend http://www.caitsith2.net/snes/index.htm

 

[Goldstubble]

google is your friend http://www.caitsith2.net/snes/index.htm

I didn't mean that I needed one. Just that having it available in the SNES section of ModRetro would be appropriate.

 

[silverdude66]

Does anyone have these pictures of the snes mini mobo sanded? I have all other versions of the snes wiring diagrams except the snes mini and these sanded ones would be awesome. I know this is an old topic but if someone could show me where to get those so I can actually download them that would be awesome

thanks

 

[bud]

Yeah I want em too. I nearly cried when I came back to this thread a few weeks ago and they were gone.

 

[silverdude66]

I think its hilarious how if you search Google for these pictures you can see the thumbnail or preview picture but its too small. Google then has the option to make it 15 times bigger or something like that and its not there. The feeling is like a thousand dollar bill just a hairs length away...

 

[silverdude66]

Well I got tired of searching for those pictures of the Snes mini so I stripped and sanded down my last Snes mini mobo. Anyways, I'll have the pictures up as soon as I can get a hold of a hi-res camera....

 

[Victim]

http://tinypic.com/r/2ldkumo/7

http://tinypic.com/r/23mdmf/7

Tiny-pic scaled the images so I uploaded the original files in a .rar to megaupload. Enjoy

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YY3BUK7C

Please note these are not mine and I am only uploading them so others can see them. All credit to the original author

edit: R00man is the original uploader, but they are no longer available on his website.

 

[bassmasta]

Please note these are not mine and I am only uploading them so others can see them. All credit to the original author

Who is...?

Thanks though, these are useful.