DualShock 3

Overview

DualShock 3 X-rays photo
V3.5X board

DualShock 3 Buttons

CECH-ZC2J, CECH-ZC2JA, CECH-ZC2JB (CECH-ZC2U , CECH-ZC2E, CECH-ZC2J, CECH-ZC2H, CECH-ZC2M)
CECHZC2 (SCPH-98050, CBEH-1018: prototype)
FCC ID: AK8CECHZC2
ID: 409B-CECHZC2

MIC listings:

• 007WWCUL0622 February 28, 2011 (CECHZC2JA)
• 007WWCUL0622 April 12, 2012 (CECHZC2JA)
• 007WWCUL0622 September 20, 2012 (CECHZC2JA)
• 007-AB0090 April 26, 2013 (CECHZC2JA)
• 007WWCUL0686 June 16, 2011 (CECHZC2JB)
• 007WWCUL0241 October 3, 2007 (CECHZC2J)
• 007WWCUL0281 April 22, 2008 (CECHZC2J)
• 007WWCUL0324 October 21, 2008 (CECHZC2J)
• 007WWCUL0477 February 24, 2010 (CECHZC2J)

Anatel:

• 0516156223 30/03/2015 (CECHZC2M)
• 1745106223 13/06/2013 (CECHZC2M, CECHZC2U)

Patent:

• Wireless video game controller & method for operating a wireless video game controller

Model Number	Name description	Release date	Note
CECH-ZC2J	Black	2007, November 11	Japan
CECH-ZC2J SS	Satin Silver	2008, March 6	Japan
CECH-ZC2J MB	Metallic Blue	2009, October 29	Japan
CECH-ZC2J DR	Deep Red	2009, October 29	Japan
CECH-ZC2J LW	Classic White	2010, July 29	Japan
CECH-ZC2J CW	Ceramic White	2009, November 11	Japan
CECH-ZC2J CP	Candy Pink	2010, November 18	Japan
CECH-ZC2J YB	Candy Blue	2011, April 21	Japan
CECH-ZC2J JG	Jungle Green	2011, February 24	Japan
CECH-ZC2J CM	Urban Camouflage	2011, November 17	Japan
CECH-ZC2J MG	Metallic Gold	2012, June	Europe
CEJH-15017	TALES OF XILLIA®2 X cross Edition	2012, November 1	Japan
(N/A, Bundled)	Scarlet Red	2011, November 17	Japan
(N/A, Bundled)	Titanium Blue
(N/A, Bundled)	Splash Blue	2011, November 17	Japan
(N/A, Bundled)	Magical Gold
(N/A, Bundled)	Yakuza Gold
(N/A, Bundled)	Fist of the North Star
Gunmetal Grey	Gunmetal Grey
Sand, Brown	Uncharted 3	2011, November 2	Japan
CEJH-15020	God of War: Ascension	2013, March 14	Japan
CECH-ZC2J MY	Metallic Grey	2013, June 20	Japan
CECH-ZC2J VT	Vita TV edition (White)	2013, November 14	Japan
CECH-ZC2J CY	Crystal	2013, December 19	Japan
CECH-ZC2J RQX	Crimson Red
CECH-ZC2J OB	Cosmic Blue
(N/A, Bundled)	MGR Blue	2013, February 21	Japan
CECH-ZC2J BJ	Slate Grey
CECH-ZC2J BB	MLB MLB 11: The Show
CECH-ZC2J FTX	FF13		Japan
CECH-ZC2J LRX	FF13-2		Japan

• Regions (last letter of the "model number"):
  • A Australia (not small letter)
  • E Europe
  • H Hong Kong
  • HK Hong Kong
  • J Japan
  • K Korea
  • R Russia
  • T Taiwan
  • U United States & Canada
  • M Mexico (seen in Anatel.br)

• Revisions (small letter + number after the "model number")
  • A1 https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/File:2Ern4.jpg
  • B1
  • A2 https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/File:E89hU5o.jpg

Controller Components

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) versions

PCB evolution

PlayStation 3 controller PCB evolution

MSU Versions	Photos		Main Controller	EEPROM		Power Control	Sticks Control	Motors Control		Accelerometer	Gyroscope		BT Module		Notes
PP1.2			Toshiba ?	Renesas 504E		Texas Instruments BKO	? (3 pins pots)	2x Unknown -KF (3 pins)		Hokuriku HDK HAAM-325B (offboard)	Murata ENC-03R (offboard)		?		TYPE: Prototype MCU: Sensors connected to pins 77, 78, 79, 80, this doesnt matches with other models EEPROM: Renesas 504E, same one used in a lot of other next models POWER: Texas Instruments BKO controlls battery/USB charge STICKS: ALPS with 3 pins pots MOTORS: The -KF transistor is similar to the one used later in DualShock 3 ACCEL: HDK 325 (added manually) GYRO: Murata ENC-03R (added manually) BT: ?
PP4.0 5			Toshiba T6UM2EFG 0103			Texas Instruments BKO ...and... 2x Ricoh P0NT ...and... 2x KEC ALG31	Texas Instruments YA018 (3 pins pots)	No		Hokuriku HDK HAAM-325BA			ALPS 103A		TYPE: First retail sixaxis STICKS: Texas Instruments YA018 added to control sticks MOTORS: removed the -KF transistor and motors
PP4.0 9			Toshiba T6UM3EFG 001							Hokuriku HDK HAAM-325BA ...or... Analog Devices 330K	Murata ENC-03R ? (offboard)				MCU: Toshiba controller was updated, maybe related with the new accelerometer TESTPOINTS: same location than PP4.0 5, but some removed
PP4.0 11										Hokuriku HDK HAAM-325BA ...or... Kionix KXPC4					TESTPOINTS: same location than PP4.0 9
V2 2.12			Toshiba T6UN6EFG 001			Texas Instruments BKO ...and... NEC 871Y03	2x Toshiba 5W54 (4 pins pots)				Epson-Toyocom X3500Z ? (offboard)		ALPS 203A		MCU: Toshiba controller was updated, maybe related with updated power or sticks POWER: NEC 871Y03 added STICKS: since this point the ALPS pots has 4 pins TESTPOINTS: new locations
V2 2.14							2x Toshiba 763 (4 pins pots)				Epson-Toyocom X3500Z ? (onboard)				TESTPOINTS: same location as V2 2.12
V2.5 1.05							2x Toshiba 5W54 (4 pins pots)			Kionix KXPC4	Epson-Toyocom X3500Z ? (offboard)		ALPS 303A		TESTPOINTS: same location as V2 2.12, but some removed and some renamed
VX 1.03			Toshiba T6UN6EFG 002			NEC 871Y03		2x Unknown -KF ? (3 pins)		Kionix KXSC4	Epson-Toyocom X3500Z ? (onboard)				TYPE: First retail DualShock 3 MCU: Toshiba controller was updated, maybe related with new motor controllers TESTPOINTS: new locations
V3.5X 1.12						Texas Instruments B029		2x Unknown KEX (5 pins)		Kionix KXSC4 ...or... STMicroelectronics 32S3 ?			ALPS 413A		TESTPOINTS: new locations
V3.5X 1.14													ALPS 113A		TESTPOINTS: same location as V3.5X 1.12
VX3 0.07			Toshiba T6UN6EFG 003	Seiko Instruments S25C			Texas Instruments SN84001 (4 pins pots)			Kionix KXSC4 ...or... STMicroelectronics unknown			ALPS 413A		MCU: Since this point pins 37, 38, 39, 40 are connected to a resistors network and to the sticks controller TESTPOINTS: new locations
VX3 0.08						Texas Instruments B029A					Epson-Toyocom X3500Z ? (offboard)				TESTPOINTS: same location as VX3 0.07
VX3 0.11										Kionix KXSC4 ...or... STMicroelectronics 32S3	Epson-Toyocom X3500Z ? (onboard)				TESTPOINTS: same location as VX3 0.07
VX4 0.09						Texas Instruments R2A20060					STMicroelectronics Y35A ? (offboard)				TESTPOINTS: new locations
VX4 0.10				Seiko Instruments S25C ...or... STMicroelectronics 504RP		Texas Instruments SN89062					STMicroelectronics Y35A (onboard)				TESTPOINTS: same location as VX4 0.09
VX5 0.05						Texas Instruments A6044A0 (power and 4 pins pots)							ALPS 603A		TESTPOINTS: new locations
VX5 0.06											STMicroelectronics Y35A ? (offboard)				TESTPOINTS: same location as VX5 0.05
VX6 0.06						Texas Instruments SN89062	? (3 pins pots)								MCU: Since this point pins 37, 38, 39, 40 has been repurposed TESTPOINTS: same location as VX5 0.05, but a lot of renamed
VX7 0.04				STMicroelectronics 504RP				2x Unknown KE4 (5 pins)			STMicroelectronics Y35A (onboard)				TESTPOINTS: new locations STICKS: Analogue sticks are no longer soldered, instead are now friction fit to the second ribbon cables with a piece of rubber. PCB: Now uses a rubber piece instead of foam to hold the ribbon cables against the PCB.
VX8 0.14			?	STMicroelectronics 432RK		?							CSR BlueCore Unknown		TESTPOINTS: new locations Usually found in CECHZC2_A2 revision controllers
MSU Versions	Photos		Main Controller	EEPROM		Power Control	Sticks Control	Motors Control		Accelerometer	Gyroscope		BT Module		Notes

Prototypes

PP1

• Models
  • MSU PP1.2 MAIN ALPS

Notable differences include

• Plastic finish being glossy
• Player LEDs arranged in a square around the USB-mini port and includes a clear plastic shield over the opening for the LEDs
• PS Home button is clear and retains a red LED underneath it
• L2 and R2 buttons are present as opposed to Triggers
• Motors are present
• Battery inside contains a sticker with the date 2006/3/2 and the model of the batter appears to be longer
• Lacks the pinhole and switch on the back
• Label on the front reads Gセンサー搭載 Stick動作せず once roughly translated it reads Powered by the G Sensor, without moving the stick
• Label on the back reads 0604KATA2
• Toshiba MCU is on top side of the board (in all the other models is at bottom)
• The main board was designed without gyroscope and without accelerometer sensors, it has a "children board" sticked on top manufactured by HDK (the first 2 letters of the "HDK" brand are partially visible etched on copper on the children board), this children board includes the accelerometer HDK HAAM 325B [1]. It outputs 3 signals on the 3 white wires "hand made" soldered to the TOSHIBA controller to retrieve the axis data. The other "hand made" soldered component uses 3 wires (black = ground, red = volts, and yellow soldered to TP26) seems to be a Murata ENC-03R Gyroscope Sensor [2]. It seems both components was integrated later in the circuit board of the controllers labeled "sixaxis"

Internally the Gyroscopic sensor for Sixaxis controllers is wired onto the board - presumably as a test for a sensor revision on a spare sample board. The sensor itself appears to be far from complete and very early. Windows (10) detects the controller when connected via USB; analog sticks do not get detected but all other buttons do. The controller does not work on DECHA00A/J units, but might work on DECR units or earlier.

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  Front comparison next to a CECHZC2U

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  Back comparison next to a CECHZC2U

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  Top comparison to a CECHZC2U

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  Front LED

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  Top LEDs

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  Back of the Board

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  Front of the Board

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  Gyro Sensor. Click to see it in detail

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  Battery found inside

Sixaxis

PP4

• Models
  • MSUPP4.0 5 http://www.kako.com/neta/2006-018/2006-018.html
  • MSUPP4.0 9
  • MSUPP4.0 11

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  MSU PP4.0 5
  (Top)

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  MSU PP4.0 5
  (Bottom)

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  MSU PP4.0 9
  (Top)

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  MSU PP4.0 9
  (Bottom)

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  MSU PP4.0 11
  (Top)

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  MSU PP4.0 11
  (Bottom)

V2

• Models
  • MSU_V2 2.12
  • MSU_V2 2.14

Notable differences

• Sticks potenciometers with 4 legs, previous versions had 3 legs

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  MSU_V2 2.12
  (Top)

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  MSU_V2 2.12
  (Bottom)

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  MSU_V2 2.14
  (Top)

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  MSU_V2 2.14
  (Bottom)

V2.5

• Models
  • MSU_V2.5 1.05
  • MSU_V2.5 1.06

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  MSU_V2.5 1.05
  (Top)

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  MSU_V2.5 1.05
  (Bottom)

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  MSU V2.5 1.05
  (Top) BIG

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  MSU V2.5 1.05
  (Bottom) BIG

DualShock 3

VX

• Models
  • MSU_VX 1.03

Notable differences

• Added vibration motors
• Updated wireless module

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  MSU_VX 1.03
  (Top)

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  MSU_VX 1.03
  (Bottom)

V3.5X

• Models
  • MSU_V3.5X 1.12
  • MSU_V3.5X 1.14

Notable differences

• Pressure connector for the buttons membrane

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  MSU_V3.5X 1.12
  (Top)

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  MSU_V3.5X 1.12
  (Bottom)

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  MSU_V3.5X 1.14
  (Top)

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  MSU_V3.5X 1.14
  (Bottom)

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  Dualshock 3 digital buttons and LED's interfacing
  MSU_V3.5X board

VX3

• Models
  • MSU_VX3_0.07
  • MSU_VX3_0.08
  • MSU_VX3_0.11

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  MSU_VX3_0.07
  (Top)

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  MSU_VX3_0.07
  (Bottom)

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  MSU_VX3_0.08
  (Top)

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  MSU_VX3_0.08
  (Bottom)

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  MSU_VX3_0.11
  (Top)

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  MSU_VX3_0.11
  (Bottom)

VX4

• Models
  • MSU_VX4_0.09
  • MSU_VX4_0.10

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  MSU_VX4_0.09
  (Top)

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  MSU_VX4_0.09
  (Bottom)

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  MSU_VX4_0.10
  (Top)

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  MSU_VX4_0.10
  (Bottom)

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  Dualshock 3 MSU VX4 buttons alternative points

VX5

• Models
  • MSU_VX5_0.05
  • MSU_VX5_0.06

Notable differences

• Updated wireless module

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  MSU_VX5_0.05
  (Top)

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  MSU_VX5_0.05
  (Bottom)

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  MSU_VX5_0.06
  (Top)

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  MSU_VX5_0.06
  (Bottom)

VX6

• Models
  • VX6_0.06

Notable differences

• Potentiometer sticks with 3 legs, previous versions had 4 legs

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  MSU_VX6_0.06
  (Top)

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  MSU_VX6_0.06
  (Bottom)

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  Dualshock 3 VX6 board, accelerometer traces detail

VX7

• Models
  • MSU_VX7_0.04

PCB is multilayer

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  MSU_VX7_0.04
  (Top)

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  MSU_VX7_0.04
  (Bottom)

VX8

The VX8 is official, the board traces, testpoint locations, and the sensor chips has a lot of coincidences with VX7... the weird thing that is shocking is the toshiba chip and the alps bluetooth module has been replaced. The PCB has more than 2 layers (previous versions up to VX6 had only 2 layers)

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  MSU VX8 0.14 (top)

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  MSU VX8 0.14 (bottom)

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  MSU_VX8_?.?? (Bottom)

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Others

Asuka

The ASUKA boards made in china seems to be 3rd party (not sony official). At the time when was released sony was manufacturing the VX5 series... later sony continued with VX6, VX7, etc... ignoring the "ASUKA" labeling

• Models
  • ASUKA REV: 1.05
  • ASUKA REV: 1.06
  • ASUKA REV: 1.07

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  ASUKA REV: 1.06
  (Top)

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  ASUKA REV: 1.06
  (Bottom)

PCB TestPoints

PlayStation 3 controller PCB TestPoints

Controller Type	Prototype	Sixaxis				DualShock 3								ASUKA
TestPoints Relocations	0	1		2		3	4	5	6			7	8	NO
Board Model	PP1	PP4-	PP4+	V2	V2.5	VX	V3.5X	VX3	VX4	VX5	VX6	VX7	VX8	1.06	1.07
Total amount of testpoints									26	26	26	4
USB +5V	TP4 ?	TP1	TP1	TP1	TP1	TP1	TP1	TP1	TP1	TP1	TP1	UNL		T207
USB Data -	TP2	TP2	TP2	TP2	TP2	TP2	TP2	TP2	TP2	TP2	TP2	UNL		T206
USB Data +	TP3	TP3	TP3	TP3	TP3	TP3	TP3	TP3	TP3	TP3	TP3	UNL		T205
USB Ground (or Common Ground)	4x GND			TP21, TP22, TP23, TP24			TP4, TP5, TP6, TP7		4x GND			4x UNL		T509
Battery USB power good ?	TP6 ?								N/A
Battery charge start ?	TP7 ?								N/A
Battery charge setpoint pre ?	TP9								N/A
Battery charge setpoint post ?	TP64 ?								N/A
Battery status 1 ?	TP8 ?								TP8	TP15	TP31	UNL
Battery status 2 ?	TP10 ?								TP9	TP9	TP32	UNL
2.8V Switched. Power for vibration motors	3.0V ?	N/A							TP42	TP8	TP25	UNL		T501
Bluetooth Module, unknown									TP10	TP11	TP26			T504 ?
2.8V Standby. Power for MCU, EEPROM, BT, , and 4x LED		TP10	TP10	TP62	TP62	TP62	TP51	TP11	TP11	TP10	TP29			T507	T507
2.8V Switched. Power for Accelerometer and Gyroscope									TP12	TP12	TP28	UNL		T506	T506
2.8V Switched. Power for 4x Stick pots								TP13	TP13	TP13	TP27	UNL		T505
3.7V Battery +	TP5 ?							TP14	TP14	TP14	TP30	UNL		T508
COM 1. Common Line for Analog	TP21 ?	TP17	TP17	TP25	TP25	TP25	TP17	TP17	TP17	TP17	TP14	UNL		T101
COM 2. Common Line for Analog	TP22 ?	TP18	TP18	TP26	TP26	TP26	TP18	TP18	TP18	TP18	TP15	UNL		T102
COM 3. Common Line for Digital		TP60	TP60	N/A
LX (Stick Left X axis 0V~2.8V)		TP19 ?		TP27 ?			TP19 ?	TP19 ?	TP19 ?	TP19 ?	TP16 ?	UNL		T103
LY (Stick Left Y axis 0V~2.8V)		TP20 ?		TP28 ?			TP20 ?	TP20 ?	TP20 ?	TP20 ?	TP17 ?	UNL		T104
RX (Stick Right X axis 0V~2.8V)		TP21 ?		TP29 ?			TP21 ?	TP21 ?	TP21 ?	TP21 ?	TP18 ?	UNL		T105
RY (Stick Right Y axis 0V~2.8V)		TP22 ?		TP30 ?			TP22 ?	TP22 ?	TP22 ?	TP22 ?	TP19 ?	UNL		T106
Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 69, unknown		TP23	N/A ?					TP23	TP23	TP23	TP20
Toshiba T6UN2EFG pin 68		TP24	TP24	TP31 ?	TP31 ?	TP31 ?	TP23 ?	N/A
Unknown (Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 67 ?)		TP25	TP25	TP37 ?	TP37 ?	TP37 ?	TP29 ?	N/A
Unknown		TP36	TP36	TP44 ?	TP44 ?	TP44 ?	TP36 ?	N/A
PlayStation (Home Button)		TP26	TP26	TP32	TP32	TP32	TP24	N/A
Start		TP27	TP27	TP33	TP33	TP33	TP25	N/A
R3 (Right Stick Press button)		TP28	TP28	TP34	TP34	TP34	TP26	N/A
L3 (Left Stick Press button)		TP29	TP29	TP35	TP35	TP35	TP27	N/A
Select		TP30	TP30	TP36	TP36	TP36	TP28	N/A
Square		TP37	TP37	TP38	TP38	TP38	TP30	N/A
Cross		TP31	TP31	TP39	TP39	TP39	TP31	N/A
Circle		TP38	TP38	TP40	TP40	TP40	TP32	N/A
Triangle		TP39	TP39	TP41	TP41	TP41	TP33	N/A
R1		TP32	TP32	TP42	TP42	TP42	TP34	N/A
R2		TP33	TP33	TP43	TP43	TP43	TP35	N/A
L1		TP34	TP34	TP45	TP45	TP45	TP37	N/A
L2		TP41	TP41	TP46	TP46	TP46	TP38	N/A
Left (D-pad Left)		TP35	TP35	TP47	TP47	TP47	TP39	N/A
Down (D-pad Down)		TP42	TP42	TP48	TP48	TP48	TP40	N/A
Right (D-pad Right)		TP43	TP43	TP49	TP49	TP49	TP41	N/A
Up (D-pad Up)		TP44	TP44	TP50	TP50	TP50	TP42	N/A
Bluetooth module (SPI unknown 1)	S-CL ?	CON				TP74	TP47	UNL				TP23	UNL ?
Bluetooth module (SPI unknown 2)	S-CS ?	CON				TP75	TP48	UNL				TP24	UNL ?
Bluetooth module (SPI unknown 3)	S-MI ?	CON				TP76	TP49	UNL				TP25	UNL ?
Bluetooth module (SPI unknown 4)	S-MO ?	CON				TP77	TP50	UNL				TP26	UNL ?
Accelerometer Y-Axis (raw signal)									TP32	TP32	TP8	UNL		T302
Accelerometer X-Axis (raw signal)									TP33	TP33	TP9	UNL		T303
Accelerometer Z-Axis (raw signal)									TP34	TP34	TP10	UNL		T301
Accelerometer Y-Axis (filtered signal)							TP54 ?		TP35	TP35	TP11	UNL		T305
Accelerometer X-Axis (filtered signal)							TP55 ?		TP36	TP36	TP12	UNL		T306
Accelerometer Z-Axis (filtered signal)							TP56 ?		TP37	TP37	TP13	UNL		T304
Gyroscope (filtered signal)									TP40	TP40	TP33
Gyroscope (raw signal)	TP26 ?								TP41	TP41	TP34
Enable Small motor	TP54	N/A							N/A
Enable Big motor	TP15	N/A							N/A

Ribbon Circuit Boards

For any arcade stick builders soldering to the vias on the PCB board (in the models where there are no testpoints availables) isn't exactly the easiest thing to do, using the copper contacts for the ribbon board is really the best option. In some board models (VX3, VX4, VX5, VX6, VX8) the copper contacts are covered by a black carbon material that needs to be removed if these spots are to be used to solder in them, this can be done with an X-acto knife or some fine sandpaper, just be careful and when you get to the shiny copper, STOP, you're done. Tin it up with some solder and there are your spots to use. Try and use a 30awg wire, or 28awg at the largest, and make sure to secure the wiring with some hot glue after you make the connection, but don't glue over the solder joint you just made, secure the wire to the board back from the solder joint, in case you ever have to get to it again for any reason.

The pull-up 7.5k Resistors ("printed" on the ribbon circuit boards) also need to be put back in the circuit as they're built into the ribbon board and when it's removed they're not, and the controller will act up on you if these are not in the circuit. There needs to be 2 of these pull-up resistors installed, one goes from V_STBY to COM1, the other goes from V_STBY to COM2. If you don't have any 7.5k resistors you can use anything from 6.8k to 10k really, but they do need to be installed since the ribbon board is removed when building an arcade stick, all of the PS3 controllers are setup this way and need those pull-up resistors if the ribbon board is removed

Ribbon Circuit Boards Compatibility

PCB	Ribbon	Compatibility	Notes
?	SA1Q135A		for sixaxis
VX	SA1Q146A		The first dualshock 3 model
VX	SA1Q147A		Found in a CECHZC2U (USA)
?	SA1Q159A	Yes
VX3	SA1Q160A
?	SA1Q188A
VX4	SA1Q189A		shipped with a CECH-2504 datecode 0C. Seems to be identical to SA1Q188A
VX5	SA1Q194A		not compatible with previous models, PS button changes
VX6	SA1Q195A
VX7 ?	SA1Q222A	Yes	superslims date ?. Is composed by 2 separated ribbons
?	SA1Q224A		superslims date ?. Is composed by 2 separated ribbons

SA1Q135A

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  Sixaxis Ribbon Circuit Board SA1Q135A

18-pin connector.

SA1Q146A

Found in Sixaxis 2.5 CECHZC1E, board MSU_V2.5 1.05. Shape and connector similar to SA1Q135A, yet incompatible with it, with 2 more pins (20-pin).

Replacement may be difficult to find.

SA1Q159A

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  Dualshock 3 Ribbon Circuit Board SA1Q159A

SA1Q160A

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  Dualshock 3 Ribbon Circuit Board SA1Q160A

Counting from left to right... pins 8 and 14 are connected together in the PCB and carries 2.8v stanbdy (in the PCB the copper traces are wider than the others for this reason), This means there is a voltage permanently on this ribbon, also the button "wakes up" the controller from standby by sending this voltage back to toshiba chip

SA1Q188A

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  Dualshock 3 Ribbon Circuit Board SA1Q188A

SA1Q189A

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  Dualshock 3 Ribbon Circuit Board SA1Q189A

SA1Q194A

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  Dualshock 3 Ribbon Circuit Board SA1Q194A

SA1Q195A

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  Dualshock 3 Ribbon Circuit Board SA1Q195A

SA1Q222A

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  Dualshock 3 Ribbon Circuit Board SA1Q222A

Battery

Li-Ion (Accupack)

LIP1359

Shipped with VX4 boards

MODEL LIP1359 Li-ion
BATTERY PACK 3.7V(3,7V)570mAh/2.1Wh
(typ. 610mAh)
Maximun Charge Current: 0.4 A
Maximun Charge Voltage: 4.2 V

LIP1472

Shipped with VX5 boards

MODEL LIP1472 Li-ion
BATTERY PACK 3.7V(3,7V)570mAh/2.1Wh
(typ. 610mAh)
Maximun Charge Current: 0.7 A
Maximun Charge Voltage: 4.25 V

MK11-2902

3.7V 610mAh

MK11-3023

3.7V 570mAh (typ. 610mAh)

Printed Circuit Board Components

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MicroController Unit (MCU)

QFP package, 80pin

The pinout of the Toshiba T6UN6EFG-003 was traced in a VX4 board. Has not been verifyed if the pinout matches with T6UN6EFG-001 or T6UN6EFG-002 or other boards. It seems the pins can be remapped at bootloder as can be seen in the photos of the PP1 prototype (note the sensors in that photo are connected to pins 77, 78, 79, 80, this doesnt matches with newer dualshocks 3 models). Some people said in most older versions of the controller it was posible to update the controller firmware by USB with a tool that uploads a rom to the controller, this update procedure should be made by using the BT module because all USB connections are managed by it (so in some way it was the BT module the responsible to update the toshiba controller)

Toshiba T6UM2EFG

Toshiba T6UN2EFG-0103

T6UM2EFG-0103

Toshiba T6UM3EFG

Toshiba T6UN3EFG-001

T6UM3EFG-001 Used in the sisaxis controllers shipped with the first european PS3 models

Toshiba T6UN6EFG

Toshiba T6UN6EFG-001

Toshiba T6UN6EFG-002

Toshiba T6UN6EFG-003

• Submodels:
  • Toshiba T6UN6EFG-001
  • Toshiba T6UN6EFG-002
  • Toshiba T6UN6EFG-003

Toshiba T6UN6EFG Pinout

Pin #	Name	Port	Description
1	GND		To ground
2	V_STBY		2.8V Standby. Power for Toshiba T6UN6EFG, EEPROM, , and LED's
3	GND		To ground
4	V_BATT		2x Capacitor network to ground, and resistor to battery and Texas Instruments SN89062 pin 16 in VX4 boards
5	V_STBY		2.8V Standby. Power for Toshiba T6UN6EFG, EEPROM, , and LED's
6	SENSOR_ACCL_X		To acccelerometer X axis through resistor
7	SENSOR_ACCL_Y		To acccelerometer Y axis through resistor
8	SENSOR_ACCL_Z		To acccelerometer Z axis through resistor
9	SENSOR_GYRO		To gyroscope through resistor
10	V_STBY		2.8V Standby. Power for Toshiba T6UN6EFG, EEPROM, , and LED's
11	SLAVES_RESET		Texas Instruments SN84001 pin 2, and ALPS 413A pin 5 through resistor network in VX4 boards
12	GND		To ground
13	BT_POWER_CTRL ?		Texas Instruments SN89062, pin 4 in VX4 boards
14	BT_UART_1 ?		To BT module (ALPS 413A pin 8 in VX4 boards) through resistor
15	BT_UART_2 ?		To BT module (ALPS 413A pin 6 in VX4 boards) through 4x resistor network
16	BT_UART_3 ?		To BT module (ALPS 413A pin 9 in VX4 boards) through 4x resistor network
17	BT_UART_4 ?		To BT module (ALPS 413A pin 7 in VX4 boards)
18	BT_UNK_1		To BT module (ALPS 413A pin 14 in VX4 boards)
19	BT_UNK_2		To BT module (ALPS 413A pin 28 in VX4 boards)
20	GND		To ground
21	V_STBY		2.8V Standby. Power for Toshiba T6UN6EFG, EEPROM, , and LED's
22	GND		To ground
23	LED_1		To led 1 cathode through 4x resistor network (RN3 in VX4 boards)
24	LED_2		To led 2 cathode through 4x resistor network (RN3 in VX4 boards)
25	LED_3		To led 3 cathode through 4x resistor network (RN3 in VX4 boards)
26	LED_4		To led 4 cathode through 4x resistor network (RN3 in VX4 boards)
27			Not connected ? (for the PS button backlight led in prototypes ?)
28	MOTOR_SMALL		Small Motor + (rumble)
29	MOTOR_BIG		Big Motor + (rumble)
30	EEPROM_SPI_CLOCK		EEPROM, pin 6 in VX4 boards
31	EEPROM_SELECT		EEPROM, pin 1 in VX4 boards
32	GND		To ground
33	V_STBY		2.8V Standby. Power for Toshiba T6UN6EFG, EEPROM, , and LED's
34	EEPROM_SPI_MOSI		EEPROM, pin 5 in VX4 boards
35	EEPROM_SPI_MISO		EEPROM, pin 2 in VX4 boards
36	STICKS_POWER_CTRL ?		Texas Instruments SN89062, pin 17 in VX4 boards
37	LX_V ?		4x Resistor network (RN8 in VX4 boards), and then 2x Capacitor network to ground (CN9 in VX4 boards), and to Texas Instruments SN84001 pin 21 in VX4 boards
38	LY_V ?		4x Resistor network (RN8 in VX4 boards), and then 2x Capacitor network to ground (CN9 in VX4 boards), and to Texas Instruments SN84001 pin 20 in VX4 boards
39	RX_V ?		4x Resistor network (RN8 in VX4 boards), and then 2x Capacitor network to ground (CN10 in VX4 boards), and to Texas Instruments SN84001 pin 19 in VX4 boards
40	RY_V ?		4x Resistor network (RN8 in VX4 boards), and then 2x Capacitor network to ground (CN10 in VX4 boards), and to Texas Instruments SN84001 pin 18 in VX4 boards
41	BATT_CHARGE_SETPOINT		Texas Instruments SN89062, pin 21 in VX4 boards
42	BATT_USB_POWER_GOOD ?		Texas Instruments SN89062, pin 5 in VX4 boards
43	BATT_CHARGE_START ?		Texas Instruments SN89062, pin 2 in VX4 boards
44	BATT_STATUS_1 ?		Texas Instruments SN89062, pin 10 in VX4 boards (and TP8 in VX4 boards)
45	BATT_STATUS_2 ?		Texas Instruments SN89062, pin 12 in VX4 boards (and TP9 in VX4 boards)
46	COM_3		COM 3 (Common Line for Digital ))
47	BUTTON_ANALOG_UP
48	BUTTON_ANALOG_RIGHT
49	BUTTON_ANALOG_DOWN
50	BUTTON_ANALOG_LEFT
51	V_STBY		2.8V Standby. Power for Toshiba T6UN6EFG, EEPROM, , and LED's
52	GND		To ground
53	BUTTON_ANALOG_L2
54	BUTTON_ANALOG_L1
55			Not connected ? (connected to something in PP1 and PP4 boards)
56	BUTTON_ANALOG_R2
57	BUTTON_ANALOG_R1
58	BUTTON_ANALOG_TRIANGLE
59	BUTTON_ANALOG_CIRCLE
60	BUTTON_ANALOG_CROSS
61	BUTTON_ANALOG_SQUARE
62			Not connected ? (connected to something in PP1 and PP4 boards)
63			Not connected ? (connected to something in PP1 and PP4 boards)
64	BUTTON_DIGITAL_SELECT
65	BUTTON_DIGITAL_L3
66	BUTTON_DIGITAL_R3
67	BUTTON_DIGITAL_START
68	BUTTON_DIGITAL_PLAYSTATION
69			To a testpoint (TP23 in VX4 boards), and 8.45K resistor to pin 74
70	GND		To ground. It seems these pins were repurposed at some point
71	GND
72	GND
73	V_STBY		2.8V Standby. Power for Toshiba T6UN6EFG, EEPROM, , and LED's
74			2x Capacitor network to ground, and NTC thermistor to standby power rail, and 8.45K resistor to pin 69
75	COM_1		2x Capacitor network to ground, and to ribbon circuit board COM 1 pin (Common Line for Analog )
76	COM_2		2x Capacitor network to ground, and to ribbon circuit board COM 2 pin (Common Line for Analog )
77	LX		2x Capacitor network to ground, and to Texas Instruments SN84001 pin 25 in VX4 boards
78	LY		2x Capacitor network to ground, and to Texas Instruments SN84001 pin 24 in VX4 boards
79	RX		2x Capacitor network to ground, and to Texas Instruments SN84001 pin 23 in VX4 boards
80	RY		2x Capacitor network to ground, and to Texas Instruments SN84001 pin 22 in VX4 boards

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Memory (EEPROM)

All the EEPROMS uses the TSSOP 8-Pin package, the first ones uses SPI protocol and last one I2C protocol. Are located the most closer posible to the toshiba controller (the master of the SPI channel), in the opposite side of the board aligned to a border of it

If you scroll down this wiki page a bit you will notice the pinout of the first EEPROM is the same than the next ones, the pinout tables are repeated for convenience, in the case of the Renesas 504E it was used in boards PP1, PP4, V2, V2.5, VX, V3.5X but that boards had different versions of the toshiba MCU (T6UM2EFG-0103, T6UM3EFG-001, T6UN6EFG-001, T6UN6EFG-002), some pins of that component was remapped at some point, probably this changes never affected the EEPROM pins (so this info about the toshiba pinout could be removed from here because can be seen in the Template:Toshiba T6UN6EFG Pinout), but by now are kept here inside the EEPROM pinout tables just incase someone needs or wants to add accurate pin-to-pin details of an specific board model. If at some point it can be verifyed that all EEPROM pins are connected to the same toshiba MCU pins in all the board models then it will be better to replace all duplicated EEPROM pinout tables by a single one but until that happens is better this way. Also the tables can be used to add info about the board testpoints, new board models doesnt have testpoints for EEPROM lines but is posible some old models have them, in that case this tables can be used to add info about them (while rushing as i did) and later move that EEPROM testpoint info to Template:PlayStation 3 controller PCB TestPoints

Renesas 504E

Renesas 504E

Used in boards: PP1, PP4, V2, V2.5 (all prototypes and retail sixasix models), VX, V3.5X (the first dualshock 3 models)

• Renesas HN58X2504I
• https://www.renesas.com/en-eu/products/memory/eeprom/device/HN58X2504TI.html
• https://www.renesas.com/en-eu/doc/products/memory/rej03c0061_hn58x250204i.pdf

4k EEPROM (512-word × 8-bit). It realizes high speed, low power consumption and a high level of reliability by employing advanced MONOS memory technology and CMOS process and low voltage circuitry technology. It also has a 16-byte page programming function to make it’s write operation faster

Pin	Name	Notes
1	EEPROM_SELECT	To Toshiba T6UN*EFG pin ?
2	EEPROM_SPI_MISO	To Toshiba T6UN*EFG pin ?
3	V_STBY	To Standby power rail
4	GND	To ground
5	EEPROM_SPI_MOSI	To Toshiba T6UN*EFG pin ?
6	EEPROM_SPI_CLOCK	To Toshiba T6UN*EFG pin ?
7	V_STBY	To Standby power rail
8	V_STBY

Seiko Instruments S25C

Seiko Instruments S25C 040A

Used in boards: VX3, VX4, VX5, VX6

• Seiko Instruments S-25C040A
• http://www.sii-ic.com/en/semicon/datasheets/memory/general-serial-eeprom/s-25c010a-020a-040a/
• http://datasheet.sii-ic.com/en/serial_eeprom/S25C010A_020A_040A_E.pdf

The S-25C040A is a SPI serial EEPROM which operate at high speed, with low current consumption and the wide range operation. Has 4 K-bit capacity and the organization of 512 words × 8-bit. Page write and sequential read are available

Pin	Name	Notes
1	EEPROM_SELECT	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG (pin 31 in VX5)
2	EEPROM_SPI_MISO	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG (pin 35 in VX5)
3	V_STBY	To Standby power rail
4	GND	To ground
5	EEPROM_SPI_MOSI	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG (pin 34 in VX5)
6	EEPROM_SPI_CLOCK	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG (pin 30 in VX5)
7	V_STBY	To Standby power rail
8	V_STBY

STMicroelectronics 504RP

STMicroelectronics 504RP

Used in boards: VX4, VX5, VX6, VX7

• STMicroelectronics M95040-RP
• http://www.st.com/content/st_com/en/products/memories/serial-eeprom/standard-serial-eeprom/standard-spi-eeprom/m95040-r.html
• http://www.st.com/resource/en/datasheet/m95040-r.pdf
• bin file VX5.bin

4 Kbit (512x8 bits) serial SPI bus EEPROM with high-speed clock

Pin	Name	Notes
1	EEPROM_SELECT	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG (pin 31 in VX4)
2	EEPROM_SPI_MISO	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG (pin 35 in VX4)
3	V_STBY	To Standby power rail
4	GND	To ground
5	EEPROM_SPI_MOSI	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG (pin 34 in VX4)
6	EEPROM_SPI_CLOCK	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG (pin 30 in VX4)
7	V_STBY	To Standby power rail
8	V_STBY

STMicroelectronics 432RK

STMicroelectronics 432RK

Used in board: VX8 only

• STMicroelectronics M24C32-RK
• http://www.st.com/content/st_com/en/products/memories/serial-eeprom/standard-serial-eeprom/standard-i2c-eeprom/m24c32-r.html
• http://www.st.com/resource/en/datasheet/m24c32-r.pdf

The M24C32 is a 32-Kbit I2C-compatible EEPROM (Electrically Erasable PROgrammable Memory) organized as 4 K × 8 bits

Pin	Name	Notes
1	GND	To ground
2	GND
3	GND
4	GND
5	EEPROM_I2C_SDA	To Unknown MCU, pin ?
6	EEPROM_I2C_SCL	To Unknown MCU, pin ?
7	EEPROM_I2C_WC	To Unknown MCU, pin ?
8	V_STBY	To Standby power rail ?

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Power control

Texas Instruments BKO

Texas Instruments BKO

10 pins. Used in PP1, PP4, V2, V2.5 boards (all prototypes and retail sixasix models)

• Texas Instruments BQ24027
• bqTINY-II dual input USB/AC 1-Cell Li-Ion charger with "charge enable" input & "power good" output
• http://www.ti.com/product/BQ24027 http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/bq24027.pdf

This component is designed to work as a battery charger able to select automatically the power source from 2 optional inputs (based in the presence of them), from either an external AC adapter or from a USB cable. In the datasheet this 2 power sources are connected to pin 1 (AC) and pin 2 (USB). But the playstation 3 controllers doesnt have a connector for an AC adapter aaauch... This is the reason why the V_USB rail of the circuit board is connected to pin 1, and pin 2 seems to be unconnected. In other words... the USB is connected to the pin where it was supposed to be connected an AC adapter (pin 1) and there is nothing in pin 2

There are three consequences of this "hack", every power input pin has specific features for it (internally the component has different subcircuits for each power input). Basically the most important ones are the charge current from pin 2 (intended for USB power input) can be controlled by pin 7, it has 3 charge modes for the battery (high=500 mA, low=100mA, hi-z=disable USB charge), but because there is nothing connected to pin 2 all this internal circuits are pointless... This is the reason why in the photos looks like pin 7 is connected to ground, by grounding it sets the charge mode in 100mA but the only purpose of grounding it is to set that pin in a stable state, so is grounded for safety

The second consequence of this hack is the power input connected to pin 1 allows for a much more better control of the charge voltages (it was intended for an AC adapter but here is used for USB), the datasheet tells this is made by using an external resistor connected to pin 6, the value of the resistor indicates the charge mode, intensity, and other settings for a special function able to "wake up" faulty batteries and for the "taper charge". Instead of a simple resistor to control all this, what the playstation controller has is several resistors connected in a very characteristic way to a transistor, and this transistor is driven by the main MCU

Another pin that changes his function is pin 8, is intended to indicate the presence of an AC adapter connected to pin1, but here we have USB connected to pin 1, so pin 8 indicates the presence of USB power

The reason why sony chose this component (even being over the requirements of the playtation 3 controller) is because seems to be very accurate in voltage regulations and it has some additional features to control and monitor the charging processes

• Battery pre-conditioning
  • If the battery voltage falls below a threshold during a charge cycle, the bqTINY-II applies a precharge current to the battery. This feature revives deeply discharged cells. The resistor connected between the ISET1 and VSS determines the precharge rate. The bqTINY-II activates a safety timer during the conditioning phase. If threshold is not reached within the timer period, the bqTINY-II turns off the charger and asserts a FAULT code on the STATx pins

• Battery charge current
  • The bqTINY-II offers on-chip current regulation with a programmable set point. The resistor connected between the ISET1 and VSS determines the AC charge rate

• Battery voltage regulation
  • The voltage regulation feedback is through the OUT pin. This input is tied directly to the positive side of the battery pack. The bqTINY-II monitors the battery-pack voltage between the OUT and VSS pins. When the battery voltage rises to a threshold, the voltage-regulation phase begins and the charging current begins to taper down. As a safety backup, the bqTINY-II also monitors the charge time. If the charge is not terminated within a time period the bqTINY-II turns off the charger and asserts a FAULT code on the STATx pins

• Charge taper detection, termination, and recharge
  • The bqTINY-II monitors the charging current during the voltage-regulation phase. Once the taper threshold is detected, the bq24027 terminates the charge. There is no taper timer for this version. The resistor connected between the ISET1 and VSS determines the taper-detect level for AC input. In addition to taper-current detection, the bqTINY-II terminates charge if the charge current falls below the a threshold. This feature allows quick recognition of a battery-removal condition, or insertion of a fully charged battery. Note that the charge timer is bypassed for this feature. The resistor connected between the ISET1 and VSS determines the taper detection level

• Sleep mode
  • The bqTINY-II enters low-power sleep mode if both AC and USB are removed from the circuit. This feature prevents draining the battery in the absence of input supply

Pin	Name	Notes
1	V_USB ?	Power source 1 (and TP4 in PP1 prototype)
2	N/C ?	Power source 2
3	BATT_STATUS_1	Battery charge status output 1 (open-drain). To Toshiba main controller ? (and TP8 in PP1 prototype)
4	BATT_STATUS_2	Battery charge status output 2 (open-drain). To Toshiba main controller ? (and TP10 in PP1 prototype)
5	GND ?	To ground
6	BATT_CHARGE_SETPOINT	resistors and transistor to toshiba main controller ?. (and TP64 in PP1 prototype)
7	GND ?	To ground
8	BATT_USB_POWER_GOOD	USB power presence detector output (active low). To Toshiba main controller ? (and TP6 in PP1 prototype)
9	BATT_CHARGE_START	Battery charge enable input (active low). To Toshiba main controller ? (and TP7 in PP1 prototype ?)
10	V_BATT ?	Connected to battery + (and TP5 in PP1 prototype)

• PG: The open-drain PG (Power Good, pin 8) indicates when the "power source 1" (pin 1) is present. The output turns ON when a valid voltage is detected. This output is turned off in the sleep mode. The PG pin can be used to drive a LED or to communicate to the host processor

• CE: The CE digital input (Charge Enable, pin 9) is used to disable or enable the charge process. A low-level signal on this pin enables the charge. A high-level signal disables the charge, and places the device in a low-power mode. A high-to-low transition on this pin also resets all timers and timer fault conditions

• ISET1: The bqTINY-II offers on-chip current regulation with a programmable set point. The resistor connected between the ISET1 and VSS, determines the "power source 1" charge rate

• STAT1 and STAT2: The open-drain STAT1 and STAT2 outputs indicate various charger operations as shown in the following table. These status pins can be used to drive LEDs or communicate to the host processor. Note that OFF indicates the open-drain transistor is turned off

Status pins

Charge State	STAT1	STAT2
Precharge in progress	ON	ON
Fast charge in progress	ON	OFF
Charge done	OFF	ON
Sleep mode	OFF	OFF

NEC 871Y03

NEC 871Y03

20 pins. Used in boards: V2, V2.5, (last sixaxis models) and VX (first dualshock 3 model)

Pin	Name	Notes
1		(Resistor R2 in VX board)
2		(Resistor R2, Fuse SW3, (not mounted) capaitor C59 to ground, and TP13 in VX board)
3	V_STBY	(to ribbon circuit board pins 8 and 14)
4	V_SENSORS ?	(TP12 in V2.5 board)
5		(Resistor R53 to ground,Diode D2(pin 1)in VX board)
6		((TP60)(VX board))
7	GND	To ground
8		(Pin 42 BATT_USB_POWER_GOOD in VX board)
9		capacitor network to ground (CN11 in V2.5 boards), and unknown...
10		capacitor network to ground (CN11 in V2.5 boards), and unknown...
11		(RN9 in VX board) to unknown...
12
13		capacitor (CN10 to ground in VX board), and unknown...
14		capacitor (CN10 to ground in VX board), and unknown...
15		capcitor (C11 to ground in VX board)
16
17		Resistor (R3 in VX board)
18		resistor (R3 in V2.5 boards), and unknown...,
19	V_BATT ?	Connected together to a power rail (TP5 in V2.5 board)
20	V_BATT ?

Texas Instruments B029 and B029A

Texas Instruments B029

Texas Instruments B029A

20 pins. Used in boards: V3.5X and VX3

This pinout belongs to B029A

Pin	Name	Notes
1
2
3	RESET_SWITCH	To SW1, when reset switch is pressed this pin is grounded
4
5
6	V_USB	(and TP1 in VX4 boards)
7	V_MOTORS ?
8	BATT_STATUS_1 ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin ? (and TP8 in V2.5 board ?)
9	BATT_STATUS_2 ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin ? (and TP9 in V2.5 board ?)
10	GND	To ground
11		Same function as Texas Instruments SN89062 pin 13 ?
12		Same function as Texas Instruments SN89062 pin 14 ?
13		Same function as Texas Instruments SN89062 pin 15 ?
14		Same function as Texas Instruments SN89062 pin 16 ?
15
16		Same function as Texas Instruments SN89062 pin 20 ?
17		Same function as Texas Instruments SN89062 pin 21 ?
18		Same function as Texas Instruments SN89062 pin 22 ?
19		Same function as Texas Instruments SN89062 pin 23 ?
20		Same function as Texas Instruments SN89062 pin 24 ?

Texas Instruments R2A20060 and SN89062

Texas Instruments R2A20060

Texas Instruments SN89062

24 pins. Used in boards: VX4, VX6, VX7 (R2A20060 is used in VX4 0.09 boards only and seems to be an early version/prototype of SN89062, both has the same pinout)

Pin	Name	Notes
1	GND	To ground
2	BATT_CHARGE_START ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 43
3	RESET_SWITCH	To SW1
4	BT_POWER_ON ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 13 with a pull-up resistor
5	BATT_USB_POWER_GOOD ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 42
6	V_USB	USB power rail input (TP1 in VX4 boards) with a capacitor to ground. To USB connector and to USB protection diode pin 4 (see notes below)
7	V_BT ?	BT power rail output (TP10 in VX4 boards) with a capacitor to ground. To BT module (ALPS 413A pin 3 and pin 2 in VX4 boards)
8	V_MOTORS	Motors power rail output (TP42 in VX4 boards). To 2x "KEX" (transistors ?, 5 pins), and BM+1 (Big Motor +), and SM+1 (Small Motor +)
9	N/C ?	Not connected ?
10	BATT_STATUS_1 ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 44 (TP8 in VX4 boards)
11	N/C ?	Not connected ?
12	BATT_STATUS_2 ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 45 (TP9 in VX4 boards)
13	POWER_BT_UNK ?	To BT module (ALPS 413A pin 37 in VX4 boards) with a pull-down resistor
14	POWER_BT_UNK ?	To BT module (ALPS 413A pin 16 in VX4 boards) with a pull-up resistor
15	POWER_BT_UNK ?	To BT module (ALPS 413A pin 38 in VX4 boards) with a capacitor to ground
16	V_BATT	Battery power rail input/output ! (TP14 in VX4 boards) with a capacitor to ground. To battery + and toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 4 (see notes below)
17	STICKS_POWER_ON ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 36
18	V_CAP_1	Capacitor to ground
19	POWER_BT_UNK ?	To BT module (ALPS 413A pin 15 in VX4 boards) with a pull-down resistor
20	V_CAP_2	Capacitor to ground
21	BATT_CHARGE_SETPOINT	Resistor (labeled R1) to pull-down resistor (labeled R2) and to DP transistor (labeled Q1). Controlled by Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 41
22	V_STBY	Standby power rail output. (TP11 in VX4 boards) with a capacitor to ground
23	V_SENSORS	Sensors power rail output. (TP12 in VX4 boards) with a capacitor to ground
24	V_STICKS	Sticks power rail output. (TP13 in VX4 boards) with a capacitor to ground

• Notes
  • This component seems to provide several voltages for the BT module that i could not identify, probably are for the different components inside the BT module
  • The connections named in the table BT_POWER_ON and STICKS_POWER_ON with the toshiba T6UN6EFG could have two purposes, either to provide voltages for the subcircuits inside toshiba T6UN6EFG, or to allow the toshiba T6UN6EFG to send control signals to switch the low voltage power rails (marked in orange in te table). This is a big blind shoot though, based in how some groups of connections are grouped at the toshiba T6UN6EFG side (see the Template:Toshiba T6UN6EFG Pinout)
  • The toshiba T6UN6EFG (pin 4) is connected to the battery + pin so it should work even if the texas instruments SN89062 is disabled, is unknown how much of the internal circuits of the toshiba T6UN6EFG are enabled by pin 4, but there are some other subcircuits of the toshiba T6UN6EFG that are powered by the standby power rail generated by the instruments SN89062 (the V_STBY pin in the table). The importance of this details is at logic level in the way the circuit works and who is the "boss" of the board
  • The battery power rail has 3 connections, to the battery + pin connector, to the Texas Instruments SN89062 pin 16 (there is a direct connection in between this two), and also connected to the T6UN6EFG pin 4 by using an intermediate 147K/190K diode ?, and another diode of the same value to ground. The point of this diodes is to protect the toshiba chip because the other side of the battery power rail can work in two modes, when the controller is working and the only power source is the battery then the battery power rail provides power to the toshiba T6UN6EFG and Texas Instruments SN89062, and when the USB cable is connected then the Texas Instruments SN89062 checks the battery charge and starts the recharge, this recharge is made by using variable voltages (if the battery is very empty the voltage is higher and at the end of the chargue it starts reducing the intensity), the toshiba T6UN6EFG cant work with this variable voltages (other than using this voltage values as a check to know how the charge process is being made in a very accurate way), so the diodes seems to work as a barrier to stop that variable voltage to reach the toshiba T6UN6EFG
  • All the boards has a component (with 5 pins) that protects the USB lines from ESD EMI and other kind of dangerous voltage effects that could appear on the USB data lines, is connected to the USB power rail (pin 4), standby power rail (pin 3), USB data + (pin 1), USB data - (pin 5), and to ground (pin 2). In some of the board models (the ones that has that side of the board printed such V2.5) it can be seen is labeled D1 (diode 1, the first and most important diode of the board), the component is listed in this link as one of the parts of the PP4 boards and is marked 500 (when looking at a photo of a PP4 board search for the component labeled D1, and marked 500, next to the USB connector), sadly i could not find a accurate datasheet of it (if someone finds something please post it), but is something close to this (dual) or this (quad). The component is actually a diode array made either with standard or TVS diodes. It can be defined as something such... "multichannel ESD protection diode array" (the 2 channels are the USB data lines + and -, and the 2 voltages are the USB or battery power sources). In VX4 version of the board this diode is marked N13, in VX5 N1W, in PP1 prototype (and PP4) 500, in VX7 N1D ?

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Sticks control

Texas Instruments YA018

Texas Instruments YA018

Texas Instruments YA018 pinout

3-pins pots interconnections

16 pins. Used in PP4 boards (the first retail sixaxis models)

• Texas Instruments TS3A5018 TSSOP package
• http://www.ti.com/product/TS3A5018
• http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/ts3a5018.pdf

The TS3A5018 is a quad single-pole-double-throw (SPDT) bidirectional solid-state analog switch

For this device, NC stands for normally closed and NO stands for normally open. When powered on, each COM pin is connected to its respective NC pin

The switch is enabled when EN is low. If IN is also low, COM is connected to NC. If IN is high, COM is connected to NO

The TS3A5018 is a break-before-make switch. This means that during switching, a connection is broken before a new connection is established. The NC and NO pins are never connected to each other

Pin	Name	Notes
1	IN	To Toshiba T6UN*EFG pin 11 ?
2	NC1	LX pot pin 2 (and missing capacitor C40 to ground in MSU PP4.0 5 boards)
3	NO1
4	COM1	TP20 ?
5	NC2	LY pot pin 2 (and missing capacitor C39 to ground in MSU PP4.0 5 boards)
6	NO2
7	COM2	TP19 ?
8	GND	To ground
9	COM3	(and TP22 in MSU PP4.0 11 boards)
10	NO3	somewhere... (and TP58 in PP4.0 5 boards ?)
11	NC3	RX pot pin 2 (and missing capacitor C41 to ground in MSU PP4.0 11 boards)
12	COM4	TP21 ?
13	NO4
14	NC4	RY pot pin 2 (and missing capacitor C42 to ground in MSU PP4.0 11 boards)
15	EN	To ground
16	V_STICKS ?	and C32 capacitor to ground in MSU PP4.0 11 boards

Toshiba 763 and 5W54

Toshiba 763 in a V2 2.14 board
next to the right stick Y axis pot

Toshiba 5W54 in a V3.5X board
next to the right stick Y axis pot

Toshiba 5W54 pinout

8 pins. Used in V2, V2.5, VX, and V3.5X boards (the toshiba 763 is a rare variant used in V2 2.14 boards only)

• Toshiba TC75W54. Dual op-amp, 1, 2
• http://eu.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Toshiba/TC75W54FULF/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMuUbyQTl9BuV9cSxkqkD8zDF7KXFJxjfe4%3D
• http://www.mouser.com/ds/2/408/TC75W54FU_datasheet_en_19980528-760812.pdf
• this

TC75W54 is a CMOS operational amplifier with low supply voltage and low supply current

Pin	Name	Notes
1	X_OUT	To toshiba T6UN*EFG pin ? (and TP30 in V2, V2.5, VX boards. TP22 in V3.5X board)
2	POT_X_2 ?	Precission resistors and thermistor (RT3 for left stick, RT4 for right stick) to stick X axis pot pin 2 ?, and something weird
3	POT_X_1 ?	Precission resistor to stick X axis pot pin 1 ?
4	GND ?
5	POT_Y_1 ?	Precission resistor to stick Y axis pot pin 1 ?
6	POT_Y_2 ?	Precission resistors and thermistor (RT2 for left stick, RT5 for right stick) to stick Y axis pot pin 2 ?, and something weird
7	Y_OUT	To toshiba T6UN6EFG pin ? (and TP29 in V2, V2.5, VX boards. TP21 in V3.5X board)
8	V_STICKS ?	the pin seems connected with a wide trace that goes to the closest pot pin 3 (and TP13 in V3.5X board... probably the V_STICKS rail)

There are 2 components like this one in the boards where are used, every one of them is for an stick, is connected to that stick and the toshiba main controller to send the values of the X and Y axis of that stick, this two lines uses to have a testpoit

The 763 is a rare variant used only in MSU V2 2.14 boards, the only notable difference is the connections named something weird in the pinout table are located in pins 3 and 5 (instead of pins 2 and 6), other than that there are no differences, is exactly the same component

Since this revision of the board the stick pots has 4 pins each (pole_1, pole_2, v_sticks, gnd) in that order from left to right (previous models has sticks with 3 pins pots)

In ALPS webpage are only available sticks with 3 pins pots, there are two posible explains for this, maybe ALPS manufactured the sticks without pots and sony ordered this special version of the pots to other company then sony asembled the pots and sticks together.... or... ALPS made an special production of sticks with 4 pins pots. anyway, this pots with 4 pins are a bit special

In the boards where this component is present (or his replacement upgraded versions) every stick has two pots (to meassure rotations of X and Y axis of that stick), and every pot has 2 pins that are carrying the signals related with the rotation of the axis (pin 1 and 2 of the pot). This signals are voltages, but there is also another pin of the pot that has an additional voltage (pin 3). Inside the pot there are two separated voltages, this seems to create a magnetic field with a magnetoresistive effect. Also this allowed them (in further versions of the pots) to separate the mobile parts inside the pot by an intermediary "seal" that prevents dust and degradation of the parts

So... this component is the initial version that gives support for this "special sticks with 4 pins pots"

Texas Instruments SN84001

Texas Instruments SN84001

Texas Instruments SN84001 subcircuits

28 pins. Used in VX3, and VX4 boards

This component is dedicated to controll the sticks, the internal circuits inside it has some kind of simmetry, the V_STICKS voltage is only used to enable it. VX3 and VX4 boards has 7 capacitor networks in total and this component uses 4 of them. The 3 resistors used in the subcircuits are colored in blue which seems to indicate that are high precision. There are no datasheets availables of this component in the manufacturer web

Pin	Name	Notes
1	GND	To ground
2	SLAVES_RESET	Connected to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 11, and resistor network to BT module (ALPS 413A pin 5 in VX3 and VX4 boards)
3	V_STICKS	2.8V Switched. Power for 4x Stick pots pin 3. (and TP13 in VX3 and VX4 boards). This pin seems to be working simply as an ON/OFF signal
4	POT_LY_2	Stick Left Y axis pot pin 2
5	POT_LX_1	Stick Left X axis pot pin 1
6	POT_RY_2	Stick Right Y axis pot pin 2
7	POT_RX_1	Stick Right X axis pot pin 1
8	POT_LY_1	Stick Left Y axis pot pin 1
9	POT_LX_2	Stick Left X axis pot pin 2
10	POT_RY_1	Stick Right Y axis pot pin 1
11	POT_RX_2	Stick Right X axis pot pin 2
12	STICKS_LOOP_1_COMMON ?	All this pins are connected with each others making two independant subcircuits Pin 12 is connected with 15 and 16 by using several resistors and a NTC thermistor. This subcircuit seems to be an Inrush current limiter Pin 13 is connected with 14 and 17 by using several resistors
13	STICKS_LOOP_2_COMMON ?
14	STICKS_LOOP_2_LOW_R ?
15	STICKS_LOOP_1_LOW_R ?
16	STICKS_LOOP_1_HIGH_R ?
17	STICKS_LOOP_2_HIGH_R ?
18	RY_V ?	Capacitor network to ground, and resistor network to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 40
19	RX_V ?	Capacitor network to ground, and resistor network to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 39
20	LY_V ?	Capacitor network to ground, and resistor network to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 38
21	LX_V ?	Capacitor network to ground, and resistor network to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 37
22	RY ?	Capacitor network to ground, and to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 80. (and TP22 in VX3 and VX4 boards)
23	RX ?	Capacitor network to ground, and to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 79. (and TP21 in VX3 and VX4 boards)
24	LY ?	Capacitor network to ground, and to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 78. (and TP20 in VX3 and VX4 boards)
25	LX ?	Capacitor network to ground, and to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 77. (and TP19 in VX3 and VX4 boards)
26	GND	To ground
27	GND
28	GND

• The subcircuit seems to work this way, im going to use rounded numbers for the math calculations because the values could vary at the time was meassured (in the schematic image at right)
  • The resistance between pins inmediatly (in the first few miliseconds) when is powered up is:
    • In between pin 12 and pin 15 = 35.8K + 6.70K = 42.7K
    • In between pin 12 and pin 16 = 35.8K + 6.70K + 1K = 43.7K
    • In between pin 13 and pin 14 = 42.7K
    • In between pin 13 and pin 17 = 42.7K + 1K = 43.7K
  • After some time has passed, the thermistor starts heating up, and its resistance decreases (not sure if down to zero), it works as a bypass for the 6.70K blue resistor
    • In between pin 12 and pin 15 = 35.8K + 0K = 35.8K
    • In between pin 12 and pin 16 = 35.8K + 0K + 1K = 36.8K
    • Only this two lines decreases his resitance along time. The other lines (connected to pin 13) doesnt changes because doesnt have a thermistor

So the NTC thermistor is working as a Inrush current limiter for pins 15 and 16. And this pins seems to be related with the negative pole of the potentiometers

By comparing this chip with the previous Toshiba TC75W54 there are two important differences, most notable is the Toshiba TC75W54 doesnt have the pins dedicated to the sticks subcircuits loops (where the thermistor/s is/are located) but it seems are around it, the Toshiba TC75W54 has 4 thermistors dedicated to this loops and Texas Instruments SN84001 has only one (this is an improvement to reduce costs and to make the circuit more simple and efficient). The point is that loops seems to be similar, maybe not exactly the same but something close to it. The other big difference is the Toshiba TC75W54 doesnt have connections with Toshiba T6UN6EFG pins 37, 38, 39, 40 (but are used connected somewhere else)... most probably is this pins are related with the stick subcircuits loops too

Texas Instruments A6044A0

Texas Instruments A6044A0

48 pins. Used in VX5 boards

This is an three-in-one component, integrates power/sticks control, and the functions of the battery setpoint transistor used in other boards. Is the result of placing together all the circuits of Texas Instruments SN89062, SN84001, and the DP transistor

Pin	Name	Notes
1	GND	To ground
2	BATT_CHARGE_START ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 43
3	RESET_SWITCH	To SW1
4	BT_POWER_CTRL ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 13 with a pull-up resistor and capacitor to ground
5	BATT_USB_POWER_GOOD ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 42
6	V_USB	USB power rail input (TP1)...
7	V_BT ?	BT power rail output (TP11) with a capacitor to ground. To BT module ALPS 603A pin ? and pin ?
8	V_MOTORS	Motors power rail output (TP8). To 2x "KEX" (transistors ?, 5 pins) with capacitors to ground, and BM+1 (Big Motor +), and SM+1 (Small Motor +)
9	N/C ?	Not connected ?
10	BATT_CHARGE_STATUS_1 ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin 44 (and TP15)
11	BATT_CHARGE_STATUS_2 ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin 45 (and TP9)
12		4x capacitor network to ground, and to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 77. (and TP19)
13		4x capacitor network to ground, and to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin ?. (and TP?)
14		4x capacitor network to ground, and to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin ?. (and TP?)
15		4x capacitor network to ground, and to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 80. (and TP22)
16	POT_LY_2	Stick Left Y axis pot pin 2
17	POT_LX_1	Stick Left X axis pot pin 1
18	POT_RY_2	Stick Right Y axis pot pin 2
19	POT_RX_1	Stick Right X axis pot pin 1
20	POT_LY_1	Stick Left Y axis pot pin 1
21	POT_LX_2	Stick Left X axis pot pin 2
22	POT_RY_1	Stick Right Y axis pot pin 1
23	POT_RX_2	Stick Right X axis pot pin 2
24	Sticks subcircuits loops	47K resistor to... ? (two different places)
25	Sticks subcircuits loops
26	Sticks subcircuits loops	35.7K resistor to... ?
27	Sticks subcircuits loops
28	Sticks subcircuits loops	To 4x Resistor network, and... ?
29	Sticks subcircuits loops	To 4x Resistor network, and... ?
30		4x capacitor network (CN4) to ground, and 4x resistor network (RN7) to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 40
31		4x capacitor network (CN4) to ground, and 4x resistor network (RN7) to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin ?
32		4x capacitor network (CN4) to ground, and 4x resistor network (RN7) to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin ?
33		4x capacitor network (CN4) to ground, and 4x resistor network (RN7) to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 37
34	GND	To ground
35	SLAVES_RESET	Connected to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 11, and... ?
36	POWER_BT_UNK ?
37	POWER_BT_UNK ?
38	POWER_BT_UNK ?
39	V_BATT
40	STICKS_POWER_ON ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 36
41	POWER_BT_UNK ?	ALPS 603A pin 4, and 4x resistor network 47K to ground (next to the BT module SPI testpoints)
42	BATT_CHARGE_SETPOINT_DP_BASE	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 41
43	BATT_CHARGE_SETPOINT_DP_COLLECTOR	2.6K resistor to pin 45
44	V_CAP_2	(Big) Capacitor to ground (C4)
45	BATT_CHARGE_SETPOINT	Reverse current protection diode, and 2.6K resistor to pin 43
46	V_STBY
47	V_SENSORS
48	V_STICKS

In VX5 board there are 2 capacitor networks composed by 4 capacitors packed together, all them are connected in between this component and the toshiba T6UN6EFG, a total of 8 lines related with the sticks

This is the only version of the boards where there is not a transistor (usually marked as DP) to set the resistance that controlls the battery charge speeds, taper, and other battery charge configurations, the reason why this component doesnt exists in VX5 is because is integrated inside Texas Instruments A6044A0. The way it works is 1) toshiba pin 41 sends the signal (that was connected to the base of a transistor in all the other board versions) to Texas Instruments A6044A0 pin 42. Then 2) the signal drives an internal transistor (or digital potentiometer ?) inside the Texas Instruments A6044A0 that has the emitter pin connected to ground, so pin 43 is totally (or partially with a variable resistance ?) connected to ground. Then 3) Texas Instruments A6044A0 pin 45 calculates the battery setpoint by meassuring the resistance in between pin 43 (ground) and 45. Pin 45 works exactly the same way than in other boards models, actually the values of the resistor and diode in between pin 43 and 45 are the same used in some other boards such VX4

Stick types

ALPS sticks with 3 Pins pots (rev 1)

Used in PP1 (prototype), and PP4 (first sixaxis retail) boards

ALPS sticks with 4 Pins pots (rev 2 and 3 ?)

Two rotational potentiometers (variable resistors) are positioned below eack stick to meassure X and Y displacement. Current flows constantly through each one, and the amount of current is determined by the amount of resistance. Resistance is increased or decreased based on the position of the stick in a range from 0V up to 2.8V with center point at 1.4V

• 

  PS3 controller stick sealed pots with antidust protection, rotated externally by magnet field

ALPS sticks with 3 Pins pots (rev 4 ?)

Used in VX6, VX7, VX8 boards

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Motors

In all the boards (except sixaxis models) there are 2 small components to controll the vibration motors (small and big motors, usually labeled as SM and BM). All them seems to be manufactured by http://www.keccorp.com/

• 3 pins (transistors ?)
  • In PP1.2 prototype boards the components are marked as -KF (Q7 and Q8 in this photo, close to the pads where the motors wires are soldered). KEC BC84 based ?
  • In VX boards (first dualshock 3 model with motors) components are Q4 and Q5 in this photo... the marks are not readable
• 5 pins (voltage regulators ?)
  • In V3.5X, VX3, VX4, VX5, VX6 ... first time the components are marked as KEX
  • In VX7 and VX8 are marked as KE4 (one is Q3... the other is not labeled)

Dualshock 3 motors controll schematic (5 pins version)

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Sensors

About sensors and testpoints... In a PS3 controller board (sisaxis or dualshock 3) there are 4 data lines that are the outputs of the sensors (accelerometer X, accelerometer Y, accelerometer Z, and gyroscope), that goes from the sensor itself to a resistor and then to the toshiba T6UN6EFG controller. Every one of that lines has 2 testpoint, one before and one after the resistor, the purpose of this testpoints is to meassure the raw data from the sensors and also to check the health of that resistor (seems to be critical, either because is degraded with the use, or because could be fryed suddenly), the schematic for every one of this lines is as simple as this:

sensor output -> testpoint -> resistor -> testpoint -> toshiba T6UN6EFG controller

The resistor seems to have a value of 33K (verifyed in VX4 board only) and works as a filter

When the controller is turned off is posible to meassure the value of the resistor by meassuring resistance in between the two testpoints. When the controller is working is posible to check the sensor "raw" signal by touching in the first testpoint, and the "filtered" signal by touching the second testpoint (this is what the toshiba T6UN6EFG really gets)

About sensors location in the board... The giroscope is always located at the center of the board in between the sticks and aligned with the USB connector, this is because it meassures rotations around an imaginary axis located in that position (vertically in your room from floor to roof and passing exactly in between your controller sticks). The accelerometer is always located in the left-top corner of the board, this seems to be because this area is more sensitive for right handed people (if you are right handed and shake it with only right hand... the left side of the board is going to suffer more g-force)

• Some interesting links
  • http://www.kako.com/neta/2007-020/2007-020.html
  • http://mclab.uunyan.com/lab/sixaxis/sxs004.htm

Accelerometers

Hokuriku HDK 325A and 325B

Hokuriku HDK 325A

Hokuriku HDK 325B

https://www.hdk.co.jp/japanese/topics_j/tpc053_j.htm

Hokuriku HDK HAAM 325A and 325B

Accelerometer - 3-Axis

• Note in the photo of 325A the pins numbers are marked, and are in clockwise direction (inversed), the table below follows this clockwise order

Pin	Name	Notes
1	GND ?
2	V_SENSORS ?
3	N/C ?
4	N/C ?
5	N/C ?
6
7
8	SENSOR_ACCL_ ?	To Toshiba T6UN*EFG, pin ?
9	SENSOR_ACCL_ ?	To Toshiba T6UN*EFG, pin ?
10	SENSOR_ACCL_ ?	To Toshiba T6UN*EFG, pin ?

Analog Devices 330K

Analog Devices 330K

16 pins. Used in board MSU_PP4.0 9 only

• Analog Devices ADXL330KCPZ, 3-Axis Accelerometer, ±3g, 1.8 → 3.6 V, LFCSP 16-Pin
• http://www.analog.com/en/products/mems/accelerometers.html
• http://uk.rs-online.com/web/c/semiconductors/sensor-ics/accelerometer-ics/?applied-dimensions=4294967128
• http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/accelerometer-ics/0412775/
• http://docs-europe.electrocomponents.com/webdocs/0aa7/0900766b80aa75b6.pdf

Pin	Name	Notes
1	N/C	Not connected
2	Self Test	It cant be seen in the photos but most probably this function is disabled
3	GND	To ground
4	N/C	Not connected
5	GND	To ground
6	GND
7	GND
8	SENSOR_ACCL_Z	To a testpoint, then resistor and capacitor to ground, then to another testpoint, then to Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin ?
9	N/C	Not connected
10	SENSOR_ACCL_Y	To a testpoint, then resistor and capacitor to ground, then to another testpoint, then to Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin ?
11	N/C	Not connected
12	SENSOR_ACCL_X	To a testpoint, then resistor and capacitor to ground, then to another testpoint, then to Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin ?
13	N/C	Not connected
14	V_SENSORS	To sensors power rail
15	V_SENSORS
16	N/C	Not connected

Kionix KXPC4 and KXSC4

Kionix KXPC4

Kionix KXSC4

Kionix KXSC4 application schematic

DFN
Accelerometer - 3-Axis
The pinout is the same than the Kionix KXSC4 used in Move Motion Controller

Kionix KXSC4 is used in Dualshock 3 MSU_V3.5X boards and Move Motion Controller. Same pinout than the kionix KXPC4

The boards where is used this components has solder points ready to replace it by a 32S3 Accelerometer. Are different components (probably from different manufactures) but the copper traces in the dualshock boards are connected "pin by pin" in between them

Pin	Name	Notes
1	GND	To ground
2	N/C	Not connected
3	N/C
4	V_SENSORS	2.8V Switched. Power for accelerometer and gyroscope. and capacitor to ground. (and connected to TP12 in VX4 boards)
5	V_SENSORS
6	GND	To ground. Self Test ("Pulled-down to GND" = normal operation. "Pulled-up to VDD" = self-test mode)
7	V_SENSORS	2.8V Switched. Power for accelerometer and gyroscope. and capacitor to ground. (and connected to TP12 in VX4 boards)
8	SENSOR_ACCL_X	To a testpoint (TP33 in VX4 boards), then 33K resistor and capacitor to ground, then to another testpoint (TP36 in VX4 boards), then to Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin 6
9	SENSOR_ACCL_Y	To a testpoint (TP32 in VX4 boards), then 33K resistor and capacitor to ground, then to another testpoint (TP35 in VX4 boards), then to Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin 7
10	SENSOR_ACCL_Z	To a testpoint (TP34 in VX4 boards), then 33K resistor and capacitor to ground, then to another testpoint (TP37 in VX4 boards), then to Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin 8
11	GND	To ground
12	N/C	Not connected
13	N/C
14	GND	To ground

Unknown 14 pins

Unknown accelerometer 14 pins, pads

Only used in VX3_0.07 and VX3_0.08 board models (not on VX3_0.11). There is no available photo of this component because is not present in the wiki photos of the board models where it was used (and it was not posible to find it searching in google photos). By looking at the solder pads it can be seen it has the same package than the STMicroelectronics 32S3 but a different pinout

Pin	Name	Notes
1	N/C ?
2	SENSOR_ACCL_ ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin ?
3	SENSOR_ACCL_ ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin ?
4	SENSOR_ACCL_ ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin ?
5	GND ?
6	V_SENSORS ?
7	V_SENSORS ?
8	N/C ?
9	N/C ?
10	GND ?
11	N/C ?
12	N/C ?
13	GND ?
14	N/C ?

STMicroelectronics 32S3

STMicroelectronics 32S3

http://www.st.com/en/mems-and-sensors/accelerometers.html

14 pins (pin numbers are painted in white in some boards). Accelerometer - 3-Axis

This component seems to be fully compatible with the KIONIX KXPC4 accelerometer, actually most boards models has solder points to mount both, the kionix and this one (the boards are "ready" for both, is at manufacturing time when they decides which component to use)

Most of the photos of the different board models here in wiki uses the kionix (and this is a coincidence)... but if you look at the photo of the other side of that same board you will see an "empty" placement for this chip instead, aligned with it, in a corner of the board. The few exceptions are the most older models

Pin	Name	Notes
1	V_SENSORS	2.8V Switched. Power for accelerometer and gyroscope. and capacitor to ground. (and connected to TP12 in VX4 boards)
2	V_SENSORS
3	V_SENSORS
4	V_SENSORS
5	GND	To ground
6	GND
7	SENSOR_ACCL_Y	To a testpoint (TP32 in VX4 boards), then 33K resistor and capacitor to ground, then to another testpoint (TP35 in VX4 boards), then to Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin 7
8	SENSOR_ACCL_X	To a testpoint (TP33 in VX4 boards), then 33K resistor and capacitor to ground, then to another testpoint (TP36 in VX4 boards), then to Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin 6
9	SENSOR_ACCL_Z	To a testpoint (TP34 in VX4 boards), then 33K resistor and capacitor to ground, then to another testpoint (TP37 in VX4 boards), then to Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin 8
10	GND	To ground
11	N/C	Not connected
12	N/C
13	V_SENSORS	2.8V Switched. Power for accelerometer and gyroscope. and capacitor to ground. (and connected to TP12 in VX4 boards)
14	V_SENSORS

Gyroscopes

Murata ENC-03R

Murata ENC-03R

Pin	Name	Notes
1	V_SENSORS
2	?
3	SENSOR_GYRO ?
4	GND

Epson-Toyocom X3500Z

Epson Toyocom X3500Z

Epson-Toyocom XV3500CB

Pin	Name	Notes
1
2
3
4	GND ?
5
6
7
8	V_SENSORS ?

STMicroelectronics Y35A

STMicroelectronics Y35A

http://www.st.com/en/mems-and-sensors/gyroscopes.html

10 pins (pin numbers follows the same order than the accelerometers using the same package)

Pin	Name	Notes
1	V_SENSORS	2.8V Switched. Power for accelerometer and gyroscope. and capacitor to ground. (and connected to TP12 in VX4 boards)
2	GND	To ground
3	?	To 3 small SMD components one of each color... to ground
4	GND	To ground
5	N/C ?	Not connected ?
6	SENSOR_GYRO	To a testpoint (TP41 in VX4 boards), then 33K resistor and capacitor to ground, then to another testpoint (TP40 in VX4 boards), then to Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin 9
7	N/C ?	Not connected ?
8	GND	To ground
9	V_SENSORS	2.8V Switched. Power for accelerometer and gyroscope. and capacitor to ground. (and connected to TP12 in VX4 boards)
10	N/C ?	Not connected ?

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Bluetooth

http://www.alps.com/products/e/category_tuner.html

48 pins (13x19mm)

ALPS 103A

ALPS 103A

Used in boards: PP4

• Components inside ALPS 103A BT module:
  • PCB = 6 layers
  • Logic = SCEI/CSR CXD3262GG (BlueCore4 - External - Single Chip Bluetooth Solution, V2.0+EDR)
    • CSR = Cambridge Silicon Radio (later adquired by qualcomm)
    • External = It means this member of the "BlueCore4 family" uses an external memory (the 8Mb NOR chip listed below)
    • http://www.iec.dk/products/csrchipsinfo.asp?id=41
    • http://www.iec.dk/products/csrchipdescription.asp?C_D_Id=36
    • http://www.nordfield.com/downloads/datasheets-components/BlueCore4.pdf
    • https://cdn.sparkfun.com/datasheets/Wireless/Bluetooth/CSR-BC417-datasheet.pdf (BC417 external)
    • http://www.czwtech.com/uploadfile/cfile/201211994421454.pdf (BC41B rom)
    • https://hackaday.com/2014/05/18/firmware-for-cheap-bluetooth-modules/
  • Memory = SST SST39VF800A-70-4I-M1QE (Flash - NOR, 8Mb (512k x 16), Multipurpose, 3.0V, 70nS)
    • 48-Ball Very-Very-Thin-Profile, Fine-Pitch Ball Grid Array (WFBGA) 4mm x 6mm
    • http://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/en/SST39VF800A
    • http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/25001A.pdf
  • Crystal = 26MHz
  • Capacitors count = 26
  • Inductors count = 2
  • Resistors count = 2

• SPI
  • The SPI port can be used for system debugging. It can also be used for programming the Flash memory
  • The DFU boot loader must be loaded into the Flash device before the UART or USB interfaces can be used. This initial flash programming can be done via the SPI

• UART
  • BlueCore4-External UART interface provides a simple mechanism for communicating with other serial devices using the RS232 protocol. Four signals are used to implement the UART function. When BlueCore4-External is connected to another digital device, UART_RX and UART_TX transfer data between the two devices. The remaining two signals, UART_CTS and UART_RTS, can be used to implement RS232 hardware flow control where both are active low indicators
  • http://www.summitdata.com/blog/uart-flow-control-rtscts-necessary-proper-operation-wireless-modules/
  • http://simmonmt.blogspot.com.es/2011/05/rtscts-handshaking-and-waveforms.html

ALPS 203A

ALPS 203A

Used in boards: V2

ALPS 502A

Used in "some" Wireless Keypad boards

40 pins (12x15mm)

ALPS 303A

ALPS 303A

Used in boards: V2.5, VX

ALPS 113A

Used in boards: V3.5X 1.14 only, seems to be a variant of the ALPS 413A below

ALPS 413A

ALPS 413A

Used in boards: V3.5X, VX3, VX4, and "some" Move Navigation Controller boards

The pin numbers can be seen on V3.5X boards

ALPS 413A Pinout

Pin #	Name	Port	Description
1	GND_SHIELD		To ground (corner solder point for the interferences metal shield)
2	V_BT_DETECT ?		Diode to ground, and 15K resistor to pin 3
3	V_BT ?		To Texas Instruments SN89062 pin 7, and to TP10 in VX4 boards
4	GND		To ground
5	SLAVES_RESET		To resistor network, and then to Texas Instruments SN84001 pin 2 and to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 11 in VX4 boards
6	BT_UART_2 ?		To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 15 through resistor network
7	BT_UART_4 ?		To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 17
8	BT_UART_1 ?		To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 14 through resistor
9	BT_UART_3 ?		To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 16 through resistor network
10	USB_DATA+		USB connector through resistor (and TP3 in VX4 boards)
11	USB_DATA-		USB connector through resistor (and TP2 in VX4 boards)
12	GND_SHIELD		To ground (corner solder point for the interferences metal shield)
13	GND_SHIELD		To ground (corner solder point for the interferences metal shield)
14	BT_UNK_1		To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 18
15	POWER_BT_UNK ?		To Texas Instruments SN89062 pin 19
16	POWER_BT_UNK ?		To Texas Instruments SN89062 pin 14
17	BT_SPI_3 ?		To debug missing connector in PP4 and V2 boards... or... TP49 in V3.5X boards... or... TP76 in VX3 boards... or unlabeled testpoint in VX4, VX5, VX6 boards
18	BT_SPI_2 ?		To debug missing connector in PP4 and V2 boards... or... TP48 in V3.5X boards... or... TP75 in VX3 boards... or unlabeled testpoint in VX4, VX5, VX6 boards
19	BT_SPI_4 ?		To debug missing connector in PP4 and V2 boards... or... TP50 in V3.5X boards... or... TP77 in VX3 boards... or unlabeled testpoint in VX4, VX5, VX6 boards
20	GND_SHIELD		To ground (corner solder point for the interferences metal shield)
21	GND_SHIELD		To ground (corner solder point for the interferences metal shield)
22	BT_SPI_1 ?		To debug missing connector in PP4 and V2 boards... or... TP47 in V3.5X boards... or... TP74 in VX3 boards... or unlabeled testpoint in VX4, VX5, VX6 boards
23	GND		To ground
24	N/C ?		Not connected ?
25	V_STBY		To Texas Instruments SN89062 pin 22
26	GND		To ground
27	V_STBY		To Texas Instruments SN89062 pin 22
28	BT_UNK_2		Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 19
29	N/C ?		Not connected ?
30	GND		To ground
31	N/C ?		Not connected ?
32	GND_SHIELD		To ground (corner solder point for the interferences metal shield)
33	GND_SHIELD		To ground (corner solder point for the interferences metal shield)
34	ANTENNA		Antenna
35	GND		To ground
36	N/C ?		Not connected ?
37	POWER_BT_UNK ?		To Texas Instruments SN89062 pin 13
38	POWER_BT_UNK ?		To Texas Instruments SN89062 pin 15
39	N/C ?		Not connected ?
40	GND_SHIELD		To ground (corner solder point for the interferences metal shield)

ALPS 503A

Used in "some" Move Motion Controller boards

48 pins (11x11mm)

ALPS 603A

ALPS 603A

ALPS 603A VX7

Used in boards: VX5, VX6, VX7

Without knowing what is inside, just based on the size of this BT module... the logic "chip" inside probably is a bluecore4-ROM based model (or 5-ROM series), this means the flash memory is integrated inside the "chip"

The pin numbers can be seen on VX7 boards

ALPS 603A Pinout

Pin #	Name	Description
1	Not connected	In VX 5 0.06
2	GND	To ground
3	BUTTON_DIGITAL_PLAYSTATION	In VX 5 0.06: To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 68 (which is also PS button) with a pull-down resistor
4	POWER_BT_UNK ?	To Texas Instruments A6044A0 pin 41 with a pull-down resistor
5	BT_UNK_2	In VX 5 0.06: To To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 19 with a pull-down resistor
6	V_STBY	To Texas Instruments A6044A0 pin 46 (TP10 in VX5)
7	V_STBY	To Texas Instruments A6044A0 pin 46 (TP10 in VX5)
8	GND	To ground
9	Not connected	In VX 5 0.06
10	POWER_BT_UNK ?	To Texas Instruments A6044A0 pin 38 and capacitor to ground (C19 in VX5)
11	POWER_BT_UNK ?	To Texas Instruments A6044A0 pin 37 with a pull-up resistor and capacitor to ground (C15 in VX5)
12	GND_SHIELD	To ground
13	GND_SHIELD	To ground
14	BT_UNK_2	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 19; In VX 5 0.06 to ground only
15	GND	To ground
16	GND	To ground
17	ANTENNA	Antenna
18	GND	To ground
19	GND	To ground
20	POWER_BT_UNK ?	To Texas Instruments A6044A0 pin 36 with a pull-down resistor and capacitor to ground (C18 in VX5)
21	V_BT ?	Through 15k resistor with a pull-down resistor creating 15k to 100k voltage divider to Texas Instruments A6044A0 pin 7 (TP11 in VX5)
22	GND	To ground
23	V_STBY	To Texas Instruments A6044A0 pin 46 (TP10 in VX5)
24	GND_SHIELD	To ground
25	GND_SHIELD	To ground
26	SLAVES_RESET	Resistor network (RN4 in VX5 and VX7) to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 11... and... ?
27	GND	To ground (in VX5). Or to 4x resistor network (RN4 in VX7)
28	BT_UART_3 ?	Resistor network (RN4 in VX5 and VX7) to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 16
29	BT_UNK_1	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 18
30	BT_UART_2 ?	Resistor network (RN4 in VX5 and VX7) to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 15
31	BT_UART_4 ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 17
32	BT_UART_1 ?	Resistor (R11 in VX5, R10 in VX7) to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 14
33	Not connected	In VX 5 0.06
34	USB_DATA+	To USB connector through 22ohm termination/EMI resistor (R7 in VX7), and to ESD filter pin 1. (and TP3 in VX5, unlabeled testpoint in VX7)
35	USB_DATA-	To USB connector through 22ohm termination/EMI resistor (R9 in VX7), and to ESD filter pin 5. (and TP2 in VX5, unlabeled testpoint in VX7)
36	GND_SHIELD	To ground
37	Not connected	In VX 5 0.06
38	V_BT ?	To Texas Instruments A6044A0 pin 7 (TP11 in VX5) and to other BT pin 21 through 15k resistor and then through 100K resistor network RN5 to ground
39	GND	To ground
40	BT_SPI_SS	(TP25 in VX7)
41	BT_SPI_MOSI	(TP24 in VX7)
42	BT_SPI_CLK	(TP26 in VX7)
43	BT_SPI_MISO	(TP23 in VX7)
44	GND	To ground
45	Not connected	In VX 5 0.06
46	Not connected	In VX 5 0.06
47	GND	To ground
48	Not connected	In VX 5 0.06

Onboard (not a module)

Cambridge Silicon Radio unknown

Cambridge Silicon Radio BT bluecore unknown

Used in boards: VX8 only

This version of the logic "chip" probably is pretty similar (or exactly the same) than the one used inside the previous ALPS 603A BT module, the difference is the crystal and the "chip" itself has been moved out of the "old" BT modules PCB, that BT module PCB had 6 layers in previous versions and the dualshock 3 PCB had 2 layers. To make this change posible the PCB of VX8 boards is multilayer (there are a lot of traces "hidden" connected to the BT "chip")

Ways to tell if the controller is not original

Dualshock 3 fake (leds light transpassing the plastic case)

• The SONY logo on the top of a counterfeit controller will not be aligned correctly with a original controller.

• Different sticker label
  • Counterfeit controllers have an extra screw on the back, hidden beneath the sticker.
  • The label on the back of a counterfeit controller will be paper sticker.
  • The label on the back of an official controller will have a thin layer of plastic over the paper sticker, giving it a matte finish and a more protected feel.
  • The paper label on the back of a counterfeit controller will not be correctly aligned with the shape of the device on the back, as it was most likely put on by hand.

• Buttons
  • The center Home button on a counterfeit controller will be marginally darker than the Home button on an official controller.
  • Square, Triangle, Circle, and Cross buttons will be raised higher on a counterfeit controller.
  • The colors of these face buttons will be dull, compared to the bright colors of an official DualShock 3.

• Sticks
  • Compared to an official controller, the seams beneath the analog sticks where the bottom and top halves of the plastic meet will be sharp.

• Leds
  • The LEDs lights on the controller that signify which Player it is controlling will not be flush with the outside shell. Official controllers are relatively level all the way across. Some controllers may have minor protrusion of the LEDs, though this should not be significant.
  • When you turn on a counterfeit the controller, the flashing red lights on the outside will actually shine THROUGH the casing of the device, something that would never happen on an official product.
  • When battery is low on the counterfeit controllers, it may repeatedly show the low battery notification on your Playstation multiple times.

• Syncing
  • If you have consistent trouble wirelessly syncing your controller to your PS3, the device may be counterfeit.

• No pressure-sensitive buttons, some games might not even go past the title screen. An example is Metal Gear 2/3 from the Metal Gear Solid HD collection, selecting any of those games will either get you stuck in the title screen (MGS2) or will not function properly (MGS3).

From: http://www.ps3hax.net/showthread.php?p=574042#post574042

Homebrew

• PS Seismograph 0.2.0 from Deroad:

I have updated my homebrew to 0.2.0. now it supports all tv resolution (old versions were only for 1080p/i tv)
This is a simple Seismograph for ps3. it uses all the axis of the first controller.

[Download]http://store.brewology.com/ahomebrew.php?brewid=177

[GIT] https://github.com/wargio/PS-Seismograph

[Forum] http://www.ps3hax.net/showthread.php?t=53698

[Forum] http://psx-scene.com/forums/content/ps-seismograph-0-2-0-deroad-3121/

[Blog] http://devram0.blogspot.it/

• Others : Jjolano's PS Vibe (3.55+?), PS Vibe Move Edition Deroad( or only ps move+ps eye compatible?), MultiMan: rumble and gyroscope function?

• See also Move Motion Controller page

PC Software

for use of controller on PC

• http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-XInput-Wrapper-for-DS3-and-Play-com-USB-Dual-DS2-Controller
• http://www.motioninjoy.com/download
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsUtQ8urmw0
• http://betterds3.ciebiera.net/
• http://xpadder.com/
• http://www.rapiro.com/downloads/ (Sony Dualshock 3 gamepad to work in Raspberry Pi on RAPIRO)

• https://github.com/felis/USB_Host_Shield_2.0/wiki/PS3-Information

Nefarius tools for use of controller on PC

BthPS3

• https://docs.nefarius.at/projects/BthPS3/ ( Windows 10/11 Bluetooth driver for DS3)

DsHidMini

• https://docs.nefarius.at/projects/DsHidMini/ (Windows 10/11 driver for DS3 with various different modes of operation: PCSX2 / DS4 Windows / SXS (Steam, RCPS3) / Xinput)

ScpToolkit - Discontinued

• https://github.com/nefarius/ScpToolkit (Windows Driver and XInput Wrapper for Sony DualShock 3/4 Controllers)
• ScpToolkit XInput Wrapper aka ScpServer Reloaded on forums.pcsx2.net

FireShock - Discontinued

• https://github.com/nefarius/FireShock (Bluetooth is not supported yet, USB only as of 09/2017)
• FireShock on forums.pcsx2.net
• https://vigem.org/ (HIDUSB filter driver for Sony DualShock controllers)
• https://github.com/nefarius/ViGEm (Virtual Gamepad Emulation Framework)

Related Hardware

USB host adapter

• http://www.hobbytronics.co.uk/usb-host/ps3-controller Connect a PS3 Dualshock Controller to the USB Host Board

Other

• nice PCB overview of revisions: http://forums.xbox-scene.com/lofiversion/index.php/t648322.html - offline forum
• http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?/topic/648322-ps3-controller-versions-and-tp-spots/ - offline forum
• http://s50.photobucket.com/user/RDCXBG/library/PS3%20Six-Axis%20and%20DS3 - RDC photobucket
• sony-ps3-controller.pdf - transcription of the (missing) RDC thread on (defunct) xbox-scene forum