Editing Hardware Flashers:Overview

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== Hardware Flashers ==
Both early launch consoles which feature [http://www.ps3devwiki.com/index.php?title=Flash_%28Hardware%29#NAND NAND flash] memory (block devices, that interleave their data unlike [http://www.ps3devwiki.com/index.php?title=Flash_%28Hardware%29#NOR NOR flash]) and later consoles which feature [http://www.ps3devwiki.com/index.php?title=Flash_%28Hardware%29#NOR NOR flash] memory are able to be flashed.
=== Different Flashers ===

==== Infectus ====
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==== Noraliser ====
Marcan has made a [[:File:Marcan-noraliser-asbestos.jpg|NOR flasher / address sniffer]] for his PS3 slim by re-purposing a FPGA board ([http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/data_sheets/ds312.pdf Xilinx Spartan3E XC3S500E]) made for Wii hacking. [[Noraliser]] is a git repo that contains the HDL (verilog) and associated host computer tools for flashing/sniffing. There are ~50 signals to solder.

==== NORway ====
Work has been underway to brink a low cost AVR ([http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/7593S.pdf Atmel 90USB1286]) based NOR flasher that is capable of reading and writing on all consoles by defyboy. This was opensourced and further enhanced, now known as NORway for [[Teensy 2.0++]] boards.

==== Progskeet ====
Other people haven't been sitting idle either: uf6667 and bmx have developed [[Progskeet 1.0 / 1.1]], based on an [http://www.actel.com/documents/PA3_DS.pdf Actel A3P125 FPGA] for NAND and NOR based consoles (not only PS3, but also useable for Wii and Xbox360). Later followed up by [[Progskeet 1.2]], which was anounced to get an open API.
Although highly hyped/marketed as universal flasher, it is not the recommended end user choice: long history of issues, long time between fixes, no clear support path etc.

==== PNM ====
"No_One" has developed [[PNM]] - The PS3 NOR Manager is a custom board based on a FPGA ([http://www.altera.com/products/devices/cyclone3/overview/cy3-overview.html Altera Cyclone3 EP3C25]) and 2 flash sockets. PNM is capable to handle the basic features like read/dump/update/copy but also to swap (hot swap or cold swap) the NOR used. It also enbles features to sniff bus activities, emulate NOR flash etc.

==== PIC32MX ====
[[PIC32MX]] is an opensource PIC based NOR flasher.

==== E3 ====
The [[E3]] is a China commercial developped PS3 only 'flasher'.<br />
It uses  MCU ARM 32BIT 256K FLASH 144LQFP - STM32F103ZCT6 controller to dump the NOR.


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