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Overview

DualShock 3 x-ray

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
CECHZC2J	Black	2007, November 11	Japan
CECHZC2J 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 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
CEJH-15017	TALES OF XILLIA®2 X cross Edition	2012, November 1	Japan
CEJH-15020	God of War: Ascension bundle	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
	Crimson Red
	Metallic Gold
	Slate Grey
	Urban Camouflage

Regions (last letter of the "model number"):
- E Europe
- H Hong Kong
- HK Hong Kong
- J Japan
- K Korea
- R Russia
- T Taiwan
- U United States
- M Mexico (seen in Anatel.br)

Revisions (small letter + number after the "model number")
- A1 http://i.imgur.com/2Ern4.jpg
- B1

Controller Components

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) versions

PCB evolution

PlayStation 3 controller PCB evolution
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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	Murata ENC-03R (offboard)	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		Toshiba T6UM3EFG 001					Hokuriku HDK HAAM-325BA ...or... Kionix KXPC4	Murata ENC-03R ? (offboard)		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)	ALPS 203A	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)	ALPS 303A	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							Kionix KXSC4 ...or... STMicroelectronics 32S3 ?		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			Kionix KXSC4 ...or... STMicroelectronics unknown	Epson-Toyocom X3500Z ? (offboard)		TESTPOINTS: same location as VX3 0.07
VX3 0.11				Texas Instruments B029A			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)				STMicroelectronics Y35A (onboard)	ALPS 603A	TESTPOINTS: new locations
VX5 0.06				Texas Instruments A6044A0 (power and 4 pins pots)				STMicroelectronics Y35A ? (offboard)		TESTPOINTS: same location as VX5 0.05
VX6 0.06				Texas Instruments SN89062	? (3 pins pots)			STMicroelectronics Y35A ? (offboard)		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	Texas Instruments SN89062		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	?		2x Unknown KE4 (5 pins)		STMicroelectronics Y35A (onboard)	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.

Front comparison next to a CECHZC2U
Back comparison next to a CECHZC2U
Top comparison to a CECHZC2U
Front LED
Top LEDs
Back of the Board
Front of the Board
Gyro Sensor. Click to see it in detail
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

MSU PP4.0 5
(Top)
MSU PP4.0 5
(Bottom)
MSU PP4.0 9
(Top)
MSU PP4.0 9
(Bottom)
MSU PP4.0 11
(Top)
MSU PP4.0 11
(Bottom)

V2

Models
- MSU_V2 2.12
- MSU_V2 2.14
- MSU_V2.5 1.05

Notable differences

Sticks potenciometers with 4 legs, previous versions had 3 legs

MSU_V2 2.12
(Top)
MSU_V2 2.12
(Bottom)
MSU_V2 2.14
(Top)
MSU_V2 2.14
(Bottom)
MSU_V2.5 1.05
(Top)
MSU_V2.5 1.05
(Bottom)
MSU V2.5 1.05
(Top) BIG
MSU V2.5 1.05
(Bottom) BIG

DualShock 3

VX

Models
- MSU_VX 1.03

Notable differences

Added vibration motors
Updated wireless module

MSU_VX 1.03
(Top)
MSU_VX 1.03
(Bottom)

VX3.5X

Models
- MSU_V3.5X 1.12
- MSU_V3.5X 1.14

Notable differences

Pressure connector for the buttons membrane

MSU_V3.5X 1.12
(Top)
MSU_V3.5X 1.12
(Bottom)
MSU_V3.5X 1.14
(Top)
MSU_V3.5X 1.14
(Bottom)
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

MSU_VX3_0.07
(Top)
MSU_VX3_0.07
(Bottom)
MSU_VX3_0.08
(Top)
MSU_VX3_0.08
(Bottom)
MSU_VX3_0.11
(Top)
MSU_VX3_0.11
(Bottom)

VX4

Models
- MSU_VX4_0.09
- MSU_VX4_0.10

MSU_VX4_0.09
(Top)
MSU_VX4_0.09
(Bottom)
MSU_VX4_0.10
(Top)
MSU_VX4_0.10
(Bottom)
Dualshock 3 MSU VX4 buttons alternative points

VX5

Models
- MSU_VX5_0.05
- MSU_VX5_0.06

Notable differences

Updated wireless module

MSU_VX5_0.05
(Top)
MSU_VX5_0.05
(Bottom)
MSU_VX5_0.06
(Top)
MSU_VX5_0.06
(Bottom)

VX6

Models
- VX6_0.06

Notable differences

Sticks potenciometers with 3 legs, previous versions had 4 legs

MSU_VX6_0.06
(Top)
MSU_VX6_0.06
(Bottom)
Dualshock 3 VX6 board, accelerometer traces detail

VX7

Models
- MSU_VX7_0.04

MSU_VX7_0.04
(Top)
MSU_VX7_0.04
(Bottom)

VX8

~~There is not much info about this model, so is not clear if is the official VX8 or a third party clone of VX7~~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

MSU VX8 0.14 (top)
MSU VX8 0.14 (bottom)
MSU_VX8_?.??
(Bottom)

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: 1.06
- ASUKA REV: 1.07

ASUKA REV: 1.06
(Top)
ASUKA REV: 1.06
(Bottom)

PCB TestPoints

PlayStation 3 controller PCB TestPoints
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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 $Dualshock cross button$	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
$Dualshock cross button$ 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

Ribbon Circuit Boards Compatibility
PCB	Ribbon	Compatibility	Notes
?	SA1Q135A		for sixaxis
VX	SA1Q146A		The first dualshock 3 model
?	SA1Q159A	Yes
?	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
?	SA1Q195A
VX7 ?	SA1Q222A	Yes	superslims date ?. Is composed by 2 separated ribbons
?	SA1Q224A	Yes	superslims date ?. Is composed by 2 separated ribbons

SA1Q135A

Sixaxis Ribbon Circuit Board SA1Q135A

SA1Q146A

SA1Q159A

Dualshock 3 Ribbon Circuit Board SA1Q159A

SA1Q160A

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

Dualshock 3 Ribbon Circuit Board SA1Q188A

SA1Q189A

SA1Q194A

Dualshock 3 Ribbon Circuit Board SA1Q194A

SA1Q195A

SA1Q222A

Dualshock 3 Ribbon Circuit Board SA1Q222A

SA1Q224A

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

LIP1859

MK11-2902

3.7V 610mAh

MK11-3020

3.7V 570mAh (typ. 610mAh)

Printed Circuit Board Components

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
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Pin #	Name	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	$Dualshock cross button$
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 $Dualshock cross button$ )
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

Memory (EEPROM)

The EEPROM is located the most closer posible to the toshiba controller, usually in the opposite side of the board where the toshiba controller is located, aligned to a border of it

Renesas 504E

Renesas HN58X2504TIE

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

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

Seiko Instruments S25C

Seiko Instruments S25C 040A

Seiko Instruments S-25C040A 8-Pin TSSOP
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 128 words × 8-bit, 256 words × 8-bit, 512 words × 8-bit. Page write and sequential read are available

File:Seiko Instruments S-25C040A0I-T8T1G pinout.jpg

Seiko Instruments S-25C040A0I-T8T1G pinout

STMicroelectronics 504RP

http://www.st.com/content/st_com/en/products/memories/serial-eeprom/standard-serial-eeprom/standard-spi-eeprom/m95040-r.html ?

Pin	Name	Notes
1	EEPROM_SELECT	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin 31
2	EEPROM_DATA_OUT	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin 35
3	V_STBY	2.8V Standby. Power for , LED's, EEPROM, etc...
4	GND	To ground
5	EEPROM_DATA_IN	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin 34
6	EEPROM_CLOCK	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin 30
7	V_STBY	2.8V Standby. Power for , LED's, EEPROM, etc...
8	V_STBY	2.8V Standby. Power for , LED's, EEPROM, etc...

STMicroelectronics 432RK

Pin	Name	Notes
1	GND ?
2	GND ?
3	GND ?
4	GND ?
5	EEPROM ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin ?
6	EEPROM ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin ?
7	EEPROM ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin ?
8	V_STBY ?

Power control

Texas Instruments BKO

Texas Instruments BQ24027DRCR

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 that is able to select automatically the power source from 2 optional inputs (based in the presence of them, one, both, or none), 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 line is connected to pin 1, and pin 2 seems to be unconnected. Is not doing any power input selection because the only power input available to charge the battery is USB. The reason why sony chose this one (even not fitting very well with 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

Pin	Name	Notes
1	V_USB ?	Power source 1 (and TP4 in PP1 prototype)
2	N/C ?	Power source 2
3	STAT1	Charge status output 1 (open-drain). To Toshiba main controller ? (and TP8 in PP1 prototype)
4	STAT2	Charge status output 2 (open-drain). To Toshiba main controller ? (and TP10 in PP1 prototype)
5	GND ?	To ground
6	ISET1	Charge current set point for AC input and precharge and taper set point for both AC and USB (and TP64 in PP1 prototype)
7	ISET2	Charge current set point for USB port (high=500 mA, low=100mA, hi-z=disable USB charge)
8	PG	Powergood status output (active low). To Toshiba main controller ? (and TP6 in PP1 prototype)
9	CE	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) indicates when the AC adapter 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 an LED or to communicate to the host processor.

CE
- The CE digital input 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. Note that this applies to both AC and USB charging.

ISET1
- The bqTINY-II offers on-chip current regulation with a programmable set point. The resistor connected between the ISET1 and Vss , Rset , determines the AC charge rate. The V(set) and K(set) parameters are specified in the specifications table

ISET2
- When charging from a USB port, the host controller has the option of selecting either a 100-mA or a 500-mA charge rate using the ISET2 pin. A low-level signal sets the current at 100 mA, and a high-level signal sets the current at 500 mA. A high-Z input disables USB charging

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
Charge suspend (temperature)	OFF	OFF
Timer fault	OFF	OFF
Sleep mode	OFF	OFF

NEC 871Y03

Works as a replacement of the Texas Instruments BKO ?

Texas Instruments B029 and B029A

Texas Instruments B029

Texas Instruments B029A

20 pins

Pin 3 is connected to "reset switch" (SW1), when reset switch is pressed this pin is connected to ground

Texas Instruments R2A20060 and SN89062

Texas Instruments R2A20060

Texas Instruments SN89062

24 pins. Used in boards: VX3, 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	battery charge enable ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin 43
3	RESET_SWITCH	To SW1, when reset switch is pressed this pin is grounded
4	BT related ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin 13. And 47K resistor to pin 22
5	battery powergood ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin 42
6	V_USB	USB +5V. (and connected to TP1 in VX4 boards)
7	V_BT ?	To BT module. (ALPS 413A pin 3, and TP10 in VX4 boards). This pin doesnt seems to have voltage either with the controller in standby or working though
8	V_MOTORS	Connected to 2x "KEX" small components (voltage regulators ?, 5 pins), "BM+1" (Big Motor +) and "SM+1" (Small Motor +). (and TP42 in VX4 boards)

9	N/C ?	Not connected ? (dissapears under the component and doesnt seems to continue)
10	BATT_CHARGE_STATUS_1 ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin 44 (and TP8 in VX4 boards)
11	N/C ?	Not connected ? (dissapears under the component and doesnt seems to continue)
12	BATT_CHARGE_STATUS_2 ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin 45 (and TP9 in VX4 boards)

13		To BT module pin 37. And to 47K resistor to ground
14		To BT module pin 16. And to 47K resistor to pin 22
15		To BT module pin 38. And capacitor to ground
16	V_BATT	4.12V from Battery + pin, and capacitor to ground, and 147K resistor to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 4 (and connected to TP14 in VX4 boards)
17	sticks related ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin 36
18	V_CAP_1	0.970uf Capacitor to ground (meassured onboard so maybe not accurate)
19		To BT module pin 15. And to 47K resistor to ground
20	V_CAP_2	1.950uf Capacitor to ground (meassured onboard so maybe not accurate)
21	BATT_CHARGE_MODE	Blue resistor to ground (labeled R2), and to blue 2.67K resistor (labeled R1) then to DP transistor (labeled Q1) (and the transistor base is connected to Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin 41)
22	V_STBY	2.8V standby shared rail for Toshiba, BT, PS button, LED's, EEPROM, etc... (and connected to TP11 in VX4 boards)
23	V_SENSORS	2.8V for accelerometer and gyroscope (Switched, no voltage in standby). (and connected to TP12 in VX4 boards)
24	V_STICKS	2.8V for 4x stick pots (Switched, no voltage in standby). (and connected to TP13 in VX4 boards)

Notes
- This component seems to provide with several voltages to the BT module that i could not identify... probably are for the different components inside the BT module
- The connections with the toshiba controller probably are to provide voltages for the subcircuits inside it. There must be at least one exception because the toshiba is the "boss" of the board so it needs to be able to send some controll signal to this component to enable/disable power rails and things like that
- The toshiba controller probably is connected to the battery + or/and the 5V USB (so it should work even if this component is disabled because this one is a slave), is just i have not tryed to find all the pins of the toshiba chip, wrong, the toshiba chip is not connected to battery/USB, it seems to be connected only to "low voltage" lines

Sticks control

Texas Instruments YA018

Texas Instruments YA018 pinout

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 *T6UNEFG pin 11** ?

2	NC1
3	NO1
4	COM1

5	NC2
6	NO2
7	COM2

8	GND	To ground

9	COM3	(and TP22 in MSU PP4.0 11 boards)
10	NO3
11	NC3	RX pot pin 2 (and missing capacitor C41 to ground in MSU PP4.0 11 boards)

12	COM4
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)

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 the hall 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 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	LY_2	Stick Left Y axis pot pin 2
5	LX_1	Stick Left X axis pot pin 1
6	RY_2	Stick Right Y axis pot pin 2
7	RX_1	Stick Right X axis pot pin 1

8	LY_1	Stick Left Y axis pot pin 1
9	LX_2	Stick Left X axis pot pin 2
10	RY_1	Stick Right Y axis pot pin 1
11	RX_2	Stick Right X axis pot pin 2

12		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
14

15
16
17

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

Texas Instruments A6044A0

48 pins. Used in VX5 boards

This is an all-in-one component, it does the power and sticks controll

Pin	Name	Notes
1	GND
2
3
4
5
6	V_USB
7
8
9
10
11
12		4x capacitor network to ground, and to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 77. (and TP19 in VX5 boards)
13		4x capacitor network to ground, and to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin ?. (and TP? in VX5 boards)
14		4x capacitor network to ground, and to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin ?. (and TP? in VX5 boards)
15		4x capacitor network to ground, and to Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 80. (and TP22 in VX5 boards)
16	LY_2	Stick Left Y axis pot pin 2
17	LX_1	Stick Left X axis pot pin 1
18	RY_2	Stick Right Y axis pot pin 2
19	RX_1	Stick Right X axis pot pin 1
20	LY_1	Stick Left Y axis pot pin 1
21	LX_2	Stick Left X axis pot pin 2
22	RY_1	Stick Right Y axis pot pin 1
23	RX_2	Stick Right X axis pot pin 2
24

25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34	GND
35
36
37
38
39	V_BATT
40
41
42
43
44
45
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

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

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)

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	ACCL_AXIS ?	To Toshiba *T6UNEFG, pin ?**
9	ACCL_AXIS ?	To Toshiba *T6UNEFG, pin ?**
10	ACCL_AXIS ?	To Toshiba *T6UNEFG, pin ?**

Analog Devices 330K

File:Analog Devices 330K pinout.jpg

Analog Devices 330K pinout

Analog Devices ADXL330KCPZ, 3-Axis Accelerometer, ±3g, 1.8 → 3.6 V, LFCSP 16-Pin

Only used in MSU_PP4.0 9 model

Pin	Name	Notes
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

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	Not connected
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	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	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	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	Not connected
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	ACCL_AXIS ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin ?
3	ACCL_AXIS ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG, pin ?
4	ACCL_AXIS ?	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

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	To ground
7	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	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	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	Not connected
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

Pin	Name	Notes
1	V_SENSORS
2
3
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

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		Not connected ?
6	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		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		Not connected ?

Bluetooth

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

ALPS 103A

ALPS 203A

ALPS 303A

Used in VX boards

ALPS 113A

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

ALPS 413A

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

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

ALPS 413A Pinout
Pin #	Name	Description
1	GND	To ground
2	V_WEIRD ?	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_RX ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 15 through resistor network
7	BT_UART_UNK ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 17
8	BT_UART_SELECT ?	To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 14 through resistor
9	BT_UART_TX ?	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	To ground
13	GND	To ground
14		To Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 18
15		To Texas Instruments SN89062 pin 19
16		To Texas Instruments SN89062 pin 14
17	UNK_SERVICE_CONNECTOR_1	To 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	UNK_SERVICE_CONNECTOR_2	To 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	UNK_SERVICE_CONNECTOR_3	To 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	To ground
21	GND	To ground
22	UNK_SERVICE_CONNECTOR_4	To 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
25	V_STBY	To Texas Instruments SN89062 pin 22
26	GND	To ground
27	V_STBY	To Texas Instruments SN89062 pin 22
28		Toshiba T6UN6EFG pin 19
29
30	GND	To ground
31
32	GND	To ground
33	GND	To ground
34	ANT	Antenna
35	GND	To ground
36
37		To Texas Instruments SN89062 pin 13
38		To Texas Instruments SN89062 pin 15
39
40	GND	To ground

ALPS 503A

Used in "some" Move Motion Controller boards

ALPS 603A

ALPS 603A VX7

Used in VX5, VX6, VX7 boards

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 originall 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.

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

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

ScpToolkit

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

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 http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?/topic/648322-ps3-controller-versions-and-tp-spots/ http://s50.photobucket.com/user/RDCXBG/library/PS3%20Six-Axis%20and%20DS3

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