Talk:DualShock 3

Playstation 3 controllers printed circuit board (PCB) revisions

PCB evolution

The tables below are for detailed comparison purposes, are too big to move to frontpage and probably not good enought because probably we are missing some critical revisions. If there are missing revisions the table in frontpage needs to be rebuilded or removed

Sixaxis

MSU PP4.0 5	MSU PP4.0 9	MSU PP4.0 11	MSU_V2 2.12	MSU_V2 2.14	MSU_V2.5 1.05

DualShock 3

MSU_VX 1.03	MSU_V3.5X 1.12	MSU_V3.5X 1.14	MSU_VX3_0.07	MSU_VX3_0.08	MSU_VX3_0.11

DualShock 3

MSU_VX4_0.09	MSU_VX4_0.10	MSU_VX5_0.05	MSU_VX5_0.06	MSU_VX6_0.06	MSU_VX7_0.04

PCB evolution missing testpoints

• PP1.2 board is very different than later models

• PP4.0 series testpoints layout differences:
  • PP4.0 5, PP4.0 9, and PP4.0 11 uses the same layout, but there are some testpoints that was present in PP4.0 5 but was removed in PP4.0 9, and PP4.0 11 as example:
  • TP23, TP45, TP46, TP47, TP52, TP53, TP54, TP55, TP56, TP57, TP59

• V2 series testpoints layout differences:
  • MSU_V2 2.12, and MSU_V2 2.14 uses the same layout with all testpoints matching
  • MSU_V2.5 1.05 uses the same layout but TP57 has been removed

• VX
  • VX 1.03 uses a layout pretty similar than previous V2 series, but some testpoints are displaced new testpoints has been added and others has been removed, so needs to be considered different though probably the signals of most testpoints matches with the previous board

• V3.5X 1.12, and V3.5X 1.14 exactly the same layout, same testpoints

• VX3_0.07, VX3_0.08, and VX3_0.11 exactly the same layout, same testpoints

• VX4_0.09, and VX4_0.10 exactly the same layout, same testpoints

• VX5_0.05, and VX5_0.06 exactly the same layout, same testpoints

• VX6_0.06 number of testpoints and placement exactly like previous VX5, but the testpoints names has been repurposed/relabeled

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