Media

Ps-vita - gamecard (10pins) / memorycard (9-pins)

PS Vita Cards

Two types of cards: Gamecards (on which games are sold) and Memorycards (to hold your savedata for games that don't use the storage on the Gamecards)

PS Vita Gamecards

Comparison: Nintendo 3DS cart, common SD card, PSVita Gamecard, common microSD card

PSVita Cards measurements

10 pin SD sized card (physical incompatible). ±1.4mm pitch.

Savegames stored on the Gamecards cannot be copied/exported.

Currently produced as 2GB and 4GB cards.

How to disassemble vita game cartridges (and reassemble it)

Pinout

Pinout by motoharu

Pinout
Pin	Signal	Description
1	VCC	Voltage
2	GND	Ground
3	CLK	Clock
4	D3	Data 3
5	D2	Data 2
6	D1	Data 1
7	D0	Data 0
8	INS	Detection Pin
9	CMD	Command
10	GND	Ground

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  PS Vita Gamecard - inside pic1

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  PSVita Gamecard - inside module - topside : 'SanDisk D1149 07011-004G MOB49MA3B3.02 China'

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  PS Vita Gamecard - dumped content

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  PS Vita Gamecard levels

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  PS Vita Gamecard levels

PS Vita Memorycards

PS Vita memory cards come in five variants:

• 4 GB (€ 12 to € 30 -> €3 to 7,5 per GB)
• 8 GB (€ 26 to € 46 -> €3,25 to € 5,75 per GB)
• 16 GB (€ 35 to € 55 -> €2,1875 to € 3,4375 per GB)
• 32 GB (€ 65,- -> € 2,03125 per GB)
• 64 GB (9580 yen, ~$94 -> $1,46875 per GB)

note: current sales price as listed in Pricewatch

Pinout

Don't try to take it apart like this (archive)

see also Memory Card

Pin	Signal	Description
1	INS	Detection Pin
2	SCLK	Serial Clock
3	VCC	Voltage
4	D3	Data 3
5	D2	Data 2
6	D1	Data 1
7	D0	Data 0
8	BS	Bus State
9	VSS	Ground

see also Memory Card

Pinout standard SD (for comparison)

SD & microSD pins

SD card architecture

in SD Card Mode
Pin №	Name	I/O	Logic	Description
1	DAT3	I/O	PP	Data 3
2	CMD	I/O	PP,OD	Command, Response
3	VSS1	S	S	Ground
4	VDD	S	S	Power
5	CLK	I	PP	Clock
6	VSS2	S	S	Ground
7	DAT0	I/O	PP	Data 0
8	DAT1 nIRQ	I/O O	PP OD	Data 1. SDIO Cards share with Interrupt Period
9	DAT2	I/O	PP	Data 2

Notes:

1. Direction is relative to card. I = Input, O = Output.
2. PP = Push-Pull logic, OD = Open-Drain logic.
3. S = Power Supply, NC = Not Connected (or logical high).
4. The extended DAT lines (DAT1-DAT3) are input on power up. They start to operate as DAT lines after the SET_BUS_WIDTH command.
   It is the responsibility of the host designer to connect external pullup resistors to all data lines even if only DAT0 is to be used.
   Otherwise, non-expected high current consumption may occur due to the floating inputs of DAT1 & DAT2 (in case they are not used).
5. After power up, DAT3 is input with 50Kohm(+/-20Kohm) pull-up (can be used for card detection or SPI mode selection.
   The pull-up may be disconnected by the user, during regular data transfer, with SET_CLR_CARD_DETECT (ACMD42) command.

in SPI Mode
Pin №	Name	Type	Description
1	CS	I	Host to card Chip Select signal (Active low)
2	DataIn	I	Host to card data signal
3	VSS1	S	Ground
4	VDD	S	Power
5	CLK	I	Host to card clock signal
6	VSS2	S	Ground
7	DATOut	O/PP	Card to host data signal
8	RSV	I	Reserved
9	RSV	I	Reserved

Pinout MS & MS M2 (PSP)

• Media(PSP)

External References

• PS Vita Memory Cards 4GB 8GB 16GB & 32GB (picture) @ Neogaf
• PS Vita Gamecards and PS Vita Memory Cards @ Neogaf
• NGP games will come on 2GB and 4GB cards, with room for save data, patches
• http://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=36827&p=327611#p327611