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== PS Vita Cards ==
== 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)
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 ===
=== PS Vita Gamecards ===
<div style="float:right">[[File:Comparison - Nintendo 3DS cart - common SD card - PSVita Gamecard - common microSD card - FRONTS.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Comparison: Nintendo 3DS cart, common SD card, PSVita Gamecard, common microSD card]]<br />[[File:PSVita-Gamecard-BACK.jpg|200px|thumb|left|PSVita Gamecard - BACK]]</div>
<div style="float:right">[[File:Comparison - Nintendo 3DS cart - common SD card - PSVita Gamecard - common microSD card - FRONTS.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Comparison: Nintendo 3DS cart, common SD card, PSVita Gamecard, common microSD card]]<br />[[File:200px-Playstation_vita_media.svg.png|200px|thumb|left|PSVita Gamecard - BACK]]</div>
 


10 pin SD sized card (physical incompatible). ±1.4mm pitch.<br />
10 pin SD sized card (physical incompatible). ±1.4mm pitch.<br />
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==== Pinout ====
==== Pinout ====
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[[File:PS Vita Gamecard - inside module - topside.jpg|200px|thumb|left|PSVita Gamecard - inside module - topside : 'SanDisk D1149 07011-004G MOB49MA3B3.02 China']]<br />[[File:PS Vita Gamecard - annotated.jpg|200px|thumb|left|PSVita Gamecard - inside module - contactside - annotated]]</div>
 
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! Pin !! Signal !! Description
!! style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#123AAA;" | Pin
!! style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#123AAA;" | Signal
!! style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#123AAA;" | Description
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| 1 || VSS ||   
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File:PSVita-Gamecard-BACK.jpg|Ps-vita - gamecard / memorycard
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File:PS Vita Gamecard - inside pic2.jpg|PS Vita Gamecard - inside pic2
File:Vita_card_cut.png|PS Vita Gamecard - inside pic3
File:Vita_card_cut.png|PS Vita Gamecard - inside pic3
File:PS Vita Gamecard - inside module - topside.jpg|PSVita Gamecard - inside module - topside : 'SanDisk D1149 07011-004G MOB49MA3B3.02 China'
File:PS Vita Gamecard - dumped content.jpg|PS Vita Gamecard - dumped content
File:PS Vita Gamecard - dumped content.jpg|PS Vita Gamecard - dumped content
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Revision as of 15:13, 17 February 2015

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 Gamecard - BACK


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

PSVita Gamecard - inside module - contactside - annotated
Pin Signal Description
1 VSS
2
3 VSS
4
5
6
7
8
9 VSS
10 VCC

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

Vita-Memory-Card-LULZ-685x293.jpg

Pinout

don't try to take it apart like this

Pin Signal Description
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Pinout standard SD (for comparison)

Pin Name I/O Logic Description
1 DAT3 I/O PP Data 3
2 CMD I/O PP,OD Command, Response
3 VSS S S Ground
4 VDD S S Power
5 CLK I PP Clock
6 VSS 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).

External References