Hacking Hardware Project Reverse-Engineering a Switch Lite Boardview

[uSoldering]

GBATempers, I recently completed a project to reverse-engineer a boardview out of a Nintendo Switch Lite. You can download and read about it here: https://usoldering.com/switch-lite/ Your questions, feedback, and suggestions are welcome.

Note: This thread is technically an advert, blessed by @Flame and @Issac

 

[thesjaakspoiler]

Maybe off-topic but what is that picture with all those wires on your website?

 

[SylverReZ]

GBATempers, I recently completed a project to reverse-engineer a boardview out of a Nintendo Switch Lite. You can download and read about it here: https://usoldering.com/switch-lite/ Your questions, feedback, and suggestions are welcome.

Note: This thread is technically an advert, blessed by @Flame and @Issac

Saw the board scans, these might really come in handy for installing modchips. That's honestly rad.

 

[superxoi]

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[Hassal]

Would be awesome if you did this for OLED. Lite isn't as popular as the OLED.

Worth noting these already exist but they are paywalled. If you could rip those would save you immense amount of work. You could find people selling subscription to these consoles on aliexpress.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005407489784.html

 

[uSoldering]

Maybe off-topic but what is that picture with all those wires on your website?

The wires get electricity run up and down them to figure out what is connected to what.

Would be awesome if you did this for OLED. Lite isn't as popular as the OLED.

The Lite was chosen for a few reasons. It is the cheapest device of the 4. Ideally this is done on new in box devices, so there is a baseline that is guaranteed untampered with. Couple that with ripping one or more pads is basically game over, and that the Lite is the most complicated of all the logic boards, it's good to just get it done.

The AliExpress files are stolen from the factory. They are also locked behind weird Chinese subscription software. This boardview is un-DMCA-able, and runs on open source software. It's less about this board itself and more about the entire process, figuring out how to do this for any board, starting with absolutely no other sources.

 

[evil_santa]

The wires get electricity run up and down them to figure out what is connected to what.


The Lite was chosen for a few reasons. It is the cheapest device of the 4. Ideally this is done on new in box devices, so there is a baseline that is guaranteed untampered with. Couple that with ripping one or more pads is basically game over, and that the Lite is the most complicated of all the logic boards, it's good to just get it done.

The AliExpress files are stolen from the factory. They are also locked behind weird Chinese subscription software. This boardview is un-DMCA-able, and runs on open source software. It's less about this board itself and more about the entire process, figuring out how to do this for any board, starting with absolutely no other sources.

You did great work here, I donated 10$ yesterday for future work.
Maybe you are interested to do the same process on a new fire TV stick (4k max 2nd gen)?

https://xdaforums.com/t/any-possible-unlock-for-the-fire-tv-stick-4k-max-1st-gen.4344383/

https://xdaforums.com/t/fire-tv-stick-4k-max-gen-2-karat-breakdown.4634407/#post-89182464

 

[Qwasi]

Incredible amount of work you put into this. I am grateful and hope to see more from you in the future

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