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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.

Pinout

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

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 four variants:

  • 4 GB ($30 -> 7,5 per GB)
  • 8 GB ($45 -> 5,625 per GB)
  • 16 GB ($70 -> 4,375 per GB)
  • 32 GB ($120 -> 3,75 per GB)

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