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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
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
| Pin | Signal | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | VSS | |
| 2 | ||
| 3 | VSS | |
| 4 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 6 | ||
| 7 | ||
| 8 | ||
| 9 | VSS | |
| 10 | VCC |
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PS Vita Gamecard - inside pic1
PS Vita Gamecard - inside pic2
PS Vita Gamecard - inside pic3
PS Vita Gamecard - dumped content
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
| 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:
- Direction is relative to card. I = Input, O = Output.
- PP = Push-Pull logic, OD = Open-Drain logic.
- S = Power Supply, NC = Not Connected (or logical high).