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m The chip on the card reader board is a touchscreen controller. The actual controller is on the motherboard.
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= Gamecard controller =
= Gamecard controller =
The gamecard controller (known internally as the LOTUS3) is a separate chip on the motherboard responsible for communicating with the gamecard.


The gamecard controller (a separate chip on the motherboard) is responsible for communicating with the Gamecard.
[[Filesystem_services|FS]] flashes the appropriate gamecard controller's firmware (Lotus ASIC Firmware or LAFW) which is encrypted, signed and follows the format below.
[[Filesystem_services|FS]], to access the gamecard data, will communicate with the gamecard controller. At each boot, firmware blobs (with a fixed size of 0x7800 bytes) are sent by FS to the gamecard controller.
 
The gamecard controller firmware is encrypted, signed and follows the format below.


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