Hardware
Motherboard
There are 3 known revisions of the motherboard:
- HAC-CPU-01 (Launch, earliest manifacture date seen: 01/12 2016)
- HAC-CPU-10
- HAC-CPU-20 (Earliest manifacture date seen: 26/10 2017)
What actually changed between different revisions is unknown.
Specifications
| Type | |
|---|---|
| SoC | NVidia ODNX02-A2 (See also here) |
| Screen | 6.2-inch, multi-touch capacitive LCD screen |
| Storage | Samsung KLMBG2JENB-B041 32 GB eMMC or Toshiba THGBMHG8C2LBAIL 32 GB eMMC |
| Memory | Samsung K4F6E304HB-MGCH 2 GB LPDDR4 DRAM x2 (Total 4GB) |
| Wifi/BT | Broadcom BCM4356XKUBG |
| PMIC | Maxim Integrated MAX77620AEWJ+T |
| Audio | Realtek ALC5639 |
eMMC Pinout
Front
Back
Supply power via the VCC 3.3V and 1.8V pins, and solder the CLK, CMD, and DAT0 pins to an SD Card reader in order to extract the data off the eMMC chip.
eMMC Connector
| Pin # | Name | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.3v | PWR |
| 2 | GND | PWR |
| 3 | CMD | BI |
| 4 | GND | PWR |
| 5 | DAT_STRB(?) | OUT |
| 6 | GND | PWR |
| 7 | DAT4 | BI |
| 8 | GND | PWR |
| 9 | DAT5 | BI |
| 10 | GND | PWR |
| 11 | DAT6 | BI |
| 12 | GND | PWR |
| 13 | DAT7 | BI |
| 14 | GND | PWR |
| 15 | 1.8v | PWR |
| 16 | 1.8v | PWR |
| 17 | GND | PWR |
| 18 | GND | PWR |
| 19 | DAT2 | BI |
| 20 | GND | PWR |
| 21 | DAT1 | BI |
| 22 | GND | PWR |
| 23 | DAT0 | BI |
| 24 | GND | PWR |
| 25 | DAT3 | BI |
| 26 | GND | PWR |
| 27 | CLK | IN |
| 28 | GND | PWR |
| 29 | RESET | IN |
| 30 | 3.3v | PWR |
The eMMC connector plug on the board mates with the receptacle on the Switch motherboard. The receptacle is a Molex 5009130302, and is available from retailers such as Digi-Key.
Notes
1. https://www.sosav.fr/guides/consoles/nintendo/nintendo-salon/nintendo-switch/demontage-complet/
2. https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nintendo+Switch+Teardown/78263