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Nintendo Switch Lite HDH-001 IC Identification

iFixit took these pictures in this IC Identification. Design Wins: This device runs on a NVIDIA ODNX10-A1 quad-core Processor which also contains a GPU as well. Samsung provided the RAM and NAND flash while Cypress Semiconductor provided the WiFi/Bluetooth transceiver. Maxim provided two of the three power ICs. Out of all 12 of the design wins,…

Oculus Rift CV1 IC Identification

iFixit took these pictures in this IC Identification. Design Wins: The Oculus Rift CV1 is less complex than the HTC Vive 0PJT100 previously analyzed as it ran on just one microcontroller and a Bluetooth transceiver. The USB controller used has an integrated ARM Cortex-M0 microcontroller in it which could be also used for processing purposes. HDMI…

Apple Magic Trackpad A1339 IC Identification

iFixit took these pictures in this IC Identification. Design Wins: Broadcom has half of the design wins of this device, supplying both the Bluetooth SoC and touch controller. Microchip and STMicroelectronics provided the serial Flash and EEPROM memory. The touch controller used here seems to be similar than the one found in the Apple iPod Touch…

WD Elements SE 4 TB 2.5″ USB 3.0 Hard Drive WDBJRT0040BBK-0A IC Identification

Gough’s Tech Zone took these pictures in this IC Identification. Design Wins: This HDD used a Marvell HDD controller, some DRAM from Nanya, serial flash from Winbond, bridge IC from ASMedia and finally a motor controller from Western Digital. Similar SATA-USB Bridge ICs has been found in the Transcend StoreJet 25S3 and the Lexar Professional Workflow…

HTC Vive 0PJT100 Virtual Reality Set IC Identification

iFixit took these pictures in this IC Identification. Design Wins: Headset Controller LIDAR The VR headset is home to 7 controllers; which consist of 2 FPGAs and 4 microcontrollers (2 of which is built into the Bluetooth transceivers). No DDR or NAND flash was found in the device, however NOR and serial flash was found. The…

Apple iPod Touch 6th Generation A1574 IC Identification

iFixit took these pictures in this IC Identification. Design Wins: This iPod uses a custom A8 / APL1011 applications processor, along with a custom Bluetooth Module by USI, and even an custom Audio Codec. Broadcom/Texas Instruments provided the touchscreen controllers in the device. Motion sensors was provided by Invensense and Bosch Sensortec. The front side of…

Pico Technology PicoScope 2205A IC Identification

Gough’s Tech Zone took these pictures in this IC Identification. Design Wins: This oscilloscope displays data and has controls on software on a computer which is connected to this device by a USB cable. A Xilinx FPGA is used for data acquisition while using the microcontroller for connections to the computer. Analog Devices has the most…

TP-Link Archer T2UHP AC600 High Power USB Adapter IC Identification

Gough’s Tech Zone took these pictures in this IC Identification. Design Wins: This device uses a MediaTek MT7610 SoC and a Skyworks Solutions SKY85728-11 front end module. There are 2 ports for antennas on the main PCB. IC Identification: Block Diagram: The block diagram above is just predicted based on the components and function of them…

TP-Link UE300 USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet Network Adapter IC Identification

Gough’s Tech Zone took these pictures in this IC Identification. Design Wins: This device uses a Realtek Ethernet Tranceiver and Flash memory from Winbond. A single regulator is also spotted on the device. IC Identification: Block Diagram: The block diagram above is just predicted based on the components and function of them in the device. Originally…

Unbranded TB01200 4-port USB 3.0 to PCI-E Adapter IC Identification

Gough’s Tech Zone took these pictures in this IC Identification. Design Wins: This PCI-E port splitter only uses 4 chips; 2 of which are the USB controller and flash memory, which Renesas and Macronix provides respectively. Empty pads for SOIC-8 chips seem to be for more power related stuff. IC Identification: Block Diagram: The block diagram…

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