black "v3" evo pics. new shell and PCB

[alejo]

overall view







slimmer design



TQFP . No more fat and shitty-soldering BGA (the major problem of v2 cyclo)







1mb flash is now tsop, also better . 16mb is macronix and not SST.



new shell.



Now we can say cyclods is bomb-proof

the only bad thing ive found is that the microsd hole in the shell is not 100% aligned with the microsd reader, but nothing important.


new phothos:

cyclo vs nintendo original


completely integrated


the sd card hole is not aligned, tested in different carts..


cart into the console



measuring carts

-cyclo


-nintendo original


0.26mm difference.. its nothing, its like a hair


edit: Now also available in white










GOOD WORK TEAM CYCLOPS!!

[alejo]

v2 pics for comparison

[arjunsood2003]

i expected it to be all black..the sticker is still white..

[alejo]

yes the sticker is horrible, but its covered by the console. now it has higher quality, not paper like v2

[Vectorferret]

Originally Posted by arjunsood2003

i expected it to be all black..the sticker is still white..

When the unit is inside the DS, the sticker is completely covered, so it won't hurt aesthetically. They probably do that so they can reuse stickers to speed up manufacturing (and they need all the help they can get with speed).

[SoraK05]

Thanks a lot for these pictures.

[cutterjohn]

Hmmm... I'm sort of beginning to think those v3s we were told that we got were actually v2s as my Evo even though it had the green sticker, still had a fairly fat chip sticking out, presumably still the BGA packaging, while my SCDS1 SDHC is quite thin by comparison...

I'll have to see what they send me for a replacement, also hoping to get them to send me a black one as a replacement since I only ordered white to get it soon, which, obviously, failed as far as functionality went.

[EDIT]
OOC I went and looked up that ASIC's specs, it's actually an FPGA, and here's a page with some info about it...
http://www.actel.com/products/pa3/default.aspx
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[EDIT2]
Also looks like the newest batch uses a cheaper Actel FPGA, as the old one supported 250k gates, while the new one supports 60k. Most of the other specs are similar although the 60 only has 2 I/O banks v. 4 in the 250. They must've not needed more than 60k gates to begin with and the 2 I/O banks... Probably saves a little money/Evolution by using the 060...
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[EDIT3]
@alejo
Did it look/feel thinner than the v2s when you first picked it up/looked at it?

How's the plastic shell?
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[EDIT4]
What firmware did the black one/new batch ship with? (My old white one, supposedly batch 3, shipped with 1.2...)

Sticker: Well, it's better than the ugly green one that would look like absolute crap with the black shell, IMO...
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[SoraK05]

From what I can tell, batch 3 CycloDS Evolutions are using the v2 architecture, and the Black CycloDS Evolutions as well as probably future CycloDS Evolutions will use this newer v3 architecture design..

[Breeze]

That almost makes me want my batch 2 CDSE to fail, so I can get one with this better hardware design, lol. Well, My CDSE has been working perfectly ever since I got it, and I guess that's what matters.

[BWG2469v2]

Wonder what is the most recent replacements that were shipped out this week?