Cartridge connector
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Pinout
This diagram represents a top-down view looking directly into the connector. Pins 01-31 are the bottom side of the connector and label side of the cartridge.
SNES | Cart | SNES (front) ------- (back) SYSTEM CLK <- |01 32| -> /WRAMSEL EXPAND <> |02 33| -> REFRESH PA6 <- |03 34| -> PA7 /PARD <- |04 35| -> /PAWR GND -- |05 36| -- GND A11 <- |06 37| -> A12 A10 <- |07 38| -> A13 A9 <- |08 39| -> A14 A8 <- |09 40| -> A15 A7 <- |10 41| -> A16 A6 <- |11 42| -> A17 A5 <- |12 43| -> A18 A4 <- |13 44| -> A19 A3 <- |14 45| -> A20 A2 <- |15 46| -> A21 A1 <- |16 47| -> A22 A0 <- |17 48| -> A23 /IRQ -> |18 49| -> /ROMSEL D0 <> |19 50| <> D4 D1 <> |20 51| <> D5 D2 <> |21 52| <> D6 D3 <> |22 53| <> D7 /RD <- |23 54| -> /WR CIC data 1 <> |24 55| <> CIC data 2 key CIC reset <- |25 56| <- CIC CLK /reset <> |26 57| -> PHI2 +5V -- |27 58| -- +5V PA0 <- |28 59| -> PA1 PA2 <- |29 60| -> PA3 PA4 <- |30 61| -> PA5 left audio in -> |31 62| <- right audio in -------
Signal descriptions
- EXPAND: Connects to expansion port pin 24 and is pulled high.
- SYSTEM CLK: 21.47727 MHz system clock.
- PHI2: This is the CPU clock output. When this signal is high, this means only that the CPU bus address is in a stable state. For both reads and writes, data is only guaranteed or required to be valid at the falling edge of this signal. /RD, /WR, /PARD, and /PAWR are normally used instead of this.
- A23..0, /RD, /RW: The CPU address bus, also known as the A bus.
- A23..16: Also known as bank address or BA7..0.
- /ROMSEL: Asserted when accessing ROM ($00-3F,80-BF:8000-FFFF, $40-7D,C0-FF:0000-FFFF). Also known as /CART.
- /WRAMSEL: Asserted when accessing work RAM ($00-3F,80-BF:0000-1FFF, $7E-7F:0000-FFFF).
- PA7..0, /PARD, /PAWR: The peripheral address bus, also known as the B bus.
- D7..0: Data lines, shared between the CPU and peripheral buses.
- CIC CLK: Either 4 MHz or 3.072 MHz, depending on the console.