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Identifying magnetic sensor pins

A project log for Reverse engineering Logitech MX Master

Ongoing project to reverse engineer parts of most productive mouse ever.

c00c00 08/18/2023 at 17:180 Comments

Chip package type is WLCSP with diagonal pin pitch 0.4mm. Luckily boards don't appear to have more than 2 layers, and size of vias suggests that all pins are fanned out to the sides.

After careful examination under microscope I've identified following pinout of ribbon cable:

  1. GND
  2. ?
  3. "Hidden" button
  4. ?
  5. SCK
  6. SDO
  7. CSB
  8. SDI
  9. ?
  10. VDD_IO 2V - voltage is dropped to 1.6V for VDD with local regulator
  11. ?
  12. ?

There are no points on the little pcb available where wires could be soldered without removing connector. Luckily all connector pins have a test points on the next board that ribbon cable connects to.

To confirm pin assignment I tested them with oscilloscope. SCK and CSB pins checked out, but there is no activity on SDI, and SDO.

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