PM Pinouts

Cartridge Pinouts

Conn.	Card	TSOP	Name	Direction	Function
1	B1	note 1	VCC	.	Power supply.
2	B1.5	note 1	VCC	.	Power supply.
3	B2	2	A20	<=	Address bit 20.
4	B2.5	3	A9/A19	<=	Address bit 9 is latched when LALH is high. Address bit 19 is latched when HALH is high.
5	B3	4	A8/A18	<=	Address bit 8 is latched when LALH is high. Address bit 18 is latched when HALH is high.
6	B3.5	5	A7/A17	<=	Address bit 7 is latched when LALH is high. Address bit 17 is latched when HALH is high.
7	B4	6	A6/A16	<=	Address bit 6 is latched when LALH is high. Address bit 16 is latched when HALH is high.
8	B4.5	7	A5/A15	<=	Address bit 5 is latched when LALH is high. Address bit 15 is latched when HALH is high.
9	B5	8	A4/A14	<=	Address bit 4 is latched when LALH is high. Address bit 14 is latched when HALH is high.
10	B5.5	9	A3/A13	<=	Address bit 3 is latched when LALH is high. Address bit 13 is latched when HALH is high.
11	B6	10	A2/A12	<=	Address bit 2 is latched when LALH is high. Address bit 12 is latched when HALH is high.
12	B6.5	11	A1/A11	<=	Address bit 1 is latched when LALH is high. Address bit 11 is latched when HALH is high.
13	B7	12	A0/A10	<=	Address bit 0 is latched when LALH is high. Address bit 10 is latched when HALH is high.
14	B7.5	note 1	VCC	.	Power supply.
15	B8	14	HALE	<=	High address bits are latched when HALE is high.
16	.	.	.	.	No pad on cartridge.
17	B9/M1	15	LALE	<=	Low address bits are latched when LALE is high.
18	B9.5	note 2	GND	.	Ground.
19	B10	31	D0	<=>	Data bit 0 is output when OE is high.
20	B10.5	30	D1	<=>	Data bit 1 is output when OE is high.
21	B11	29	D2	<=>	Data bit 2 is output when OE is high.
22	B11.5	27	D3	<=>	Data bit 3 is output when OE is high.
23	B12	26	D4	<=>	Data bit 4 is output when OE is high.
24	B12.5	25	D5	<=>	Data bit 5 is output when OE is high.
25	B13	23	D6	<=>	Data bit 6 is output when OE is high.
26	B13.5	22	D7	<=>	Data bit 7 is output when OE is high.
27	B14	20	OE	<=	Output Enable. Data bits are output when OE is high.
28	B14.5	.	IRQ	=>	Cause "Cartridge IRQ" interrupt when IRQ go high.
29	B15	19	WE	<=	Write Enable. Pulled down with 100K in cartridge.
30	B15.5	18	CS	<=	Chip select. Enables chip control. Pulled down with 100K in cartridge.
31	B16	.	CARD_N	=>	Card detect. Active-low. It is connected to GND in the cartridge.
32	B16.5	note 2	GND	.	Ground.
33	B17	note 2	GND	.	Ground.

note 1: VCC on pin 1,21,28,32. LVTTL.

note 2: GND on pin 13,16,17,24.

Abbreviations

PM = Pokémon Mini

TSOP = Thin Small Outline Package

LVTTL = Low Voltage Transistor-Transistor Level (3.3 Volt)

ROM = Read Only Memory

ALH = Address Latch High

OE = Output Enable

A? = Address signal

CS? = Chip Select

VCC = Power supply

GND = Signal ground

TSOP Chip

   MX23L4004    TSOP package
.-------------/ /-------------.
|  1 VCC               VCC 32 |
|  2 A20               D0  31 |
|  3 A9/A19            D1  30 |
|  4 A8/A18            D2  29 |
|  5 A7/A17            VCC 28 |
|  6 A6/A16            D3  27 |
|  7 A5/A15            D4  26 |
|  8 A4/A14            D5  25 |
|  9 A3/A13            GND 24 |
| 10 A2/A12            D6  23 |
| 11 A1/A11            D7  22 |
| 12 A0/A10            VCC 21 |
| 13 GND               OE  20 |
| 14 HALE              WE  19 |
| 15 LALE              CS  18 |
| 16 GND               GND 17 |
`-------------/ /-------------'

PCB silk screen text

"MIN-KCM1-01"

"4M MASKROM" (4 Mbit)

Pads B1 to B17 are labeled.

IC U1

"MX23L4004-12A" (Macronix)

"MIN-MPBE-0 E" (Mini PinBall)

TSOP