Video Capture

This page documents the procedure of capturing the video signal of the upper and lower screens of the 3DS.

The information on this page was found by 3DBrew User: Matyapiro31

Lower Screen Dump

Test Points on the front of the board:

#	Name	TP	RED	#	Name	TP	GREEN	#	Name	TP	BLUE
10	CN2-31	184	R0	20	CN2-39	186	G0	24	CN1-34	188	B0
12	CN2-32	178	R1	19	CN2-40	180	G1	18	CN1-33	182	B1
13	CN2-33	172	R2	21	CN1-40	174	G2	17	CN1-32	176	B2
11	CN2-34	166	R3	14	CN1-39	above 180	G3	23	CN1-31	170	B3
2	CN2-35	183	R4	22	CN1-38	185	G4	5	CN1-30	187	B4
3	CN2-36	177	R5	16	CN1-37	179	G5	6	CN1-29	181	B5
1	CN2-37	171	R6	15	CN1-36	below 179	G6	7	CN1-28	175	B6
4	CN2-38	165	R7	9	CN1-35	167	G7	8	CN1-27	169	B7

#	Name	TP	Description
25	CN2-30	189	CLK
26	CN2-28	191	VSYNC
27	CN2-27	190	HSYNC

This table (taken from the picture above) shows which TP (test-point) to get the bit of the corresponding color (R=red, G=green, B=blue).

And the TP to get Clock, Vertical-Sync and Horizontal-Sync.

Links

• DS Version (DSCapture) : http://home.comcast.net/~olimar/DSCapture/
• DS Version(NisetroCaptureDS):http://katsukity.ocnk.net/product-list/1
• DSi Version(NisetroCaptureDSi):http://katsukity.ocnk.net/product-list/2
• 3DS Version(NisetroCapture3DS):http://katsukity.blog123.fc2.com/blog-entry-526.html
• Link to get a kit in Japan: http://katsukity.ocnk.net/product/20
• Pics+Progress Updates (3DSCapture): http://home.comcast.net/~olimar/3DSCapture/dev/
• Install: http://home.comcast.net/~olimar/3DSCapture/install/index.html
• YouTube video of Katsukity's Device: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI4qVzaM1PI
• YouTube video of Loopy's Device (USB): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt5U4o-0hPE
• YouTube video of Loopy's Device (HDMI): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s99fUS68AB4