Controller overview This time, I decided to dig into Oculus’s controller to see what interesting I could find there. I’m taking a closer look at the Oculus Quest 2 controller. I’ve always been cur...

The battery connector is the most annoying thing in my test setup - constantly having to plug and unplug a small connector for each modification is not only frustrating but also time-consuming, as ...

The stand and enclosures for buttons were designed by myself and 3D-printed using PLA plastic. This how the setup looks like (JTAGulator remained connected from previous post): top: bottom The ...

JTAG pins were found in my previous post “Oculus2: HW reverse engineering - test points.” I am sure for 99.99999% that, SoC JTAG pins are disabled. A modern SoC has an OTP configuration bit to disa...

Oculus 2 partition layout N Name type Start End Size 0     0x000000 6000 0x6000 1 ...

Oculus 2 uses iNAND flash with interface UFS and sizes of 64GB, 128GB, or 256 GB. I saw a 32GB mainboard on eBay but did not see an official announcement of such a size. Part number is WDC SDINDDH...

I decided to spend some time and figure out the purpose of some test points. Also, I desolder all components from my broken main board(just for fun :) ). Now the main board looks like this: Top: ...

Oculus2: Chasing down the UART: Part1 I spent some time and found what connector should be soldered for DEBUG: Hirose Electric - FH58 Series - FH58M-7S-0.25SHW Also, I decided to design a simple ...

One of the first things to do with a new device is to find a UART. As an embedded developer (in the past and kind of in the present), I am 99.99% sure that debug UART is present and can be easyish ...

HW Spec Storage:​ UFS iNAND 64GB, 128GB, or 256GB Display Panel:​ Fast-switch LCD Display Resolution: ​1832×1920 per eye Display Refresh: ​72Hz at launch; 90Hz support to come SoC:​ Qua...