DIY eMMC changed to U disk, etc.

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Some fans have been unable to distinguish the eMMC foot position
some time ago. Today Hongwang Semiconductor chats with you in
detail. When eMMC changes to a USB disk or needs to be updated
and replaced, online reading and writing, you need to understand the
eMMC foot position. This article is about Share with you how to find
these pins. We know that the pins used for reading and writing eMMC
chips are: VCC (or VDD), VCCQ (or VDDF), CMD, CLK, VSS (or GND)
and DAT0, DAT1, DAT2, DAT3, DAT4, DAT5, DAT6 , DAT7 data
interface. eMMC online reading and writing needs to find at least 5
lines of VCC / GND / CLK / CMD / D0, VCC / GND is best to find, do
not need to talk more. If you have drawings or disassemble the eMMC
PCB, you can easily find flying leads.

VCC and VCCQ are the power supply pins of eMMC, VSS is usually
the GND ground of the circuit board, CLK is the clock signal, CMD is
the bidirectional command and response signal, DAT0-DAT7 is the
data transmission interface, when using the burning socket to read and
write in 8BIT mode DAT0-DAT7 will use a total of 8 data interfaces.
When you use RT809H programmer flying line to read and write, you
only need to use DAT0 (D0 for short) data interface. The power supply
is directly powered by the motherboard, and then fly the line CMD,
CLK.

If you already have the corresponding flying lead bitmap of the circuit
board, you only need to use flying leads CMD, CLK, D0, GND to the
corresponding interface of the programmer as shown in the figure, pay
special attention to the flying leads It should not be too long. It is best
within 10CM to reduce loss and interference to ensure the success
rate of reading and writing. Then disconnect the resistance connected
to other lines at the point. The purpose of the resistance is to avoid
other lines from affecting the data reading and writing. The flying lead
allows the programmer to directly connect to the relevant pins of the
eMMC chip. Next, you need to short the main chip crystal to ground to
stop the main chip from working to avoid interference and impact.
Finally, power on the motherboard, so that the VCC and VCCQ of the
eMMC chip mentioned above will be directly powered by the
motherboard power supply. If the above operation is correct, we enter
eMMC_AUTO_ISP in the software interface to recognize the ID and
related parameters of the eMMC chip, and we can read or write in
normal operation. If you don't have the point map and the drawing of
the motherboard, you can also remove the eMMC chip to find the
corresponding point according to the position of the pin on the PCB
board, then solder back to the eMMC chip and then read and write
after flying the wire as described above.

If you don't have these conditions, you can search by the following
method: View the entire row of 0 to tens of ohms and signal lines near
the eMMC chip. CLK has a characteristic on the PCB. It usually has a
small resistor in series. Some boards also have an empty capacitor
pad. Generally, there is no pull-up resistor. When CLK is initialized
when eMMC is powered on, there are hundreds of KHZ clock signals.
When there is data communication, there are tens of M clock signals,
which can be seen with an oscilloscope or a frequency meter; CMD /
D0 generally have pull-up resistors. When the CMD is initialized at
eMMC, there are hundreds of KHZ data waveforms, which can be
seen with an oscilloscope or frequency meter; while D0 does not have
so many data waveforms during initialization, D0 is a little harder to
find in these signals. Generally, on the side of the 8 pull-up resistors of
the data port, try a few more times. The 3.3V power supply of some
boards not only supplies eMMC, but also other chips. When the power
consumption is large, please use the original machine ’s 3.3V or
external 3.3V power supply, which is different from low-power products
such as mobile phones.

This article focuses on how to read and write eMMC online to find the
key points. I hope it can help. Welcome to Hongwang Semiconductor.
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