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Game Boy Advance SP AGS-001 mainboard

C/AGS-CPU-11
+1V8 +2V5
Power LEDs +2V5 Work RAM (128k x 16)
VDD35
U2
~{RESET} ~{LOWBAT} ~{LOWBAT} Power switch U1A

37
AGB-SRAM

10

56
8
VCNT5 ~{CHARGE} CPU AGB B
Cartridge Slot

VCC
A A

VDD1

VDD2
EXT_VIN

VDD35
45 57 MA0 25 29 MD0
File: power.kicad_sch SW1 VCC IN35 PHI PHI MA0 A0 IO0
File: leds.kicad_sch 44 58 MA1 24 31 MD1
SPDT ~{REQ} ~{WR} ~{WR} MA1 A1 IO1
Battery 43 59 MA2 23 33 MD2
~{RD} ~{RD} MA2 A2 IO2
1 42 60 MA3 22 35 MD3
EXT_VIN ~{LED} SW1-1 ~{CS1} ~{CS1}/~{CS} MA3 A3 IO3
C 11 61 MA4 21 38 MD4
VBAT VCC ~{CS2} ~{CS2}/~{RES} MA4 A4 IO4
2 Mounting AD[0..15] 62 MA5 20 40 MD5
AD[0..15] MA5 A5 IO5

MP
+1V8 +3V3 AD0 41 63 MA6 19 42 MD6
R48 VCC A[16..23] AD0/A0 MA6 A6 IO6
File: battery.kicad_sch AD1 40 64 MA7 18 44 MD7
1k AD1/A1 MA7 A7 IO7
GND File: cartridge.kicad_sch AD2 39 70 MA8 8 30 MD8
AD2/A2 MA8 A8 IO8
U1B AD3 38 71 MA9 7 32 MD9
VIN AD3/A3 MA9 A9 IO9

102

104
CPU AGB B LCD AD4 35 72 MA10 6 34 MD10
GND PWR_FLAG AD4/A4 MA10 A10 IO10

VDD1

VDD3
AD5 34 73 MA11 5 36 MD11
VCNT5 AD5/A5 MA11 A11 IO11
AD6 33 74 MA12 4 39 MD12
LDR[1..5] AD6/A6 MA12 A12 IO12
SP1 LDR[1..5] AD7 32 75 MA13 3 41 MD13
1 7 112 LDR1 AD7/A7 MA13 A13 IO13
Speaker ~{REQ}/VIN LDR1 AD8 31 76 MA14 2 43 MD14
EXT2 2 144 111 LDR2 AD8/A8 MA14 A14 IO14
VCNT5 LDR2 AD9 30 77 MA15 1 45 MD15
1 110 LDR3 AD9/A9 MA15 A15 IO15
EXT_VIN SW SO1 SO2 IN35 LDR3 AD10 29 88 MA16 48
Audio Amplifier 109 LDR4 AD10/A10 MA16 A16
LDR4 AD11 26 17 28
5 108 LDR5 AD11/A11 NC/A17 ~{OE} +2V5
ROUT ROUT SO1 SO1 LDR5 AD12 25 98 MD0 +2V5 16 26
6 LDG[1..5] AD12/A12 MD0 NC/A18 ~{CE}
B LOUT LOUT SO2 SO2 LDG[1..5] AD13 24 96 MD1 9 12 B
TP[0..9] 117 LDG1 AD13/A13 MD1 NC/A19 CE2
AGND LDG1 AD14 23 94 MD2 10 11
Joypad TP0 3 116 LDG2 AD14/A14 MD2 NC/A20 ~{WE}
SP SW TP0 LDG2 AD15 22 92 MD3 +2V5 13 14
File: EXT2.kicad_sch TP1 4 115 LDG3 AD15/A15 MD3 NC/A21 ~{UB}
TP[0..9] TP1 LDG3 A16 21 80 MD4 15
File: audio_amp.kicad_sch TP2 154 114 LDG4 A16/D0 MD4 ~{LB}
AGND TP2 LDG4 A17 20 82 MD5

VSS
File: joypad.kicad_sch TP3 153 113 LDG5 A17/D1 MD5 C6
CP1 TP3 LDG5 A18 17 84 MD6
TP4 149 LDB[1..5] A18/D2 MD6 100n

27
100u TP4 LDB[1..5] A19 16 86 MD7
TP5 147 124 LDB1 A19/D3 MD7
4V TP5 LDB1 A20 15 97 MD8
TP6 146 123 LDB2 A20/D4 MD8
TP6 LDB2 A21 14 95 MD9 GND GND
TP7 148 122 LDB3 A21/D5 MD9
TP7 LDB3 A22 13 93 MD10 MD[0..15]
GND TP8 2 121 LDB4 A22/D6 MD10
EM7 TP8 LDB4 A23 12 91 MD11
TP9 145 120 LDB5 A23/D7 MD11
FerriteBead TP9 LDB5 A[16..23] 81 MD12
MD12
48 83 MD13
151 105 SC MD13
~{RESET} DCK DCK 49 85 MD14
+3V3 150 107 SD MD14
~{FIQ} PS PS 50 87 MD15
132 106 SI MD15
TEST0 LP LP 51
CL1 133 SO
+3V3 FIQ TEST1 99 System clock
+3V3 R6 SolderJumper_2_Bridged 134 131 ~{MRD} CK1 R1 CK2
TEST2 REVC REVC 69 1.5M
RESET 100k 135 130 ~{MWR}
TEST3 MOD MOD 65
2 1 129 ~{LB}
~{RESET} SPS SPS 66
C C5 128 ~{UB} C
CLS CLS
1u 127 R2
X1
GND

SPL SPL
3

138

GND
Q8B CK1 4.194304 MHz 2.2k
10k Q8 C4 139
File: lcd.kicad_sch CK2
1 DTC114Y 680n
103
47k

9
2

EXT1
C1 C2
GND GND GND GND SC GND 27p 33p
SD
+1V8 +2V5 SI
SO GND

File: EXT1.kicad_sch
C47 C48 C49 C50 C51 C52 C53 C54 C55 C56
10n 10n 10n 10n 100n 100n 100n 100n 100n 100n

GND GND
https://github.com/Gekkio/gb-schematics
+3V3
VDD35 https://gekkio.fi
Sheet: /
D C57 C58 C59 C60 C61 C62 C63 C64 C65 C66 C67 File: AGS-CPU-11.kicad_sch D
100n 100n 100n 100n 100n 100n 100n 100n 100n 100n 100n
Title: AGS-CPU-11
Size: A4 Date: 2023-07-18 Rev: E
GND GND
KiCad E.D.A. kicad 7.0.6-7.0.6~ubuntu22.04.1 Id: 1/10
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A A

VR21

VCC_AUDIO
VOL

1
VR2 2 VCC_AUDIO
B 30k B

3
R11 R10
VR23 U3 AGB-AMP U6LOUT R18 LOUT
47k 47k

14

16
56R
+5V

VCC

VCC
SO2 SO1 R17
U6LIN U6RIN LOUT
3k
R12 R14 8 13
LIN LOUT
FL 47k FR 47k 7 15
RIN ROUT U6ROUT R19 ROUT
10 56R
VOL
11 17
SW SW SP ROUT
R13 C14 R15 C17 12
FL1 FL2 FR1 FR2 ~{STH}
47k 560p 47k 560p
4 9 SP
FL1 VREF
5 1
FL2 BC
2 SP
FR1
3
FR2 C24 C21 C26 C27 C25

GND

GND
1u 100n 100n 100n 100n
C15 C16 C18 C19 C20

18
6
100p 1n 100p 1n 100n

C C
GND GND GND

Audio amplifier power VCC_AUDIO

VCC C22 C23

100n 100n
4
47k

U9B GND
+5V 5 4k7
RN4986
3

R16 VCC_AUDIO
6

180k
4k7 U9A
2 RN4986
47k

https://github.com/Gekkio/gb-schematics
1

https://gekkio.fi
GND PWR_FLAG Sheet: /Audio Amplifier/
D File: audio_amp.kicad_sch D

Title: AGS-CPU-11
Size: A4 Date: 2023-07-18 Rev: E
KiCad E.D.A. kicad 7.0.6-7.0.6~ubuntu22.04.1 Id: 2/10
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A A

R21
680R
EXT_VIN

1
Q1
Q1B
2SB956 3

2
R22
240R
U5OUT

C68
100n U5
S- S+ MM1581
EXT_VIN
R23
B B

5
D1 1R

VCC
D_Schottky 15 4
VBAT R47 CS+ VREF
14
F2 VS 102R CS-
16
BT+ Fuse CNT U57
13 7
BAT LEDR ~{LED}
8
P4 C75 LEDG
1
BT- Battery_Cell 100n TDET
3
ADJ
U5VDD
GND GND 9
C1
10
C2

GND
2
TIN R27 R25 ADJ C3
U5C3
10k 18k

12
EXT_VIN
C71
R28 C28 R26 C29 C30 C31
100n
10k 1u 1.3k C C 100n GND

GND

GND GND
C C

https://github.com/Gekkio/gb-schematics
https://gekkio.fi
Sheet: /Battery/
D File: battery.kicad_sch D

Title: AGS-CPU-11
Size: A4 Date: 2023-07-18 Rev: E
KiCad E.D.A. kicad 7.0.6-7.0.6~ubuntu22.04.1 Id: 3/10
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Cartridge voltage switch

A +5V +3V3 SW13 A
IN35 VDD35
DPDT
PWR_FLAG
IN35
C2
S1
VDD35
C1
S2 Mounting

R5

MP
100k

GND
GND

C3
100n

GND
PHI
1
B R44 VDD B
47R 2
PHI PHI
3
~{WR} ~{WR}
4
~{RD} ~{RD}
5
~{CS1} ~{CS1}/~{CS}
AD0 6
R45 AD0/A0
AD1 7
47R AD[0..15] AD1/A1
AD2 8
AD2/A2
AD3 9
AD3/A3
AD4 10
AD4/A4
AD5 11
AD5/A5
AD6 12
AD6/A6
AD7 13
AD7/A7
AD8 14
AD8/A8
AD9 15
AD9/A9
AD10 16
AD10/A10
AD11 17 P1
AD11/A11
AD12 18 GameBoyAdvance_Cartridge_MountingPin
AD12/A12
AD13 19
AD13/A13
AD14 20
AD14/A14
C AD15 21 C
AD15/A15
A16 22
A16/D0
A17 23
A[16..23] A17/D1
A18 24
A18/D2
A19 25
+3V3 A19/D3
A20 26
VDD35 A20/D4
A21 27
A21/D5
A22 28
R3 R4 A22/D6
A23 29
R46 RES 18k 100k A23/D7
15R 30
~{CS2}/~{RES}
31
~{CS2} ~{REQ}/VIN
32
GND
~{REQ}
Mounting
MP

P1GND
https://github.com/Gekkio/gb-schematics
GND
https://gekkio.fi
Sheet: /Cartridge Slot/
D File: cartridge.kicad_sch D

Title: AGS-CPU-11
Size: A4 Date: 2023-07-18 Rev: E
KiCad E.D.A. kicad 7.0.6-7.0.6~ubuntu22.04.1 Id: 4/10
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A A

EM1
Filter_EMI_LLL

1 2
VDD35

R7 RA1 3 4
B 100k 330R B
5 6 1
SO VDD
1 8 2
SI SO
2 7 3
SD EM2 SI
3 6 4 P5
SC Filter_EMI_LLL SD
4 5 5 EXT1
SC
1 2 6
GND

3 4
C8 C9 C10 C7

SH
100p 100p 100p 2.2u
5 6

GND

C C

https://github.com/Gekkio/gb-schematics
https://gekkio.fi
Sheet: /EXT1/
D File: EXT1.kicad_sch D

Title: AGS-CPU-11
Size: A4 Date: 2023-07-18 Rev: E
KiCad E.D.A. kicad 7.0.6-7.0.6~ubuntu22.04.1 Id: 5/10
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A A

EM4
FerriteBead
P31
LOUT

EM5
FerriteBead
P33
ROUT

EM6
FerriteBead
B P34 B
AGND
1
2
3
PWR_FLAG 4
F1 EM8 P3
5 EXT2
Fuse P32 Filter_EMI_LL
2 1 6
EXT_VIN

SH
4 3

GND
+2V5
SW

R42 SW
P35 1M

3
Q11
C 1 2SD1819A C
2

GND

https://github.com/Gekkio/gb-schematics
https://gekkio.fi
Sheet: /EXT2/
D File: EXT2.kicad_sch D

Title: AGS-CPU-11
Size: A4 Date: 2023-07-18 Rev: E
KiCad E.D.A. kicad 7.0.6-7.0.6~ubuntu22.04.1 Id: 6/10
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Shoulder buttons

A A
SW3 SW4
TP9 R54 L TP8 R53 R
15R 15R
TP9 TP8

C74 C73
10n GND 10n GND

GND GND

D-Pad

SW10
TP6 UP

TP6 Buttons

B B
GND
SW5
TP0 A

SW9 SW12 TP0

TP5 LEFT TP4 RIGHT

TP5 TP4 GND

SW6
GND GND TP1 B

TP1
SW11
TP7 DOWN GND
TP7

GND

C C

TP[0..9]
TP0
TP1
TP2 SW8 SW7
TP3 TP2 SELECT TP3 START
TP4
TP2 TP3
TP5
TP6
TP7 GND GND
TP8
TP9

https://github.com/Gekkio/gb-schematics
https://gekkio.fi
Sheet: /Joypad/
D File: joypad.kicad_sch D

Title: AGS-CPU-11
Size: A4 Date: 2023-07-18 Rev: E
KiCad E.D.A. kicad 7.0.6-7.0.6~ubuntu22.04.1 Id: 7/10
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+3V3

2
Q7
LDR5 LDG5 LDB5 SPL VCNT5
1 10k
DTA114T
VSHD

3
LDR4 LDG4 LDB4 CLS
A A
C12
DCK LDR3 LDG3 LDB3 SPS 100n
LCD light switch

+5V +5V LP LDR2 LDG2 LDB2 MOD GND

R20
270R 1
PS LDR1 LDG1 LDB1 REVC
SW2 R39 C69 DCK 2
DCK
LIGHT ON Q12B 2.2k CL3 1u LP 3
LP

2
SolderJumper_2_Bridged PS 4
Q12 PS
5
1 2 1 10k
DTA114T
6
LDR[1..5]

3
GND LDR5 7
LDR4 8
LDR3 9
R40 LDR2 10
10k LDR1 11
LDG[1..5]
LDG5 12
LDG4 13
GND LDG3 14
B B
LDG2 15
LDG1 16
17
LDB[1..5]
LDB5 18 P2
LDB4 19 LCD
LDB3 20
LDB2 21
LCD contrast adjustment
+5V LDB1 22
SPL 23
SPL
CLS 24
CLS
R8 SPS 25
SPS
20k MOD 26
P2VDD P2VSS COM MOD
REVC 27
REVC
VR13 P2VDD 28
+13V
P2VSS 29
3

-15V
VR1 2 COM 30
10k 31
+5V CL2
1

SolderJumper_2_Bridged 32
+5V U83 33
GND 1 2 34
C C
Mounting

C11 C76

MP
100n DNP
LCD light soft latch LCD light load switch

U83 GND
GND
+5V
+5V U62
3

R51 U6
U8B
10k NL17SZ74
8

R49 5 XP04501
VCC

2 5
U61 D Q 4.7k R50
4

1 7.5k
CP
6 3
~{CLR} ~{Q}
6

7
~{PR}
GND

U8A
C70 U82
+5V 2 XP04501
100n R38 https://github.com/Gekkio/gb-schematics
4

33R
https://gekkio.fi
GND GND C77 GND Sheet: /LCD/
D 100n File: lcd.kicad_sch D
GND

Title: AGS-CPU-11
GND Size: A4 Date: 2023-07-18 Rev: E
KiCad E.D.A. kicad 7.0.6-7.0.6~ubuntu22.04.1 Id: 8/10
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A A

Low battery LED Power LED Charging LED

+3V3

+3V3
EXT_VIN
R33 R34
2

2
20k 1.3k
22k

22k
B DTA144W DTA144W B
~{LOWBAT} ~{CHARGE}
1 47k
Q4 Q6C 1 47k
Q2
3

3
Q6
1.3k R24
1 2SD1819A
R32 1.1k

2
DL1A DL2A DL3A
DL1 DL2 DL3
LED_RED LED_GREEN LED_ORANGE

GND GND GND

C C

https://github.com/Gekkio/gb-schematics
https://gekkio.fi
Sheet: /LEDs/
D File: leds.kicad_sch D

Title: AGS-CPU-11
Size: A4 Date: 2023-07-18 Rev: E
KiCad E.D.A. kicad 7.0.6-7.0.6~ubuntu22.04.1 Id: 9/10
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Global power nets:

VCC = DC input supply (battery or EXT2 power)
VDD5 / +5V = nominal +5V (regulated)
VDD3 / +3V3 = nominal +3.3V (regulated)
VDD2 / +2V5 = nominal +2.5V
VDD1 / +1V8 = nominal +1.8V (regulated)
Power controller PWR_FLAG +5V +3V3 +2V5 +1V8 VDD13 / +13V = +13V LCD bias supply (unregulated)
VDD15 / -15V = -15V LCD bias supply (unregulated)
TODO: proper symbol GND = common ground
VCC VCC
A SCP1 SCP2 U4 A
GND PWR_FLAG PWR_FLAG PWR_FLAG PWR_FLAG
S6403/9753
1 16 VDRV5 C72 EM3
D R29 FerriteBead +1V8
2 15 VOUT5 1u
D6 1k
3 14
VDRV3 4 13
+2V5 VDD2
VOUT3 5 12
~{RESET}
6 11 LS5 PWR_FLAG
+13V
VOUT1 7 10
VCNT5
VDRV1 8 9
~{LOWBAT}
-15V
LOWBAT PWR_FLAG

VCC +3.3V buck (regulated)

C33 C34 C36 C32
47n 470p 1u 1u

C38 C39
VCC +3V3 VOUT3
GND GND GND 4.7u 4.7u
D3C VDD3
VOUT3
VDRV3

4
GND VDRV3 ???
L1 CL5
B 5 U7B B
33u SolderJumper_2_Bridged

3
LCD bias (unregulated) 1 2
D3 R36
D_Schottky 1.3R

VDD13
C41
22u
+13V

2
DA1AC
Buck GND
3 DA1
MA3J143
VCC C46 C13
T1 C43
1u 100n +1.8V buck (regulated)

1
GameBoy_Transformer_AGS 470n
LS5
1

1
T16 R52 TC
LS5 ??? 200R GND
U76
2 U7A 4 6 VCC +1V8 VOUT1
D4C VDD1
6

VDD15 VOUT1
2 8 VDRV1
C37

2
4.7u -15V VDRV1 2SJ647
C 3 1 L2 CL4 C
DA2AC 1 Q5
100u SolderJumper_2_Bridged

3
GND GND 3 DA2
1 2
MA3J143 D4 R37
C45 R9
C44 D_Schottky 2.49R
+5V boost (regulated) 1u 200k
2

470n
C42
GND 10u
+5V VOUT5
D2A VDD5
VOUT5 GND

D2 CL6
D_Schottky SolderJumper_2_Bridged
VDRV5
1 2
3

R35
VDRV5 Q3
1.3R
1 2SK3663 https://github.com/Gekkio/gb-schematics
2

C40 https://gekkio.fi
10u Sheet: /Power/
D File: power.kicad_sch D

GND Title: AGS-CPU-11

Size: A4 Date: 2023-07-18 Rev: E
KiCad E.D.A. kicad 7.0.6-7.0.6~ubuntu22.04.1 Id: 10/10
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