a low cost solution for reading NOR

[ravendrow]

so i have been searching high and low for a cheap even DIY way to read the PS3 NOR(i think the e3 is over priced) and i think i might have found it i just need some input on how i should proceed. i do know this is not a PS3 forum but i know people here, not so much on the PS3 scene and it involves a tool developed for the 360 nand. it's the Squirt Slave Programmer(i dont care about the crap that is going on right now involving them or not) the thing apparently has a ft2232hq chip which should be able to read NOR right? i have seen some tutorials involving a taio spi reader being modified to read the NOR of a ps3 but i dont have one so i cant test it but i do have this squirt programmer that i dont really use and an extra Phat PS3 that i don't care about so i figure what the hell right. the data sheet for the programmer is on the squirt site. i tried to email oscar aka whatever from the Squirt team but got no answer so i am hoping someone on here will point me in the right direction as i would love to see a cheaper way to eventually downgrade the PS3 because lets face it why would someone want to pay almost $90 for the E3 set when the Squirt programmer is only $14

[cory1492]

You can get a teensy 2.0+ for around $20 from various suppliers (PJRC, ebay) and use Norway, I've done it with a micropendous (very similar to teensy 2.0+) I got off a ebay seller in my country and it works great albeit slow - and even fits inside the PS3 so it can be left installed. Something like the STM32F4-DISCOVERY board is also dirt cheap and has a NOR/NAND controller built in, but lacks pre-made code to do what you want.

The ft2232hq might be able to do it, have you had a look to see how many IO lines it has available and if they'll be enough for PS3 NOR? I saw a dev board that seems to have 42 pins broken out, plus a few more for ground and such - honestly that is the biggest constraint for NOR is whether you've got the patience to implement NOR through GPIO and you have enough pins on your board broken out to handle it. IIRC I had about 38 or 39 wires to put the teensy on my slim PS3.