_    _____                             _____ _____    __  __  _____ _    _ 
     /\  | |  / ____|                           |_   _|  __ \  |  \/  |/ ____| |  | |
    /  \ | |_| |  __  __ _ _ __ ___   ___  ___    | | | |__) | | \  / | |    | |  | |
   / /\ \| __| | |_ |/ _` | '_ ` _ \ / _ \/ __|   | | |  _  /  | |\/| | |    | |  | |
  / ____ \ |_| |__| | (_| | | | | | |  __/\__ \  _| |_| | \ \  | |  | | |____| |__| |
 /_/    \_\__|\_____|\__,_|_| |_| |_|\___||___/ |_____|_|  \_\ |_|  |_|\_____|\____/ 
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        2023/03/29 : Fixed a minor error with the pin count

	2021/09/30 : This document was created using some information I already had
	on hand

							To reach me if you know more
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  __       _____ _                   _   
 /_ |     |  __ (_)                 | |  
  | |     | |__) | _ __   ___  _   _| |_ 
  | |     |  ___/ | '_ \ / _ \| | | | __|
  | |  _  | |   | | | | | (_) | |_| | |_ 
  |_| (_) |_|   |_|_| |_|\___/ \__,_|\__|
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The MCU currently is unknown, But it is assumed to be a Microchip PIC16F87/88 
MCU due to the similarities in form factor and pin layout. 

    	 ____________
    TX? |1         18| ???
    ??? |            | ???
    UP1 |            | LEFT1
  DOWN1 |            | RIGHT1
    VCC |            | ???
   MENU |            | ???
     A1 |            | ???
    SEL |            | ???
  START |9_________18| ???
  
 The form factor of the chip is a 18-pin PDIP SOIC. So what do these pins match 
with the PIC16F87/88.

    	 ____________
    RA2 |1         10| RA1
    RA3 |            | RA0
    RA4 |            | RA7
    RA5 |            | RA6
    VCC |            | Vdd
    RB0 |            | RB7
    RB1 |            | RB6
    RB2 |            | RB5
    RB3 |9_________18| RB4
	
	=======================================================
	| RA/RB	| The RA/RB pins are Bidirectional I/O pins.  |
	|       | RA5 however is a Input pin.                 |
	=======================================================
	|Vcc/Vdd| This is the power input pins for the chip   |
	=======================================================
	
	
  ___        _____ _____    _                             _   
 |__ \      |_   _|  __ \  | |                           | |  
    ) |       | | | |__) | | |     __ _ _   _  ___  _   _| |_ 
   / /        | | |  _  /  | |    / _` | | | |/ _ \| | | | __|
  / /_   _   _| |_| | \ \  | |___| (_| | |_| | (_) | |_| | |_ 
 |____| (_) |_____|_|  \_\ |______\__,_|\__, |\___/ \__,_|\__|
                                         __/ |                
                                        |___/                
===============================================================
The IR Blaster layout is pretty simple, The output to the IR blaster comes from
RA2 (TX?) and goes through a 102 Ohm resistor to a GS8050M NPN Transistor. It then
goes through a 100 Ohm Resistor then out to the IR Blaster


		[IR]
		|  |VCC
		|
	  [100]
	    |
	  [HY1D] (GS8050M)
	  |    |VCC
	[102]
	  |
	 TX?
	 


  ____        _______ ____   _____ 
 |___ \      |__   __|  _ \ / ____|
   __) |        | |  | |_) | |     
  |__ <         | |  |  _ <| |     
  ___) |  _     | |  | |_) | |____ 
 |____/  (_)    |_|  |____/ \_____|
===================================
At some point I plan on grabbing a device to analyze the IR output to see how the
controller communicates to the console. That concludes this document for now.

See ya!
																- ItsT3K, 2021