WACOM W9012 AIO Tablet Controller

WACOM W9012 is an all-in-one ASIC for WACOM products supporting both FM technology and digital pen technology. It can be found in many WACOM products and licensed products.

Based on the known information, it seems to be a microcontroller with an internal analog signal chain and a huge analog MUX to interface with all the coils. Not sure if it's based on any existing MCU platform. If anyone is interested, try playing with the exposed JTAG port on SM-N910.

Known Pins (SM-N910)

Pin Name Description
A1 P147 TP_PEN_RSTB
A2 P10 PEN_FWE1, WACOM_JTAG[10]
A3 ASW45 WACOM_KEY_2
A4 ASW44 WACOM_KEY_1
A5 ASW43 CL43
A6 VREFC Internal Vref to 100nF Decap
A7 AOUTB Testpoint
A8 AGND
A9 VREF1 WACOM_REF Common voltage shielding the entire coil mesh, bypassed to GND via a 4.7uF decap
A10 AVDD PEN_VA
A11 P50 NC
B1 ASW42 CL42
B2 ASW41 CL41
B3 ASW40 CL40
B4 ASW39 CL39
B5 ASW38 CL38
B6 ASW37 CL37
B7 P15 NC
B8 P12 NC
B9 P16 TP_PEN_IRQ
B10 P30 NC
B11 P51 NC
C1 ASW36 CL36
C2 ASW35 CL35
C3 ASW34 CL34
C4 ASW33 CL33
C5 ASW32 CL32
C6 ASW31 CL31
C7 ASW30 CL30
C8 P11 NC
C9 P13 NC
C10 P14 NC
C11 LDO15C Internal 1.5V LDO bypass? to GND via 1uF decap
D1 ASW29 CL29
D2 ASW28 CL28
D3 ASW27 CL27
D9 P17 NC
D10 P23 NC
D11 P70 Shorted to GND
E1 AVDD PEN_VA
E2 ASW26 CL26
E3 ASW25 CL25
E9 P22 NC
E10 P21 NC
E11 P31 NC
F1 ASW22 CL22
F2 ASW23 CL23
F3 ASW24 CL24
F9 TMODE0 Shorted to GND
F10 TMODE2 Shorted to GND
F11 TMODE1 Shorted to GND
G1 AGND
G2 ASW20 CL20
G3 ASW21 CL21
G9 P01 PEN_RXD, WACOM_JTAG[6]
G10 P00 PEN_TXD, WACOM_JTAG[3]
G11 P62 PEN_PDCT, pulled up externally to PEN_VD
H1 ASW17 CL17
H2 ASW18 CL18
H3 ASW19 CL19
H9 P61 NC, optionally pulled up to PEN_VD
H10 P60 NC, optionally pulled up to PEN_VD
H11 VDDL PEN_VDDL
J1 ASW10 CL10
J2 ASW11 CL11
J3 ASW12 CL12
J4 ASW13 CL13
J5 ASW14 CL14
J6 ASW15 CL15
J7 ASW16 CL16
J8 _RESET PEN_RESET_N, WACOM_JTAG[4]
J9 HSYNCL LCD_TE Input to the Chip
J10 I2CSDA PEN_SDA, WACOM_JTAG[8]
J11 I2CIRQ PEN_IRQ, pulled up externally to PEN_VD, WACOM_JTAG[5]
K1 ASW4 CL04
K2 ASW5 CL05
K3 ASW6 CL06
K4 ASW7 CL07
K5 ASW8 CL08
K6 ASW9 CL09
K7 REGC Bypassed to GND via 470nF decap
K8 P137 NC
K9 TIN NC
K10 I2CSCL PEN_SCL, WACOM_JTAG[7]
K11 VDD PEN_VD
L1 P120 NC
L2 ASW0 CL00
L3 ASW1 CL01
L4 ASW2 CL02
L5 ASW3 CL03
L6 P40 PEN_FWE0, pulled up externally to PEN_VD, WACOM_JTAG[9]
L7 AOUTA Testpoint
L8 VSS
L9 P122 XTAL
L10 P121 XTAL
L11 P20 NC
  • PEN_VDDL: 1.8V, same as AP VDD
  • PEN_VA, PEN_VD: 3.3V, optionally derived from WACOM_JTAG[2]

Known Models

  • Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (SM-N910)
  • WACOM Intuos 4K (?) (CTL-4100, CTL-6100), also the bluetooth variants
  • WACOM Intuos 5 (PTH-450, PTH-650, PTH-850)
  • WACOM Intuos 6 (PTH-460, PTH-660, PTH-860)

References

  • SM-N910 Schematics, you will find this somewhere on the internet >)