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Added pictures for the various revisions of the Expansion Pak based on research
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== Hardware ==
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The Nintendo Expansion Pak went through several PCB revisions. The most notable change was to add in an extra termination resistor to Pin 20 (SIn - Initialization Daisy Chain Input).
===== Version 1 - (No extra resistor, no bodge) =====
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File:V1-Front.jpg|Front side of a Version 1 Expansion Pak (No resistor, no bodge)<ref>Picture provided by: https://www.reddit.com/user/URA_CJ/</ref>
File:V1-Back.jpg|Back side of a Version 1 Expansion Pak (No resistor, no bodge)<ref>Picture provided by: https://www.reddit.com/user/URA_CJ/</ref>
</gallery>
===== Version 2 - (Bodge from Nintendo) =====
<gallery widths="250" heights="250">
File:Bodge-Front.jpg|Front side of a Bodged Expansion Pak from Nintendo
File:Bodge-Back.jpg|Back side of a Bodged Expansion Pak from Nintendo
</gallery>
===== Version 3 - (Resistor added to PCB design) =====
<gallery widths="250" heights="250">
File:Final-Front.jpg|Front side of the modified PCB design that includes the resistor
File:Final-Back.jpg|Back side of the modified PCB design that includes the resistor
</gallery>
=== Open Source Recreation ===
An open source, 1:1 recreation of the OEM Expansion Pak can be found [https://github.com/MasonStooksbury/OEM-N64-Expansion-Pak here] complete with pictures and the full KiCad project.
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