Development Kit

Xbox 360 Development Console

Xbox 360 Development consoles have a dark charcoal gray case with a lighter gray Type 1 Sidecar. They also have full Development Bootloaders, allowing game developers full access to the consoles memory to allow remote debugging.

Notes

• The Manufacturing Label reads "Xbox 360 XDK"
• Launcher reads "Development Kit"
• 512MB of ram

Xenon Motherboard

See Xenon. Xenon XDKs replaced the pre-release 009 Development kits

Zephyr Motherboard

See Zephyr

Jasper Motherboard

see Jasper. SMC Debug LED working

Tonasket Motherboard

See Tonasket. SMC Debug LED working

Xbox 360-GB Development Console

Xbox 360-GB development consoles used a variation of the Jasper motherboard. First previewed at GDC 2009, alongside the reveal of updates to XNA Game Studio, Microsoft announced a new line of Xbox 360 Development Kits. Sporting a sleek chrome blue Sidecar, and bezels. With a deep purple case. As well as new version of the RF02 with Blue LEDs. There are 3 variants of Xbox 360-GB Development Kits

Notes

• The Manufacturing Label reads "Xbox 360 XDK"
• Launcher reads "Development Kit"
• 1GB of Ram

Variant 1

Commonly referred to as 'EXPO' units amongst the community. They came with the 2009 XNA branded faceplate and branded Type 2 Sidecar with XNA tribal branding. These units are not to be confused with ADK EV3 configured units.

• Early 2010

Known ConfigIDs

These two IDs reference the same Config.

• XDK-GB-1
• Jasper XDK-PV-1

Variant 2

Equipped with standard non-branded faceplate. But, still retaining the XNA branded Sidecar.

• Mid 2010

Known ConfigIDs

• AK1-00078 PV-1

Variant 3

No branding on faceplate or sidecar.

• Mid-Late 2010,

Known ConfigIDs

• AK1-00078 PV-1