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callingshotgun
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Jun 30, 2014
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Has anyone modded these to use a microUSB port instead of a mini-usb? It's kind of annoying to have one kind of cable for everything "except that one thing that does stuff the old-fashioned way"
patrain
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Jun 30, 2014
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callingshotgunI was looking into how to do this earlier to no avail. I'm sure its possible, and would like to know if anyone has/will do it.
ArnoNym
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Jun 30, 2014
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callingshotgunCan’t you just solder a micro USB port instead of a mini one? Am I missing something obvious?
patrain
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Jun 30, 2014
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ArnoNymthe "something obvious" isnt so obvious. The problem is finding a through-hole top(reverse) horizontal micro B recepticle. It seems there is no such thing. All I could find are SMT
skrooks
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Jul 1, 2014
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callingshotgunThe mini-usb port is about the same height as the middle acrylic layer, so the case does a decent job of keeping it from wiggling around too much. With a micro-usb port, you would probably have a lot more vertical wiggle room and would put more strain on the solder joints when messing with the cable.
patrain
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Jul 1, 2014
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skrooksthere is also the problem of there actually being no solution to my previous post: there are no micro B right angle horizontal through-hole receptacles made *currently*. If anyone finds a source for these that will match the holes in the pcb, please share
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