This picture shows the rough-in before I made it look nice. I soldered it in by soldering the old mounting holes directly to the casing of the connector. Seems sturdy enough. I might put a piece of foam in there to help hold it in place, take any excess pressure off the PCB.

I used this connector from Amazon, and soldered in my own 5.1k resistor to make it compatible with USB C PD chargers. I hate devices that leave that resistor out. Very annoying.

It’s crazy, this thing was made in 2012. USB C wasn’t even ratified until 2014. The first name brand Android didn’t have it until 2016 2015. And here I’ve drug it into the future. Cool stuff!

Screen off:

Screen on:

Edit: fixed date.

  • Turret3857English
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    7 months ago

    No questions! That was extremely thorough, and I’m going to save this so I can come back to it in the future. I appreciate that a lot!!

    On the Pinecil, Ive wanted one for a while, but with the current US admin, pine has been put in a tough spot. They werent shipping here for a while, and at time of writing the Pinecil would cost the same amount as the shipping. I actually have a Pinetime and its a neat little product!

    Again though I appreciate you taking the time. I’ll have to research where around me might have recycling up for grabs to practice on.

    • beastlykings@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Glad I could help!

      I’ve got a spare pinecil, new in box, I can send it to you for whatever I paid plus shipping to you, if you’re interested.

      • Turret3857English
        1·
        7 months ago

        I think I’m okay for now, my budget this month is a bit tight. I appreciate the offer though! :)