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USB Connector
Is there anywhere that I can buy USB A male connectors? All I want to
do is cut off the plug on the mouse I use with my laptop to shorten the cable and then solder on a new USB A plug and new boot. Thanks, Boden |
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boden wrote:
Is there anywhere that I can buy USB A male connectors? All I want to do is cut off the plug on the mouse I use with my laptop to shorten the cable and then solder on a new USB A plug and new boot. Thanks, Boden Any number of places, I'm sure. Assuming that you want to minimize the overall cost you might try Mouser Electronics first since they are one of the few companies around that will ship cheap components the cheapest way -- stick them in an envelope and mail them to you. http://www.mouser.com/catalog/625/904.pdf shows one possible connector type for $0.61 but I'm sure that there are some others in their online catalog. Of course, if you are a fanatically neat worker and solder well you could simply cut out a section of the cable and then splice the ends together. With a piece of heatshrink over the joint and with the internal solder joints staggered to minimize the diameter it should be quite unobtrusive. -- John McGaw [Knoxville, TN, USA] http://johnmcgaw.com |
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On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 16:55:13 -0500, boden
wrote: Is there anywhere that I can buy USB A male connectors? All I want to do is cut off the plug on the mouse I use with my laptop to shorten the cable and then solder on a new USB A plug and new boot. Thanks, Boden You are attacking the wrong end. Open the mouse and shorten the other end. It's either hard-soldered to the board, or terminates in something like a plastic shelled SIP pin header. If it's too much trouble to graft the wires back together, just take some desoldering wick, pump or whatever and pull off the original socket and solder the shortened cord wires straight to the circuit board through the same holes. The result will be easier, much neater, and possibly sturdier. Further, mice often wear at the point where the cord enters the body so if you're cutting off that segment it gets rid of the weakest link. |
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