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usb leads: how to repaire it
Hello. I have a very good usb joystick. Today my dog bited it and broken
the wire. The dog lost the other end that is used to plug into the PC. The other end goes directly to the circuit board. The leads a red, brown, black, and a much stronger dark gray lead. I never seen such wire. I brought a USB wire to replace the broken wire, with white, green, yellow and red leads. Now is there anyone here who can tell me which of these colours correspond to which power lines? Thank you for your hints! |
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The norm for USB wiring is;
Pin 1. Red +5V Power Pin 2. White Data - Pin 3. Green Data + Pin 4. Black Ground "Zhang Weiwu" wrote in message ... Hello. I have a very good usb joystick. Today my dog bited it and broken the wire. The dog lost the other end that is used to plug into the PC. The other end goes directly to the circuit board. The leads a red, brown, black, and a much stronger dark gray lead. I never seen such wire. I brought a USB wire to replace the broken wire, with white, green, yellow and red leads. Now is there anyone here who can tell me which of these colours correspond to which power lines? Thank you for your hints! |
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On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 23:36:50 +0800, Zhang Weiwu
wrote: Hello. I have a very good usb joystick. Today my dog bited it and broken the wire. The dog lost the other end that is used to plug into the PC. The other end goes directly to the circuit board. The leads a red, brown, black, and a much stronger dark gray lead. I never seen such wire. I brought a USB wire to replace the broken wire, with white, green, yellow and red leads. Now is there anyone here who can tell me which of these colours correspond to which power lines? Thank you for your hints! "Hints" is all these will be, since it is up to the manufacturer to follow more common trends when using non-standard colors. The most common color scheme is that of the replacement cable: Red - 5V Black - Ground White - Data - Green - Data + Your joystick "might" be: Red - 5V Black - Ground Except that it's also possible that (instead): Brown - 5V Grey - Ground Because the grey wire is "much stronger" which I take to mean a lower gauge, thicker wire, I would think it more likely that the Grey IS ground, which would make red - Data + and black - Data -. You should be a multimeter, continuity meter, etc, and check the connector yourself. The important part is to get the 5V and ground correct, else it may easily damage the joystick.. It might be worthwhile to interrogate the dog and look around for the missing joystick plug. |
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kony wrote:
Zhang Weiwu wrote: Hello. I have a very good usb joystick. Today my dog bited it and broken the wire. The dog lost the other end that is used to plug into the PC. The other end goes directly to the circuit board. .... snip ... You should be a multimeter, continuity meter, etc, and check the connector yourself. The important part is to get the 5V and ground correct, else it may easily damage the joystick.. It might be worthwhile to interrogate the dog and look around for the missing joystick plug. I would recommend following it around for a few days, armed with a pooper-scooper :-) -- Chuck F ) ) Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. http://cbfalconer.home.att.net USE worldnet address! |
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"Zhang Weiwu" said in :
Hello. I have a very good usb joystick. Today my dog bited it and broken the wire. The dog lost the other end that is used to plug into the PC. The other end goes directly to the circuit board. The leads a red, brown, black, and a much stronger dark gray lead. I never seen such wire. I brought a USB wire to replace the broken wire, with white, green, yellow and red leads. Now is there anyone here who can tell me which of these colours correspond to which power lines? Thank you for your hints! My guess: Red joystick wire to Red USB cable wire. Black joystick wire to Black USB cable wire. Brown joystick wire to White USB cable wire. Grey joystick wire to Green USB cable wire. If it don't work, swap the Brown and Grey wire connections. How pricey is this USB joystick? Maybe it has screws to let you take it apart to see where its wires connect inside. Or maybe you can pop it apart. You could then see if the Black wire goes to a ground foil on an internal PCB (printed circuit board) and probably tell if the Red wire is for power. The Brown and Grey will probably be guessed unless some printing on the PCB indicates the data polarity for the connection. The dog took a more direct route than your wife's berating in letting you know that you are spending way too much time playing games on your computer rather than spending quality time with them. Heh heh heh. The poor dog was probably circling by the door, whining, and even brought over the leash in his mouth and still you ignored him. So he figured, "Ignore this! CHOMP." -- __________________________________________________ __________ *** Post replies to newsgroup. E-mail is not accepted. *** __________________________________________________ __________ |
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