I have searched for someone who made a cable using the flush micro usb connector and flat ribbon that is used on the wireless receiver stickers but terminates to a standard USB connector that can plug into a wall charger. I also looked for a source for the connector. I didn’t find either. I purchased 2 $10 wireless receivers with the intent of cutting off the wireless part and soldering a regular USB cable to the ribbon cable.
Has anyone found a flush micro USB charging cable? Or just the connector?
If not, I’m going to keep looking and will post if I find anything promising.
I’m also looking for the same thing. In my case it’s to try to snake some extra charging into the waterpoof case of a knock-off GoPro clone. There’s a little gap between the case and the camera on the micro-USB side, but not enough for a conventional charging cable.
tgauchat
(ActionTiles.com co-founder Terry @ActionTiles; GitHub: @cosmicpuppy)
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Bob Strenger of Facebook “SmartThings Users Group” is including these in his sale of “FireWall” Amazon Fire tablet mounting frames… Around $35 for his total package cuz he gets these cables in bulk.
I got one. It doesn’t sit as flush as I would have hoped, but I’m going to make it work. I may cover it with some Sugru, to make it blend in with my wall mount.
tgauchat
(ActionTiles.com co-founder Terry @ActionTiles; GitHub: @cosmicpuppy)
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I’ve asked Bob Strenger to let me know as soon as he has put it up for sale somewhere like eBay or Etsy. I think he’s waiting for supplies to come in from China…
I also presume he’ll do some sort of announcement.
Here it is in the mount…which is really just a standard case that I drilled some holes through, and then mounted in front of a blank 4 gang junction box that was sitting there looking ugly. The plug sticks out a little bit, but all in all it looks better than any other alternative.
Here’s the part where I got the flat right angle Micro USB Tip:
After disconnecting the Flat Ribbon from the charging receiver, I just needed to find which side was positive and which side was ground:
Since this is for charging only, All I needed was the Vcc and Ground Wire. The flat ribbon cable is coated with plastic so you have to expose the copper.:
I cut the other 2 wires off (White and Green), cut the ribbon cable down the middle (to fully separate for soldering) and tinned both the flat ribbon and Red and Black Wires.
I used 3 pieces of heat shrink tubing. Smaller diameter pieces for the Red Wire (Vcc) and Black Wire (Ground) and one larger diameter to cover the entire connection for a cleaner look.
Considering the tablet already came with the cable, this cost me about $2.00 and about 1 Hour of Labor.
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tgauchat
(ActionTiles.com co-founder Terry @ActionTiles; GitHub: @cosmicpuppy)
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Great work!
Of course, if someone values their labor at over $33/hour, or doesn’t have the soldering skills, then acquiring the cable with the frame may be worthwhile.