<div dir="ltr">Thank you to whoever fixed the laser cutter! Job well done :)</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 5:45 PM, Jonathan Lassoff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jof@thejof.com" target="_blank">jof@thejof.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">This. Those pads look a bit damaged. Any additional heat/reheat cycles<br>
only make them looser and more likely to lift.<br>
<br>
I would try and re-mount a congruent connector and physically secure<br>
the connector housing to the board. Maybe zip-tie the attached cable<br>
to something as a strain relief?<br>
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On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Adrian Chadd <<a href="mailto:adrian.chadd@gmail.com">adrian.chadd@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Sure, if you want to try and recover those pads. :-)<br>
><br>
> If the connector was on the board already, sure. But it's not there now.<br>
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> -adrian<br>
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> On 29 June 2013 16:59, Gopiballava Flaherty <<a href="mailto:gopiballava@gmail.com">gopiballava@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On Jun 29, 2013, at 2:48 PM, Adrian Chadd <<a href="mailto:adrian.chadd@gmail.com">adrian.chadd@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> I _hate_ these microusb mounted connectors. Hate+++.<br>
>>><br>
>>> If someone "fixes" this, please replace it with a USB cable soldered<br>
>>> to the board.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Yes, get a USB -> micro USB connector, cut the micro-USB end off, and<br>
>>> solder the wires onto the board.<br>
>><br>
>> Wouldn’t it be easier to use something like this:<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://www.adafruit.com/products/937" target="_blank">http://www.adafruit.com/products/937</a><br>
>><br>
>> USB cables come in lots of different cable thicknesses; I’d think that soldering the connector back on and then panel-mounting one of these would be easier than stripping and aligning the wires.<br>
>><br>
>> (Sadly, I don’t have any of these left. I’ve used them all on devices I’ve built)<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks,<br>
>><br>
>> gopi.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
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