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Added USB C to my gamepad, works great! (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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!

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Edit: fixed date.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nice work! How difficult was it to solder the connector? (Also as a side note, Google's Nexus 5x came with USB-C and that was released 2015)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Thanks!

It was harder to get the old one off than put the new one on. I have a hot air station but was too lazy to get it out of storage.

The new one I pretty much just held in place with my fingernail, and laid an iron loaded with solder and flux right in the gap between the connector and the board. It wetted pretty quickly and soaked right in.

Need a beefy iron though, ground plane and all.

Thanks for the correction! I admit to not researching that very well 😬

[–] donuts 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Cool idea and amazing you got it to work! I assume it's only for charging purposes?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Thanks! Yeah power only, the data lines are disconnected.

Though I had an idea of hiding a thumb drive or badUSB device in there somewhere, just to surprise anyone who ever tried putting it into a computer.

Nothing malicious, just fun. But eh 🤷‍♂️