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mikewuu / KinesisBLE

Custom Kinesis Controller with Wireless BLE
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USB charging #1

Closed mattvilim closed 4 years ago

mattvilim commented 5 years ago

This is pretty cool...I'm gonna build one. Just one question...do you remove the keyboard cover every time you charge it? It seems to me it would be better if the feather was rotated 180 degrees and you drilled a hole through the back. Or am I missing something?

mattvilim commented 5 years ago

Actually, what about using this? https://www.adafruit.com/product/3258

mikewuu commented 5 years ago

Once you take out the original cable there's already a hole there. So you just feed a micro usb cable through

I actually bought that panel mount but it's width is roughly the same size as the hole. Meaning there isn't enough clearance to fix it to the case securely.

mseflek commented 4 years ago

I used the panel mount (at least the USB-C one) by drilling two small holes for the screws by the hole used for the USB hub: https://imgur.com/l6Ymc5b Seems pretty stable so far.

mikewuu commented 4 years ago

Looks good! What did you use as the cap for the original cable opening?

mseflek commented 4 years ago

It's probably a bit overkill but I used this. Any 3/4" diameter plug will do. I also tried drilling into the plug to see if I could get the power button inside but that failed pretty spectacularly, hence why I had to drill another hole.