Micro USB Upgrade for Standard Flash Drive
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Micro USB Upgrade for Standard Flash Drive
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Upgrade your old not cool and not mobile friendly flash drive to micro usb monster. :D
Tools
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Opening
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Wiring, Soldering and Closing
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This was easy, just grab some thin wires and solder them at the usb pinout, better would be solder them directly on chip but i was too lazy for that.
Edit: Added usb wiring, if you have cable with some weird colors use multimeter. ;)
Finish
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Now just close it, add some hot glue and use heat shrink tube for finalize.