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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: NightFox99 on Sat, 31 December 2022, 13:15:28
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Hello, need collective mind help finding an equivalent to the USB-C small board that connect the PCB to USB-C connector.
This is the broken one : https://imgur.com/a/DQphkQO (https://imgur.com/a/DQphkQO)
It might not the the same shape but above compatible with the Matrix 2.0add PCB.
Thank you very much.
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How much space do you have? You could cut down a break out board and drill mounting holes then solder through hole resistors and capacitors as the wires between the break out and the socket (assuming you can get it off - looks to be surface mount and only 4 contacts so should be possible...)
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How much space do you have? You could cut down a break out board and drill mounting holes then solder through hole resistors and capacitors as the wires between the break out and the socket (assuming you can get it off - looks to be surface mount and only 4 contacts so should be possible...)
Hey, thank you for the reply, actually I got a small amount of space and the shape of the daughter board is very peculiar as you can see it on Picture 1 (it should fit exactly int the inner weight) :
https://imgur.com/a/bqAj7lX (https://imgur.com/a/bqAj7lX)
On Pictures 2 and 3 you can see a daughterboard that a guy is selling on Discord. Do you thing it's electronically compatible ?
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It's just passing the USB wires through with a bit of protection. 3 resistors and 1 capacitor - I can't see the traces on the black PCB or which way up the connector goes on either so can't be sure but if the pinout is right it will work.
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It's just passing the USB wires through with a bit of protection. 3 resistors and 1 capacitor - I can't see the traces on the black PCB or which way up the connector goes on either so can't be sure but if the pinout is right it will work.
Made some more detailed photos : https://imgur.com/a/a1fwbZr (https://imgur.com/a/a1fwbZr)
The connector seems to be on the right side.
Universal daugtherboard C3 is not compatible.
Sorry, I guess it should be some basic stuff but since I'm noob in electronics it seems not obvious to me. The black connector has indeed 3 resistors and one capacitor (R1, R2, R3 and C1).
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Those pictures are the same - the white connector is facing away from the camera so I can't see which side the notch is cut to match the plug on the cable. There's a lot of flux on the black one making the traces hard to see too. The numbers of resistors and capacitors are only related to the component location, not their specification. The numbers written on the chips are the specification.
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Those pictures are the same - the white connector is facing away from the camera so I can't see which side the notch is cut to match the plug on the cable. There's a lot of flux on the black one making the traces hard to see too. The numbers of resistors and capacitors are only related to the component location, not their specification. The numbers written on the chips are the specification.
Got it, thank you. Hope these pictures are better : https://imgur.com/a/KbdaCiA (https://imgur.com/a/KbdaCiA)
Numbers are :
on R1 - 512 ;
on R2 - 512 ;
on C1 - no visible number ;
on R3 - 331.
These number are the same on the red daughterboard.
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Still can't see which way the connector fits on the red one but it's close enough to say buy it and take a pic - if you have to move the wires in the plug it's not the end of the world.
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Still can't see which way the connector fits on the red one but it's close enough to say buy it and take a pic - if you have to move the wires in the plug it's not the end of the world.
Thank you ! Gonna give it a try then
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Still can't see which way the connector fits on the red one but it's close enough to say buy it and take a pic - if you have to move the wires in the plug it's not the end of the world.
Hey, what do you think about this https://geon.works/products/fly-daughter-board?variant=43068870328483 (https://geon.works/products/fly-daughter-board?variant=43068870328483) ?
That might fit, no ?