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geekhack Projects => Making Stuff Together! => Topic started by: blcksqrrl on Fri, 31 July 2015, 13:35:13
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I was removing some solder from an Apple Keyboard (M0116) and when I went back to solder on the wires for the converter I notice that the silver eyelets where no longer there. Is there anything that I can do to fix it?
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You need to connect the converter pin to somewhere the "eyelet" should be connected to - probably a switch pin or a diode.
A picture would be very useful, preferably one from an angle where the traces on the PCB are visible :)
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If you see the trace, you can gently scrape off the clear protective layer to expose bare copper.
If you can solder a short thin piece of wire to it, and to the leg of the switch, you will have a connection.
There are "paint pens" that lay down conductive material, but the wire is (potentially) easier and cheaper.
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If you see the trace, you can gently scrape off the clear protective layer to expose bare copper.
If you can solder a short thin piece of wire to it, and to the leg of the switch, you will have a connection.
There are "paint pens" that lay down conductive material, but the wire is (potentially) easier and cheaper.
I thought about the scrap-n-solder method, but decided that I would prefer to repair it as best I could. I know that I will probably one of the only people here to see the inside of this particular keyboard, but just knowing it is there will still annoy me. How difficult do you think that it would be to use one of the conductive pens that you're talking about? That was another thought that I had and I just wanted to hear from someone else that this was a viable option. I had also seen something like this (http://www.soldertools.net/eyelets/), but I am unsure about it due to the fact that I am only seeing information from one company.
You need to connect the converter pin to somewhere the "eyelet" should be connected to - probably a switch pin or a diode.
A picture would be very useful, preferably one from an angle where the traces on the PCB are visible :)
Thanks for taking a look, I've attached a picture.
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There are products to repair these sort of things...
That PCB looks like it's only one-sided. You probably only would need some round pad of replacement copper. Don't ask me any further about it though. I never used anything like that. I would just put in a jumper to where that pin was going =)