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Personal challenge today:

1) Work on something I'm not good at
2) Do something calming

Solution: Do some soldering and reduce footprint of cheap USB-A plug inside by 50% to get some headroom for other things
No idea if this gets me somewhere. Maybe I should have tested the components upfront.

Doesn't matter ... it is somehow satisfying

P.S. seem I'm getting old, feel the need for a magnifying glass
Okay, I'm definitely not the right person to solder this up ... anyways, fits the housing basically.

@LucaBongiorni me pressing F1 !!
Does somebody want to donate me a burner laptop? Don't wanna fry my USB ports 🤣

Yeah, could already here you shouting: "Take mine!"
Okay, have no burner laptop and no time, but a "Cyber" sticker from @signoutdk

Seems the sticker is working or I just had luck
Cyber sticker worked once, why shouldn't it work twice ... testing data pass-through of an old Samsung Galaxy S7

(Should have soldered an USB-C plug to ask for a sponsored S10 burner phone)
And here's how to destroy several hours of work with just a bit too much force
No worries, never said I give up ... I already invested time, right

Here's the result (wireless Logitech implant and working highspeed data connection to Galaxy S7)
Had to push my very limited soldering skills beyond the low limit

But I was able to tighten everything up to fit the small housing. Even the antenna missing in the picture was soldered in again. Isotape between the two boards
Have to clean the desk now and find a LOGITacker dongle
Thanks @LucaBongiorni for digging out a purchase link for NanoHUB
@elkentaro final decision was to test it with my own laptop, because I can't afford another one.

... and I can't afford an USBNinja, that's why I had to build an own cable.

It has more capabilities, that's why I paid 25$ for material instead of 15$.
No wait - 15$ was the price for USBNinja, wasn't it?
So I call the cable "USBSamurai Pro", because "HackUSB" is already in use 🤣

Credz to:

@LucaBongiorni
@RoganDawes
@JoelSernaMoreno
Mike G. (not tagged this time)

... and all others spending hours and days, to do such things without the intention to get rich
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