Micro USB port came off

[spinal]

OK, having looked closely, there were loose connections on the actual pins and one of the pads had came off completely. Probably from the force of plugging in the usb cable when the two side pads weren’t connected. So I carefully removed the usb port and reconnected it nice and straight. I don’t recommend this to anyone who is new to soldering, it is very small and difficult, I had to remove the down button just to be able to get into it.
Anyway, either that missing pad wasn’t needed or there was still enough of it left to complete the connection as it seems that the USB port is working correctly. However, the large pad on the left came off during the process, so it’s only secured on one side.

[edit] Nope, the second time I plugged in the cable, the whole thing came off, ripped all of the solder pads off completely.
I assume that there are no other contacts on the board for the USB?

[uXe]

Might be worth investing in these magnetic snap-on / snap-off USB cables (as mentioned on the Arduboy community) for our Pokittos, to avoid putting stress on the surface-mounted connector!

Magnetic USB add-on

[adekto]

those magsafe like conectors are cool. i wish we could just avoided micro usb all together
usb-c is kinda nice if theres ever a large revision
though i wonder if QI (wireless charging) could be used for programming and charging

[Rakkachi]

I am afraid you will have to ampute a leg if you wont to use a magnetic usb connection. The one i have doenst fit.

Edit : Idea!, could we use the usb port next to it ? Or is it this not possible ?

[Pharap]

I wonder if it would be possible to migrate the USB slot to the right a bit in future Pokitto versions.

By the way, @Rakkachi, what happened to your A button?

[Rakkachi]

This :

Hardware review: few observations

Mery christmas everybody!!, i do love the first chrismas day just hanging around the house with family doing stuff you like. Tried this fix today, it does improve the response of the button. However i had the feeling the vertical movement was not the whole problem. So i did a 3d print of the button but increased the diameter. The sideways movement was almost completly eliminated, and since i changed the hight it sits perfectly on top of the switch. Response is even better and it doesnt "r…

It does work better, so i am going to do the rest of the buttons as wel. Just did not have the time to draw and print them all.

[Hanski]

Is it possible to cut USB connector on the left side?

[Rakkachi]

I could, but there is a change the connections dont line up correctly causing a possible shortcircuit. They have to be aligned.

[adekto]

theres that second usb mount (unpopulated) but idk where that connects too

idk but could we use the PEX pins for charging?

[Hanski]

Now this happened to me also Luckily I have Segger J-Link Edu so I still have means to flash (and debug) the device. I am now trying to make SWD-debug signals to go via PEX so I do not have to cut the poor Pokitto, who has already broken his USB part

[spinal]

What I have done since getting my replacement, is bought a cheap usb cable and files down the ‘teeth’ on the back of the plug. This ensures that the plug can be very easily plugged in and out with very little force at all.

[jonne]

Prototype or the real deal?

[Hanski]

That is the real HW

[jonne]

New board coming on monday. I am shipping some orders at the same time.

[Hanski]

Thanks, but there is really no hurry if I can get SWD-to-PEX to work.

Edit: Oops, I wasn’t consideing that I need to charge Pokitto I guess that cannot be made via PEX.
Edit2: I really am going to make the same kind of USB connector mod as @spinal, or buy one of those magnetic snap-on / snap-off USB cables.

[HomineLudens]

My little daughter ask for Pokitto to play with it. You’re always happy when your children follow your passion! But When I went back to my pc I found the usb cable from PC had a strange connector attached to it. The USB port!

So at the end it happens also to me

The damage was done but I’ve a friend of mine with solder skill level “GOD”.

Actually he do this for job, so I was sure to be on the good hands:

And now I’m back in play!

[Beau]

I have a magnetic micro usb connector and adpater I plan on using, can anyone confirm they would work as long as it’s micro usb?

[Pharap]

Micro Type-B, ths same as the Arduboy.

Disregard this, I misread the question.

[Rakkachi]

I couldnt fit mine magnetic usb connector because of pokittos leg being in the way. Did you try to fit it already ?

[spinal]

I tried one, the connection wasn’t reliable.