Openmoko:Usb light
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Revision as of 06:14, 2 December 2008
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USB-Light
One thing that i like on my older phone, a Sony Ericsson W800i, is the light (camera light, but you can use it without the camera). So i thought about a solution for my Freerunner and the result is the following article. At least ⇒ At own's risk ;)
Idea
- Two leds
- Two resitors
- a miniusb B male connector
- a bit solder
- and a bit hot glue
and you have a light for your Freerunner :D
Instructions
Components
- 2 x white LED ultra bright ⇒ LED 3-2000 WS on Reichelt (german distributor for electrical components)
- 2 x 75 Ohm resistors 1/4 W ⇒ 1/4W 75 Ohm resistor on Reichelt
- 1 x USB mini B cable ⇒ AK 673-A USB mini B to normal usb connector on Reichelt
Schematic
German Wikipedia-article about the universal serial bus ⇒ http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus#Farbkodierung_und_Pinouts
Preparation
Cut the usb cable and seperate the rubber of the usbmini connector and remove the pins 2,3,4 (a lower risk of a short circuit). Now solder the components according to the schematic. WARNING ⇒ risk of a short circuit on the metal parts of the connector. Check the circuit without the metal part, if it works.
- without the metal part of the connector
- with the metal part of the connector
- with hot glue (i know its not very beautiful, but it works, it's robust and i have no short circuit ;)
Software
When i searched for a good solution to activate the host-mode of the freerunner i found this blog entry
Joseph Reeves modified his usbmode-button package after a few suggestions by me and here is his new blog-article with Version 0.2
Thanks Joseph Reeves :D
You can toggle the host-mode on and off with a click on the icon. It works! Images
Videos
- Freerunner in broad daylight ⇒ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK5w-OHSm9g
- Freerunner at night ⇒ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2H4QZq2xxE
Improvements? Ideas!
It works but it's not very beautiful, perhaps you have any ideas. Mail me :D