I wanted to mod my Digg button with a USB power source so it wouldn’t waste batteries, but didn’t really like the splicing of cables as demonstrated on the originial site. Instead I opted to get a couple mini USB female adapters from SparkFun. I didn’t use enough glue the first time so I went back and added a lot more on the second round. I also tried to use a conductive pen to trace +5V and GND connections, but I wasn’t really happy with how it looked or the conductivity so I went with wires. (If anyone has suggestions on making new traces on boards please let me know, could be useful in the future). Happy with the results now, and the glue seems to be holding. On to the next electronic project, which is getting my AVR Dragon up and running and re-programming the Digg Button chip to do whatever I desire…
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