"A significant amount of skill with a soldering iron and some custom firmware has revealed.... Kindle"
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Re: "A significant amount of skill with a soldering iron and some custom firmware has revealed.... Kindle"
#2From his blog: "I wasn't able to solder cable to the connector without shorting (the pins are 0.5mm apart!), so in the end I removed most of the pins, soldered short wires to the removed pins and inserted those I needed back into the connector."
You most certainly can solder wires to a connector with 0.5mm pitch without shorting anything. It takes a magnifying glass, a good soldering iron, and a very steady hand. Interesting article, though!
Re: "A significant amount of skill with a soldering iron and some custom firmware has revealed.... Kindle"
#3From his blog: "I wasn't able to solder cable to the connector without shorting (the pins are 0.5mm apart!), so in the end I removed most of the pins, soldered short wires to the removed pins and inserted those I needed back into the connector." You most certainly can solder wires to a connector with 0.5mm pitch without shorting anything. It takes a magnifying glass, a good soldering iron, and a very steady hand. Int…
Maybe you can, he can't. He didn't say it couldn't be done.
Re: "A significant amount of skill with a soldering iron and some custom firmware has revealed.... Kindle"
#4From his blog: "I wasn't able to solder cable to the connector without shorting (the pins are 0.5mm apart!), so in the end I removed most of the pins, soldered short wires to the removed pins and inserted those I needed back into the connector." You most certainly can solder wires to a connector with 0.5mm pitch without shorting anything. It takes a magnifying glass, a good soldering iron, and a very steady hand. Int…
Maybe you can, he can't. He didn't say it couldn't be done.
I just found it odd that the title heralded his "skill with a soldering iron" when the real work was done in software.