Question Wii portable port USB does not work
- Thread starter TAFA
- Start date
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2016
- Messages
- 99
- Likes
- 37
Respectfully, you seem to be new to soldering and it shows. I would recommend only using the usb contacts and not those deeper into the board, because it seems like you might have gotten the wrong traces. You also have way too much exposed wire, and I can see the red wire easily shorting with the ground. Finally, work on the quality of your soldering - make sure to clean the surface of excess solder with braid and rubbing alcohol before starting to solder. When soldering, use flux, and clean after. Successful soldering should look smooth and have silver colour, and not be ballooned out like your white wire.
Adafruit has an excellent guide:
fdraghi
.
- Joined
- Dec 20, 2024
- Messages
- 102
- Likes
- 47
- Portables
- Ashida
Yeah, also that. You might want to reconsider if you're ready to tackle such a project... Building a portable requires quite a lot of soldering skills, at least some decent knowledge of electronics, proper tools and experience. You should probablly look into simpler projects to build your skills, knowledge and experience first...
The wiring in the second photo is never going to work. Soldering to those vias is very precise, you need 30AWG wire or smaller (32 to 38AWG magnet wire is recommended), and liberal flux use for clean joints is a must.
As for why it isn't working, USB data wires are very prone to interference. They must be as short as possible, twisted tightly together in a helix to ensure that they remain balanced, and all flux residue must be cleaned off to prevent transient shorts. 5v and GND must be supplied to the USB drive as well, else it will have no power to run on. You can't spaghet wire this like a low-speed logic breadboard project, unfortunately.
Also you have an errant solder blob that might be causing a straight-to-ground short
As for why it isn't working, USB data wires are very prone to interference. They must be as short as possible, twisted tightly together in a helix to ensure that they remain balanced, and all flux residue must be cleaned off to prevent transient shorts. 5v and GND must be supplied to the USB drive as well, else it will have no power to run on. You can't spaghet wire this like a low-speed logic breadboard project, unfortunately.
Also you have an errant solder blob that might be causing a straight-to-ground short