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Following my successful attempt at a diy desktop dock, I 've had a first attempt at a diy car dock with charger pins to use the contacts on the side of the phone.

I used a cheap suction cup type car holder, the same type of pogo pins as in my desk dock and some sugru to hold the pins in place on the dock.
Works a charm but as always the sugru looks a bit like I've stuck a blob of play-doh on the dock!
But it works and doesn't look too bad


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jimsey said:
Following my successful attempt at a diy desktop dock, I 've had a first attempt at a diy car dock with charger pins to use the contacts on the side of the phone.

I used a cheap suction cup type car holder, the same type of pogo pins as in my desk dock and some sugru to hold the pins in place on the dock.
Works a charm but as always the sugru looks a bit like I've stuck a blob of play-doh on the dock!
But it works and doesn't look too bad


Sent from my C6603 using xda premium
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OMG you are really a genius :good:
 
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jimsey said:
Following my successful attempt at a diy desktop dock, I 've had a first attempt at a diy car dock with charger pins to use the contacts on the side of the phone.

I used a cheap suction cup type car holder, the same type of pogo pins as in my desk dock and some sugru to hold the pins in place on the dock.
Works a charm but as always the sugru looks a bit like I've stuck a blob of play-doh on the dock!
But it works and doesn't look too bad


Sent from my C6603 using xda premium
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Good job mate.

Where did you get the pogo pins?
 
jimsey

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HYPER-X10 said:
Good job mate.

Where did you get the pogo pins?
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Hi,

the pogo pins were bought from RS online:

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/products/7020109/

they are cheap enough but delivery is expensive so it's better to collect from a local store if you can

the car dock was from Amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00BJPW8KU/ref=oh_details_o06_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


As was the sugru, but you can get that from lots of stores and hot glue might work just as well
 
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I need to find a USA source for short pogos like that... Sparkfun's are way too long.

And the other big problem is - I probably can't get a nice car mount like that in the USA. :(
 
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Entropy512 said:
I need to find a USA source for short pogos like that... Sparkfun's are way too long.

And the other big problem is - I probably can't get a nice car mount like that in the USA. :(
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Hi Entropy,

the dock I used is available on Amazon us site
http://www.amazon.com/Measure-Winds...=1364855931&sr=8-7&keywords=xperia+z+dock+car
thought it's a bit more expensive than I paid in the uk.

Newark seem to stock millmax connectors pretty cheaply in the US
http://www.newark.com/spring-loaded

:)
 
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gibo986

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jimsey said:
Following my successful attempt at a diy desktop dock, I 've had a first attempt at a diy car dock with charger pins to use the contacts on the side of the phone.

I used a cheap suction cup type car holder, the same type of pogo pins as in my desk dock and some sugru to hold the pins in place on the dock.
Works a charm but as always the sugru looks a bit like I've stuck a blob of play-doh on the dock!
But it works and doesn't look too bad


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Great job!!

But could you give me some more details on how you made the connector? connecting pogo pins with usb? I would like to try something like that!
Thanks!
 
jimsey

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gibo986 said:
Great job!!

But could you give me some more details on how you made the connector? connecting pogo pins with usb? I would like to try something like that!
Thanks!
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You can buy female micro usb plugs on eBay or Amazon, I used a spare adapter from a universal charger, pulled it to bits and soldered the pogo pins on with some wire.

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    Following my successful attempt at a diy desktop dock, I 've had a first attempt at a diy car dock with charger pins to use the contacts on the side of the phone.

    I used a cheap suction cup type car holder, the same type of pogo pins as in my desk dock and some sugru to hold the pins in place on the dock.
    Works a charm but as always the sugru looks a bit like I've stuck a blob of play-doh on the dock!
    But it works and doesn't look too bad


    Sent from my C6603 using xda premium
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