![]() ![]() SATA, on the other hand, is still up for discussion. I’ll do that once I got the final version ready to mount, so that I can get a flush mount. When extending to the mounting side, there’s a little play in contrast to the press fit as shown above, but that’s nothing a dab of hot snot couldn’t fix. ![]() Make it wider for a regular USB plug that really has to fit your panel cutout. This one fits bare USB connectors like those on 2.0 gender changers ( or the real bad USB 3.0 ones). Once again not the finest of 3D prints – but this is the prototype, and even the final one wouldn’t be visible once put into place. So that has to go.Īnd when designing one panel mount adapter for SATA, it’s not that far to making another one for USB, is it… It’s shit, but it’s still the best that was offered. But this one has mounting screws so close to the connector that you actually need a modified SATA male power cable on the other side. I hunted down one of these back in the days, one of very few that did not offer Molex power connectors to eSATA slot brackets. And while USB panel mounts are ubiquitous (in China), SATA power connectors are not. But: Like in my current setup, I want not only USB power available, but also SATA power (an infinite improvement over the really shitty 4 pin Molex connectors). To be honest, I would be way too lazy to do this for a single USB port. I am about to need something like this, and contrary to the late 2000s, 3D printers are now a thing. Also, material thickness for the mounting block is sometimes…questionable. Screw them onto a 1.5, 2, even 3mm panel and the USB is deeply recessed to the point that some USB plugs do not make good contact. I’ve never been a fan of these, they were designed to be mounted on a thin sheet of metal that is supported all around. If you slap on a different connector on the other end and omit the metal bracket, this is basically what you get these days when buying USB panel mount connectors. So people obviously needed some slot adapter for them, something like this: Back then, boards had none or few USB ports on their back I/O panel, but often one or two available via pin header. USB TO MOLEX CONNECTOR PCI bet most of you are familiar with USB panel mount connectors, which (I guess) are a by-product of the slot mounted USB ports of PC mainboards in the late 1990s, early 2000s. Next batch of connectors incoming! (yes, I’m onto something) By Bzzz In project 3d printing diy connector exposed contacts female gender changer male panel mount plug rsdoc sata sata power stl usb DIY USB and SATA panel mount connectors (#P13) ![]()
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