Modification of computers and computer accessories is always and remains popular throughout the world. Modification of flash drives requires special attention, since this allows you to get a unique accessory. We present to your attention a material devoted to the review of a video on modding an old and worn flash drive.
Let's start by watching the author’s footage:
What do we need:
- new building;
- 300 ohm resistor;
- light;
- flash drive;
- glue gun;
- soldering iron.
The author of the video uses a rubber toy bull as a new building.
First of all, you need to disassemble the flash drive.
Next, you need to take care of the case. To do this, put the board of the flash drive of the toy bull. We take a clerical knife and mark on the toy the place of the lid of the new building.
After that, cut off the toy at the place of the mark, thus obtaining two parts.
The bull-calf used by the author of the idea as a body turned out to be empty. This will greatly facilitate the work of inserting a flash drive into the case.
Now we take a screwdriver and two drills of 3 and 2 mm. We drill the bull’s mouth with the first drill, and the eyes with the second drill.
The next step is to solder the resistor to the positive contact of the LED bulb.
Then you need to solder the LED to the flash drive board. The positive contact, that is, the contact that is soldered to the resistor, is connected to the first leg, and the negative to the fourth leg. Before soldering, put on a resistor shrink on the LED contacts.
It remains only to gently stick the flash drive board in the new case. To do this, you just need to insert the board into the case and glue it with a copious amount of glue from the glue gun.
In the second part of the case, that is, the cover, you can glue a small magnet that will allow you to quickly close the USB flash drive after using it.
Our modified flash drive is ready. Now, when connected to a computer, the eyes and mouth of a bull’s will glow to match the color of the LED bulb.
