Tutorial: USB to Molex Power Converter

[Zac]

Hey guys, I thought since I'm gonna make myself a USB to Molex power converter thingy, I'd make a tutorial out of the whole thing.

Anyway, making it is pretty easy, doesn't take too long etc.

You need:
- Wire Cutters
- USB Cable
- Molex Adapter Thingy
- Solder + Soldering Iron
- Tape or Heatshrink

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g193/munkey_boy/120708171518.jpg

Step 1
Make your Molex Adapter look like this (picture below), this will allow 5 volts, as that is what the USB port puts out.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g193/munkey_boy/120708171538.jpg

Step 2
Chop the small end off of your USB cable

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g193/munkey_boy/120708171609.jpg

Step 3
Cut, chop and modify your chopped USB cable to look like this:

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g193/munkey_boy/120708171737.jpg

Protip: These wires are wrapped in lots of protective stuff.

Step 4
Pretty much use your common sense here and hook the red wire up to the red and likewise with black, then solder it and heatshrink or tape it up.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g193/munkey_boy/120708172341.jpg

Final product should look something like this:

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g193/munkey_boy/120708172716.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g193/munkey_boy/120708172736.jpg



If you see any errors, have questions and all that other stuff, just post here or pm.

Also, you can the other end of the usb cable and a female Molex Adapter so that you can use your PSU to power things USB things...

[XcOM]

nice tut dude,

Constructive critisum here and in no way ment to offend.

I would recommend getting a better camera or a stand and use the timer function to get better pictures as the quality leaves somewhat to be desired and not really that clear.

All in all a really good guide, i will be doing this in reverse.

[Zac]

Thanks man... :D

I had to use my phone coz I couldn't find the digital one.

Yeh.. Doing it in reverse would probably be more useful. I done it this way so I could power a hard drive in a mod I'm thinking of making.

:banana:

[XcOM]

good guide, i want to do so i can charge my phone without the need to turn my laptop on, my PC won't charge it as its linux and needs to do a handshake to start charging, but this would let me jam the power in, did this for an old HTC phone but lost the lead i made