[sudo-discuss] Tamale's USB pins fell out D:

[Steve Berl]

I'd also like to throw in a +1 for Al Lasher's. Nice, knowledgable people.
Please support them.

-steve

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 3:19 AM, Anon195714 <anon195714 at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

>
> Re. the wires were "very loosely attached":  Ouchie!, sorry to hear it.
>
> This is a textbook case for why craft & trade skills are important: to
> build stuff that's robust and reliable, not fragile and easily broken.
>
> These skills can't be learned from a textbook, they have to be learned
> hands-on, by building stuff and seeing how it breaks and then fixing it
> so it won't break the next time.
>
> What do to about the broken door-contraption:  Take the broken stuff
> over to Al Lasher's Electronics on University Ave. in Berkeley and ask
> them how to make the splices & connections to be strong.  They'll
> happily tell you what's needed, teach you some useful information about
> how to do it, and sell you a small handful of inexpensive parts to do
> the job the right way.  Plastic electronics enclosures ("black boxes"),
> multi-pin connectors, cable strain-reliefs, etc. etc., all belong on
> every hacker's workbench.
>
> Whoever built the contraption in the first place should do this since
> they know where the wires are supposed to go, and will benefit most from
> learning how to fix it so it's robust.
>
> Over time we'll also end up with a generic parts bin full of misc. bits
> & bobs, from the obvious ones such as resistors & capacitors, wire
> connectors and toggle switches etc., to the obscure odd bits that nobody
> ever expects to need but save the day when building one thing or
> another.   One good way to store those kinds of doodads is with one of
> those "organizer" things that's basically a rectangular metal box full
> of little clear plastic drawers with movable dividers.
>
> There used to be some excellent electronics stores in Oakland,
> especially back in the day when the military bases were in operation.
> Those places are gone now, and the last remaining real electronics
> store, staffed with people who know how to build stuff and who can make
> recommendations, is Al Lasher's in Berkeley.
>
> If anyone in the Amateur (HAM) Radio scene still builds any of their
> equipment from scratch, they could also come in and teach some of the
> relevant skills.
>
> -G.
>
>
> =====
>
>
> On 13-03-21-Thu 11:32 PM, Yardena Cohen wrote:
> > Tamale is our door controller, as you probably know. It controls the
> > doorknob by a USB cable. The cable is spliced in two wires which were
> > apparently VERY LOOSELY attached to two pins on the raspi. In the
> > process of running ethernet cable from the crawlspace, we accidentally
> > knocked into tamale and both the wires came loose. We don't know how
> > they were attached! We'll try trial & error, but it would be very
> > helpful if someone could help us, who actually put it together in the
> > first place. How ironic that we finally get the outer door connected,
> > and then we break the inner door.
> >
> > tl;dr could tamale's makers please help us fix the USB pins?
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-steve
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