• Registered: 2010-01-13
  • Posts: 8

Topic: Hacking the Chumby Bare Bones Kit

Hi All,

Got my Chumby Bare-bones from MakerShed today (Had to pay customs Excise on it!) - but had a couple of small issues;

1. The 'bump' sensor (microswitch) was missing
2. The WiFi daughterboard connector was knackered (metered it out and then saw the broken pin on the back of it)

I could have sent it back... but I'm to impatient, so...


1. Salvaged a reset switch from an old PC case (blue/white lead with microswitch on end of it) - worked perfect and no soldering required smile
2. Wired out a old USB extension lead (the type that plug into a motherboard) direct onto the USB daughterboard.


My plan is to mount this all on the inside of a kitchen cupboard door, so I may lose the daughterboard altogether once I've metered out the pins to the chumbilical or main board big_smile

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  • Registered: 2009-12-27
  • Posts: 65

Re: Hacking the Chumby Bare Bones Kit

Nice repair job smile  Have you seen the hack to replace the built in LCD with a VGA one?

Remember to post pics of your finished install!