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1115359 No.1115359 [Reply] [Original]

How would you go about waterproofing a small device with a charging port? I want to make a water-resistant (lets say it needs to survive submerging in a cup of tap water) electronic device, with at least one port to charge it (preferably micro USB, as it will contain digispark, but it can be pretty much anything). The water-resistance should be as reliable as possible, so no flaps. How did Sony made their Xperia Z line phones submersible while having no flaps on audio jack, an from Z5 not even on micro USB?

>> No.1115360

>>1115359
X Compact here. I feel your pain.

>> No.1115365

>>1115359
silicone grease the fucker inside out

>> No.1115369

>>1115365
When I apply silicone grease to the microusb connector, will it still work?

>> No.1115374

>>1115365
Are you retarded
>>1115369
Don't

>> No.1115377

>>1115365
Enjoy everything you own being greasy from now on

>> No.1115378

I used to have a cheapshit little prepaid phone called a Kyocera Hydro Air.

When you took the back of the phone off there was a small cover you could open to insert SIM/micro SD card. The battery was unremovable with the plastic cover on the back, the back was held on with tiny Phillips head screws. After removing the back cover, I found the way they water proofed the phone was with a small gasket that surrounded the plastic cover. The gasket was kept on with adhesive.

I know it's kind of hard to imagine with my description. Look up Kyocera hydro air and maybe Google could give you some visualisation. Maybe you can seal your battery cover with some type of gasket? Would be annoying if you ever wanted to take it off if you needed to do something with the battery.

Now as far as the screen goes, that would be difficult. I can't think of many ways to seal the screen without making the phone look ugly. Are you building this phone, OP?

>> No.1115379

>>1115359
Get a Sony Xperia Z3

>> No.1115384

>>1115379
>>1115378
How the fuck did you came to a conclusion I want to build a phone.
I'm literally making a cordless vibrating buttplug.

>> No.1115394

>>1115384
I don't know, maybe the picture of the fucking phone you put in this post? You fucking shitbird

>> No.1115398

>>1115359

You google for waterproof micro-usb connector, you find a ton of different ones available COTS, you put them in a waterproof enclosure.

>> No.1115400

>>1115398

As for how they stay waterproof, the connections from the metal parts are brought into the device through solid plastic. There is no reason for any open path to exist from the outside of the connector to the inside, so they don't have them.

>> No.1115401

>>1115359
wireless charging.

/thread

>> No.1115403

>>1115398
>great, I found one. I didn't think they are already sold waterproof. Thanks.

>> No.1115404
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1115404

>>1115359
How about wireless charging? Checked quickly, you can get ones made for phones for a few dollars, that have micro usb in one end.

>> No.1115409

>>1115404
Wow, didn't think they are so cheap. I'll definitely look into this, have to check if the receiver is not too big.

>> No.1115412

>>1115384
Add a pi zero for control so you can compute up your butt. Also add a heart rate tracker and other things, because why not?

>> No.1115417

>>1115412
I just want a digispark to control the vibrations (and possibly some LED) over bluetooth.

>> No.1115601

>>1115404
>>1115401
And what about data transfer?

>> No.1115616

>>1115359
>with a charging port

way to live in the past, OP. ever heard of wireless charging?

>> No.1115656

>>1115616
>ever heard of wireless charging?

The slow charging process that overheats your batteries?
Yeah, everyone has heard about it already

>> No.1115719

>>1115656
so the technology exists, and you have a need for specialized work where it would be useful, and you aren't making the money to replace your consumables?

wow.

IDK mang...get into a new line of work? one where you don't lose money?

>> No.1115749

>>1115719
Im guessing you like the fact companies are dropping 3.5mm jacks?

>> No.1115752

>>1115749
we have waterproof 3.5mm jacks. look up the Garrett metal detector series which features underwater usage.

>> No.1115753

>>1115752
We have waterproof microusb ports
Whats your point?

>> No.1115789

>>1115656
>not wanting a pre warmed butt plug.

>> No.1115791

>>1115601
It would be nice to have (for firmware updates) but it's not a necessity.

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1116737

>>1115359
Just have a waterproof housing, and take the device out of it to charge. EZ

>> No.1117647

>>1115409
yeah, its funny. The tech has been around since tesla and consists of wrapped wire, basically flat coils.

>> No.1118528

>>1115359
Try the company Liquipel. They waterproof electronics by nanocoating the devices with a hydrophobic compound. You can still use the USB port normally and for all intents and purposes can't even tell anything is different. They're fairly cheap. Should privacy be a concern they provide an at-home spray similar to an aerosol can.