So I have managed to break both my USB ports on my makerx
How do you solder them
What pins need soldering down
Thanks
Carefully.
All of them.
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Cursed images and video.
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So after our conversation 2 days ago i just came back from another test ride and it seems i just didnāt fully commit the last time. Now i did, sagged about 7-8v and killed a belt on the way. The belt was done for anyway, he had some tears but held up for the last 250-300km or so.
Here is the log:
(obligatory @fessyfoo tag)
EDIT : i bumped the batt amps to 65 so with the 32.6 i maxed that out. Motors still had 25ish amps left until it wouldāve hit the bumped value of 80Amps.
I always forget that its 50A batt per side so i effectively could pull 80Amls (10s4p 30q) but i wouldnāt know where or how 
I habe to say that pulling through uphills wasnāt pleasant. Iām not used to give my vescs that much power/stress. It also was pretty jolty (caused by the 2 shunt design?)
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As in you have like the large pin at the back
Then 2 pins going in and then like 5 pins which are flat
How you supposed to solder them all?
Either one at a time with an iron, or all at once with hot air.
Before attempting any soldering, make sure the actual pads on the PCB havenāt been lifted or torn off. If they have, itās pretty much fucked and thereās no easy way to fix it.
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Ah ok
I really am bad at soldering small connections so doubt that I will be able to do it
They came really flimsy so gonna tell makerx guy that
Micro USB is probably the worst of all the different USB plugs ever invented. Tiny and fragile, not reversible.
Type C is better in every way.
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Yeah but probably canāt solder a type c either
Anything smaller then like an xt30 is to small for me
If you ever plan to do more soldering, I recommend getting a few practice kits to hone your skills, youād be amazed what you can do with a good basic iron, no fancy stuff needed. Itās a good skill to have for other things than esk8 too. Iāve done a couple of these before, and theyāre certainly a challenge. Tweezers and a steady hand are definitely needed for the 0402 components on the right side.
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Got a good iron but cant solder for the life of me
Guess Iām gonna have to use a bt module to program
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What were the benefits of going higher motor pulley again? Currently on 190kv 15/72.
Going up (16,17,18t) means more top speed, less torque?
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Well, nobody is born knowing how to run. It took me quite a while to get decent at it, and even now Iām not especially fast, but I can now proudly say I can solder 0402s with a regular pencil tip if Iām feeling patient and donāt sneeze.
@xsynatic The actual sizes of the pulleys donāt matter, only the ratio between them. Higher ratio means lower speed and more torque. Lower ratio means the opposite.
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Yeah I know but probably best not to start off on micro usb
Still wouldnāt advise using 1t to 3t pulleys though it is the same as 15t to 45t
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So coming from
4.8:1 (15/72)
to
4.5:1 (16/72) or even 4.28:1 (17/72)
means both other options yield more speed but less toraue.
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Yes, thatās correct.
(You can plug in all those values into the esk8 calc and itāll tell you your approximate speed, too!)
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Anyone interested in painting a 64px x 64px Llama?
This one is downscaled and looks awful, the other one I made by my self is only half the size, so too smallā¦
Perfect. What ratio are you running?
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1:1. (Ebike hub motor 
)
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