@b42 if you are active on that blog, these are some thoughts for you to pass on if you would like
The poster is struggling for space,
Here is a simple ~8mm he can gain back with the use of a dremel or similar
This is not going to allow him to have it NOT protrude as in the picture, but for some of his internal options, that will be significant
~ With the 8mm removed, that fit will be easier, AND for this
below
Personally, I would do two things
- Desolder the micro USB port, and attach wires direct to the pads ( I would also do that approaching from the component’s side, explained why in the next step)
- Once the USB port is removed, I would remove the ~5mm of PCB where it used to lay ( if there is a struggle for height with the cable ontop of the board, then out the other way would still work, with the newly gained space.
This looks like the board is laying directly onto a foil sheet, I would get something to insulate the board from the foil, something like a ferrite sheet, like this
https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/f/fair-rite-products/flexible-ferrite-sheets
Even thin foam or plastic would do, but not as good.
If it were my project, Those are the first tings I would try…or another NFC reader
@b42 It looks like you follow that project as you posted the original and an update here.
Please feel free to post further updates, It would be interesting to me, and probably the community to see how he gets on, It might well interest somebody here to make their own.
FIre any questions back from Terence Eden, or even invite him to join the Forum, where there are far smarter people than me than can help him out…
you might be able to comment on the blog right from the forum.
