Mini USB home made docking station Qtek S200 (HTC Prophet)

How-to tutorial for DIY mini USB docking station with LED’s. The author of this guide uses a HTC Prophet, but you can make it for almost any Pocket PC with mini USB connector.

qtek S200 docking station cradle

qtek S200 docking station cradle

Only times a cardboard model to test!

qtek S200 docking station cradle

Then the whole circuit board from material cut.

qtek S200 docking station cradle

The cavity, the cable connections and LEDs for ground lighting. Of course, you can reduce the amount of the docking, but I wanted enough space for the lighting.

qtek S200 docking station cradle

The PDA with saran wrap to protect against the adhesive, and adjust the plug the whole with “power-plasticine”

qtek S200 docking station cradle

The PDA remove, and then with a little filler in the form model. Then still a “little” grind and paint.

qtek S200 docking station cradle

As ground cover, a piece of plexiglass. In order to protect the PDA back and the table felt a little respect and finished the docking station.

And the final result of our docking station for HTC Prophet (Qtek S200)

qtek S200 docking station cradle

Original source (all stuff is translated from German): http://www.svenketel.de/02030500.htm

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