Recently I have been using skype to video chat with buddies abroad. While the webcam I use with my laptop is running great, the old crappy Quickcam Chat I had was DOA.
I happened to have the remains of an EEE PC 1000HEb lid that I pilfered a screen out of last fall... combine that with a skinny useless Canon USB cord and you get:
Yes, I used double-sided tape to attach it. To connect it to the computer, I chopped off the mini-USB plug from the donor cable and solder spliced it to the cable pulled from the EEE lid.
Splice pattern:
EEE cable : Standard USB
Black : Red (5V+)
Brown : White (Data+)
Red : Green (Data-)
Orange : Black (GND)
So far it has been working great.
However, it has no built-in Mic so I am using this instead:
What happened was I was given this Logitech stand Mic for free but the base was slipping and wasn't really fixable. I had tried bolting it to something but that failed (hence why it's drilled out). This desing, Using a 462 Cooler clip, zip ties, and an old bolt (counterweight) actually works pretty well. I may eventually get a headset mic but for now this will do. Besides, its noisy down in the basement and webcam mics picked up too much background clutter.
Pretty ghetto, eh?
I happened to have the remains of an EEE PC 1000HEb lid that I pilfered a screen out of last fall... combine that with a skinny useless Canon USB cord and you get:
Yes, I used double-sided tape to attach it. To connect it to the computer, I chopped off the mini-USB plug from the donor cable and solder spliced it to the cable pulled from the EEE lid.
Splice pattern:
EEE cable : Standard USB
Black : Red (5V+)
Brown : White (Data+)
Red : Green (Data-)
Orange : Black (GND)
So far it has been working great.
However, it has no built-in Mic so I am using this instead:
What happened was I was given this Logitech stand Mic for free but the base was slipping and wasn't really fixable. I had tried bolting it to something but that failed (hence why it's drilled out). This desing, Using a 462 Cooler clip, zip ties, and an old bolt (counterweight) actually works pretty well. I may eventually get a headset mic but for now this will do. Besides, its noisy down in the basement and webcam mics picked up too much background clutter.
Pretty ghetto, eh?
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