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While I am glad to see digital cameras, cell phones, MP3 players and other portables are getting tinier and tinier, their designers forgot one simple ...
First, cut this HandSpring Treo cable (about $7 on eBay) like this: leave 1 in at each ends and cut off the cover by .5 in. Also cut off a 1.5 in hea...
Cut the wire tips like this: the longest one at the left side is the shortest one at the right side, vice versa. This way, the to-be-soldered contact...
Now solder these ends: red to red, green to green, etc. Solder properly.
Use a electric tape wrap the naked wires and prepare the shielding tips like this.
Solder the shielding tips well, so it is hard to break this short cable even you stretch it hard.
Now move the heat shrink tube to the middle and heat it with a heat gun. Looks rugged and decent, does it?
I did this to all my cables, including one for my Canon camera and a standard A-to-mini USB for my Odessey 1000 MP3 player. Add a Zip*Linq A-to-A ret...
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This can effect data throughput rates and add the possibility of interferrance from other devices that emit any RF or EMF. (WIFI, BT etc)
It would be better to completely cover the cable with the "shield" as it was intended.
A bit more fiddlier I know, but you will get closer to the equivalent result of the manufactured cable.
This project makes good sense, (and I have done simiar) but you need to be careful that you don't lower the specification of the cable (and cause yourself heart ache) with less attention to the join.
Nice post.