How to Build a Pen Drive
Protect your work surface., Acquire a flash memory chip., Use a Drill to cut the plastic to the right size, depending on your chip., Align the plastic case and the chip., Glue the plastic to the chip, keeping the chip connector side down, so as not...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Protect your work surface.
Spread a cloth or a newspaper to avoid leaving marks. -
Step 2: Acquire a flash memory chip.
There are many such chips available.
This chip will be the heart of your Pen Drive. , Make sure that the combined size of both does not exceed the maximum size of a standard USB Connector.
It is a good idea to wear goggles while doing this, as drill bits and flashing can fly. , Cut off any excess plastic.
Remember to maintain absolute precision. , Avoid using normal glue or superglue, this can leave stains on your work area and might mess up the components.
Use a glue made to glue plastics together. , Be very careful not to mess up the alignment. , Leave your Pen Drive for a while as the glue dries.
Keep it under a fan to help it dry faster. , Leave a 2 centimeter (0.8Â in) gap starting from the front of the pen drive, making sure not to cover the connector.
It is better to leave more gap than less gap, as your pen drive may not go in at all if improperly designed. , The head of the pen drive is the part that plugs into the computer, whereas the body stays outside and can be decorated.
Use the measurement you made in the previous step to facilitate this task. , All the steps below should be applied only to the body of the pen drive. , This is not necessary, but can go a long way toward protecting your pen drive from mechanical damage.
It also makes it look better.
This should be done only to the body! Follow the steps below to encase the pen drive:
Lay the pen drive on your work surface, and measure its dimensions.
Drill a hole of the dimensions of the pen drive into a slab of plastic.
Cut out any excess plastic, leaving a border around the hole.
Place the pen drive in the hole and use some glue to lock it in place, if necessary. ,, This is up to your imagination.
Here are some ideas:
Put the pen drive in a 3D case Add a tag or a hole to it to use it as a keychain.
Add some papier mache, or glitter. , Pen drives have a wide variety of uses, and some of them are given below:
Bootable OS Drive Simple Flash Memory Drive Portable App Drive System Restore Drive Ram Drive Encrypted Data Drive System Unlock Key , If you want to use it as a bootable drive, you will need to install a bootable image of an OS (Often Linux) on it. , -
Step 3: Use a Drill to cut the plastic to the right size
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Step 4: depending on your chip.
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Step 5: Align the plastic case and the chip.
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Step 6: Glue the plastic to the chip
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Step 7: keeping the chip connector side down
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Step 8: so as not to cover it up.
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Step 9: Join the two components firmly using a vice
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Step 10: or just by pressing them together between your palms.
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Step 11: Wait for the glue to dry.
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Step 12: Measure the USB connector.
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Step 13: Draw a rough dividing line
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Step 14: dividing the pen drive into two parts
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Step 15: head and body.
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Step 16: Remember to only decorate the body.
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Step 17: Encase the pen drive.
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Step 18: Paint the pen drive in your favourite colours.
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Step 19: Decorate it!
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Step 20: Decide what you want to use the pen drive for.
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Step 21: Load the necessary software on your pen drive.
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Step 22: Finished.
Detailed Guide
Spread a cloth or a newspaper to avoid leaving marks.
There are many such chips available.
This chip will be the heart of your Pen Drive. , Make sure that the combined size of both does not exceed the maximum size of a standard USB Connector.
It is a good idea to wear goggles while doing this, as drill bits and flashing can fly. , Cut off any excess plastic.
Remember to maintain absolute precision. , Avoid using normal glue or superglue, this can leave stains on your work area and might mess up the components.
Use a glue made to glue plastics together. , Be very careful not to mess up the alignment. , Leave your Pen Drive for a while as the glue dries.
Keep it under a fan to help it dry faster. , Leave a 2 centimeter (0.8Â in) gap starting from the front of the pen drive, making sure not to cover the connector.
It is better to leave more gap than less gap, as your pen drive may not go in at all if improperly designed. , The head of the pen drive is the part that plugs into the computer, whereas the body stays outside and can be decorated.
Use the measurement you made in the previous step to facilitate this task. , All the steps below should be applied only to the body of the pen drive. , This is not necessary, but can go a long way toward protecting your pen drive from mechanical damage.
It also makes it look better.
This should be done only to the body! Follow the steps below to encase the pen drive:
Lay the pen drive on your work surface, and measure its dimensions.
Drill a hole of the dimensions of the pen drive into a slab of plastic.
Cut out any excess plastic, leaving a border around the hole.
Place the pen drive in the hole and use some glue to lock it in place, if necessary. ,, This is up to your imagination.
Here are some ideas:
Put the pen drive in a 3D case Add a tag or a hole to it to use it as a keychain.
Add some papier mache, or glitter. , Pen drives have a wide variety of uses, and some of them are given below:
Bootable OS Drive Simple Flash Memory Drive Portable App Drive System Restore Drive Ram Drive Encrypted Data Drive System Unlock Key , If you want to use it as a bootable drive, you will need to install a bootable image of an OS (Often Linux) on it. ,
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