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![The mini USB port broke so I want to solder a USB cable directly to the PCB. However, there are 5 soldering pads and only 4 wires in the USB cable, so The mini USB port broke so I want to solder a USB cable directly to the PCB. However, there are 5 soldering pads and only 4 wires in the USB cable, so](https://preview.redd.it/n3410fi1h8551.jpg?auto=webp&s=9c2c382ec59d0217b4d8bf567ea7989befac8ce1)
The mini USB port broke so I want to solder a USB cable directly to the PCB. However, there are 5 soldering pads and only 4 wires in the USB cable, so
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![Any ideas how can I solder that mini-USB connector back? Or, if there's other ports inside this Micro Atmega32u4 that I could use it to replace the USB : r/AskElectronics Any ideas how can I solder that mini-USB connector back? Or, if there's other ports inside this Micro Atmega32u4 that I could use it to replace the USB : r/AskElectronics](https://preview.redd.it/any-ideas-how-can-i-solder-that-mini-usb-connector-back-or-v0-00kn4z2sewe81.jpg?auto=webp&s=d4e259bb762ce445a46cfaff4c4ae3167e711836)
Any ideas how can I solder that mini-USB connector back? Or, if there's other ports inside this Micro Atmega32u4 that I could use it to replace the USB : r/AskElectronics
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