3DS XL Charging Cradle -old XL-

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I had an idea for this, I looked online and sure enough Nintendo has one already but it is only for the NEW 3DS XL not the original so that did me no good. I made it stand on it's back so that it saves space, I have very little on my desk. I moved the plug away from the contacts so that if the plug is facing the back of your desk that the lights on the top of the 3DS will be facing you so that you can see the charge status. I used Adafruits USB Micro-B Breakout Board for the power as I only have one 3DS charger and no jacks for it but I have a lot of cell phone chargers. I used some M2 screws I had leftover from a quadcopter to hold the board in. The original charger is 4.6v 900ma so a 5v 1a cell charger will work fine, I have been using the same setup with a 3DS USB cable I have had for years but since it is 0.4v higher I am going to say use at your own risk, but it has worked fine for me. For the spring contacts I used a spring that I had from a spring assortment from home depot, I just unrolled it until it was straight and bent it around, I soldered the power wires to a couple brass washers again from home depot, and used a couple M3 screws that I had around from building computers. The bottome screws are from a eyeglass repair kit. I was thinking about seeing if Amazon has some small stick on rubber feet for the bottom. Print Settings Printer: ROB-O Junior Rafts: No Supports: Yes Resolution: 0.2mm Infill: 20% Notes: Slicer: Cura 0.2mm layer height. 0.15mm first layer height 0.4mm nozzle 20% infill (I used 10% on the test and cura left visible triangle shapes) Touching build plate support