HTC Hero Docking station mod

Been a while since I've written anything, so I tought I'd do a short write-up of a mod I did today.

I was not happy with the ugly and bright blue LED (sooo 2009) on a HTC Hero docking station I picked up on ebay, I set out to dim that azure light-house, replacing it with a mellow crimson.

As this will sit on my night-stand, this was given top priority.


Popping the cover revealed a much simpler device than I expected, nothing more than a few wires, a mini-USB, a LED, and a resistor.







Prying away the LED, I simply snipped the LED and resistor off, leaving enough stub to solder on the replacement LED and resistor.







The original resistor was a 460 Ohm (1/8 W), but since blue LEDs in general require a higher voltage than red LEDs, I opted for a 1180 Ohm (1/4 W).






The only other thing I did was to add some shrink sleeving/wrapping. In this picture I was testing the mod before gluing the LED in place.






And there you have it, a nice and warm red glow that won't disburb me in the night.




I hope you've enjoyed reading about this simple mod just as much as I did doing it. Good night ;)