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TechniSol · 06-02-2013, 09:52 PM

I don't know... If he is crazy, calling him that can't really be construed as an attack, can it?

Adding to the "crazy", it seems that if one rotated the Kobo board & display180 degrees the SDHC slot might be near lining up... Considering the Nook STR case would be just as comfortable to hold inverted, the power button at the bottom would be no big deal, but you would now have a "U" button(former "n" button) at the top.

A microswitch could be positioned under the "U" button and wired to the light button contacts on the pc board, if you could find room to position the switch and a way to mount it. Hot glue or epoxy might serve for the mounting. Or it may just be easier to make a hole and find a way to press the light button already on the Kobo board.

The same or similar might be done for the power switch.

The big question then becomes whether you can transplant the display and IR plastic lens system and how you'll mount that whole assembly and the pc board. Again, you might be able to build mounting points with 5 minute epoxy or powdered plastic and solvent for the screws designed to mount the Kobo board. Or perhaps all you need is double sided tape between display and bezel and the board just mounts to the display with screws. Been a while since I cracked my Glo open and paid much attention, even longer since I worked on one of my Nook STRs.

It might be do-able, but I'd be very careful with the guts of my Glo and maybe buy a broken nook for the case so if it didn't work I'd still have two working readers in decent cases -assuming, of course, the Nook STR works now.

06-02-2013, 09:52 PM	#3
TechniSol GranPohbah-Fezzes r cool! Posts: 1,056 Karma: 3151024 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Nook STRs, Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo	I don't know... If he is crazy, calling him that can't really be construed as an attack, can it? Adding to the "crazy", it seems that if one rotated the Kobo board & display180 degrees the SDHC slot might be near lining up... Considering the Nook STR case would be just as comfortable to hold inverted, the power button at the bottom would be no big deal, but you would now have a "U" button(former "n" button) at the top. A microswitch could be positioned under the "U" button and wired to the light button contacts on the pc board, if you could find room to position the switch and a way to mount it. Hot glue or epoxy might serve for the mounting. Or it may just be easier to make a hole and find a way to press the light button already on the Kobo board. The same or similar might be done for the power switch. The big question then becomes whether you can transplant the display and IR plastic lens system and how you'll mount that whole assembly and the pc board. Again, you might be able to build mounting points with 5 minute epoxy or powdered plastic and solvent for the screws designed to mount the Kobo board. Or perhaps all you need is double sided tape between display and bezel and the board just mounts to the display with screws. Been a while since I cracked my Glo open and paid much attention, even longer since I worked on one of my Nook STRs. It might be do-able, but I'd be very careful with the guts of my Glo and maybe buy a broken nook for the case so if it didn't work I'd still have two working readers in decent cases -assuming, of course, the Nook STR works now. Last edited by TechniSol; 06-02-2013 at 10:18 PM.