DIY full size SD card reader?

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@Ethan_Spoelstra

Any luck with trimming down the PCB to fit?

Yes, @Lee_Holbrook, @maybeRui, and myself have all been able to trim this PCB and make it fit in the expansion card bay. @maybeRui and myself went the extra step of putting the trimmed PCB in a 3D printed enclosure, which you can check out below.

I found an SD card reader that fits

I ordered this reader last week after seeing people post about it. It arrived today and I was able to fit it into the expansion housing provided by framework. I sanded down the sides of the PCB until they were just about flush with the metal cover of the SD card slot and it just fits in the 3D printed housing. Somehow the Metal cover still remained soldered to the PCB, but I imagine there isn’t much left so the structural integrity is probably compromised until it is glued in place. I then neede…

I found an SD card reader that fits

Woohoo! So I bought this SD card reader (I’m sure many vendors using different names are selling the same product). https://amazon.com/dp/B071FBSVWJ and this file set https://amazon.com/dp/B07FJQ9XKG and these are my results (so far). Getting the cover off took a bit of force, but I got it off with my iFixit Jimmy tool. [20211108_180355] [20211108_180408] Then, I started filing down the sides and front corners of the PCB so that it would fit in the expansion card bay. [20211108_180422] …