Creating a USB 2.0 extension cable

Just before USB 2.0 goes extinct, I thought I do a little video about making an extension cable for it, as they are usually not cheap, if you want to buy them in a store.

First I went to my e-waste bin (sort of) and picked out a defective USB HUB, which was fried in an incident involving bad grounding. It's almost a perfect port donor:

I tried de-soldering the port, but was unwilling to cooperate, so I asked him no so nicely.

Next I chopped off the plug of a printer cable, which I got for ~25cents from Kaufland:

The easiest way I found to connect the right wires to the right pins, is to connect the plugs and use a wire-tester to make sure that no two wires have shorted. If you watch the whole video you'll see that I (intentionally) screwed up two wires, as the solder bridged the gap between them, but I fixed it with a box cutter...

For testing USB ports I use an old Bluetooth adapter, which I bought for 2 USD 10 years ago, so basically it has no value.

I only showed the green light blinking, which means the device is recognized by the computer, otherwise it wouldn't light up, OR if it received 5V, but wasn't recognized, then the little light would be constantly on.

This procedure is appropriate for the USB 2.0 standard, but for USB 3.x you're better off buying a brand name extender or USB hub. To make a USB 3.x extension cable you'd need very good soldering skills, and you also need to connect the cable's shielding in an appropriate manner.