So, me being me, I bought an el-cheapo bluetooth audio transmitter that plugs into the dock connector of old iPods. I didn't feel like spending over $100 on a name brand actually good one, so instead I went the $20 route, which ended up in the position I am now.
I got annoyed with the terrible fit and finish before I could even take a picture of the thing before I ripped it apart. But it looks like this, and it sticks out even further from the device than you might think!
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So I couldn't live with that awfulness, so apart it came, which exposed a pretty large, very sparse PCB that could have been half the size. But here we are..
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As you can see, it sticks out very far from the iPod, which completely runs the feel, look and portability. This needs to be fixed! So, the goal is to desolder the dock-connector from the board, and build up some mechanical structure to go from the connector to the back of the iPod, where the PCB can be mounted on the back, to essentially fold it together. There is a fair amount of metal to solder things to on the sticky-outy dock-connector, so my thinking is to solder up a mechanical structure of some type to span the gap, solder wires between the two and then encase the whole thing in epoxy or other suitable goop.
Here is the rough idea.. The PCB does fit quite well on the back of the device.
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