HowTo: Build a Kinect USB Cable to use it with Mac, Linux, Windows

With this video you can build your own Kinect Power Supply Cable, to connect your Kinect to a Computer like Mac, PC and Linux and use it with OpenKinect or OpenNI Drivers. I've made one by myself, because I didn't want to sell an adapter for 40€. Also possible to connect the Kinect to an old XBOx 360 over an USB port and 12V power supply (approved).

Hints:
- If you connect the Kinect to your XBox 360, then you have to pull the +12V Cable from the Adapter (otherwise this will destroy your Xbox)!
- You need a power supply of 1,6 Ampere for the +12V (I've used a power supply with 2A)
- The +D und -D wires have to be switched between the USB Adapters, because without this switch the Kinect didn't work!
- You've made this Cable at your own risk (it can destroy your Computer and/or your XBox 360)!

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Kinect
• Sensor
• Power
• Supply
• USB
• adapter
• build
• Netzteil
• openkinect
• openni
• motion
• tracking
• microsoft
• driver

[dcliphone]

Hey buddy !! Can I use this setup to connect the kinect to the old Xbox360 Consoles, once I dont have the original kinect's power cable? tks

[TTunerBoy]

@dcliphone: Yes you can. I've tested it and its working fine.

[bebensiganteng]

oh man, looks dangerous..

[TTunerBoy]

But its working fine ;)

[TTunerBoy]

@rwestone: "There is also a silver braided wire whraped around all the rest of the wires as the 5th wire in the USB cable, not the Kinect cable, is that needed? its not shown on the pic in your vid." No, this is not needed.

[TTunerBoy]

@rwestone: "...or reverse the Green and White wires to Green to White, and White to Green". No, the Switch turns the white and green wires to the xBox USB Port or to the Computer USB Port, because if you not switched off the Computer USB Port while you connected the Kincet to your XBox, the not disconnected Computer USB port worked like an antenna and produce a noise signal on the green and white wires!

[camx90]

What happens when you fuck up?

[davidchau252]

Will 3 amps hurt it?

[Finalpianist]

Could you please tell me the name of the music playing? and very helpful video by the way

[VideosGlobeOfgeek]

What's the song?

[NuclearWafflez]

I don't know why people think is so risky. It's a fairly simple mod.

[folop86]

just buy one there 15 quid u losers

[electro202ftw]

cant u just sell some to people online? you'd make shit loads of money

[spunkflunk]

i broke by kinect thanks to this video

[johnnyrainbow123]

do you need to do this?

[TommyDDoom]

3 people fucked up his kinect

[FutureInventions]

would 1.25 amps work? Only adapter I have :(