Extending Ribbon Cable
Printed From: the12volt.com
Forum Name: Mobile Video, GPS, and Navigation
Forum Discription: Mobile Video Head Units, DVD Players, LCD and TFT Monitors, Navigation, GPS, PS2, PS3, XBox, etc.
URL: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=62774
Printed Date: May 03, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Topic: Extending Ribbon Cable
Posted By: lungta
Subject: Extending Ribbon Cable
Date Posted: September 16, 2005 at 7:19 PM
Hey, i need to get either a longer ribbon cable or splice mine up to add a couple inches to the one i have.It is the ribbon cable that goes from a 6.5" pioneer monitor to the board for the buttons. The one i have is litteraly 1" long and i need to get at least another 1". The ribbon is 1/2" wide and has 14 conductor. I would need a microscope to cut in half and solder some more wire. Does anybody know where i could get any ? Thanks Here are the pics of the cable and the plug it goes in. https://mikael.nicol.free.fr/ribboncable.jpg https://mikael.nicol.free.fr/ribboncablefemale.jpg
Replies:
Posted By: lungta
Date Posted: September 16, 2005 at 7:25 PM
sorry it is actually 0.3" wide instead of 1/2"
Posted By: lungta
Date Posted: September 16, 2005 at 9:15 PM
anybody ???
Posted By: Dsteinmann
Date Posted: September 18, 2005 at 5:50 PM
Just solder a wire from each board to the board ? 14 times
Posted By: RalphWiggum
Date Posted: September 23, 2005 at 12:56 AM
Use a cut up pice of computer hard drive ribbon cable
Posted By: audiointl
Date Posted: October 19, 2005 at 1:00 AM
listen to RALPH....splicing is NEVER GOOD. Go as direct as possible.
-------------
Everything I touch turns to ICE
Posted By: Ween
Date Posted: October 19, 2005 at 3:01 PM
hi, with using a ruler...metric and/or english units, carefully measure the pitch (spacing between the centers of the conductor pads). Mouser and Digi-Key both have many options, i.e. pitch, # of cond.& length available. I'm betting you could find a piece from them to use. search flat flex cable. hope this helps. mark
Posted By: dxav
Date Posted: October 21, 2005 at 5:10 PM
Ween had the right idea. You may also be able to find the connector, but not a PCB mount type, that matches. It is definitely better to find the pitch and match it up. The Digikey live help is quite useful, too. They should be able to find a solution.
Posted By: Preservedswine
Date Posted: October 27, 2005 at 6:26 PM
if anyone finds a source for this cable- pls post it!
I need one as well.....
|
