Broken FCC cable

[highmighty]

Sounds like a real good idea, i'll see if i can find this tool around here.

Thanks a bunch, i'll let u know.

highmighty

[tgreenwood]

The FFC Jumper you need is available at Mouser Electronics.

Find it here FFC Connectors and Cable Jumpers .

The top of the catalog page is connectors, any style will work as long as it has the same number of circuits as your cables. It will be the correct size. Just put the 2 cables face to face (contact to contact) and jam both together into the connector and close the holding mechanism. Sometimes two together just won't fit easily. When that happens, peel off the "stiffener", the small piece of plastic glued on the end of the cable on the opposite side from the bare contacts. That makes the cable just a little bit thinner so that both will fit into the connector.

The bottom of the page has the cable jumpers, in darn near any number of contacts you might need.
The 16 circuit (contact) 6 inch one is only $2.78 and the connector you'll need is only $1.19.

Use professional products and you have a better chance of getting professional results.

[highmighty]

That's a very good tip tgreenwood, thanks!

But let me ask you this, what's the difference between FFC connectors of type A and B, which one should I need or is that right that "any style will work"?

Thanks a bunch!

highmighty

[tgreenwood]

The difference between A and B is that one has contacts on the bottom inside of the connector and the other has contacts on the top inside of the connector. If we are using them just to hold the ends of two cables together to make it longer, it doesn't matter where the connector contacts are, we are just using it as a precision clamp.

It doesn't look like you can get the type A one from them anyway, I checked and that 16 contact one has been discontinued. If I had to choose between Types B and C, I would get the C because it is a little bit bigger and easier for me to handle. The locking mechanism (they call it an actuator) on B is the kind of little piece of plastic that pulls outward and then pivots up on a little hinge to insert the cable, then you pivot the piece down again and push it in to lock the cable into the connector. I've broken about four of those little hinged b****es and prefer the type C. On type C you pull up on the locking mechanism, insert the cable and push it down again to lock it in.

I haven't tried the low profile ones listed on the right hand side of the page, I have enough trouble handling the regular sized ones.

As far as "any style will work", that is true if you are using it to extend a cable. Remember that it is important to get the matching number of contacts in the connectors because the opening for the cable will be exactly the right width to get everything lined up perfectly.

0.50mm pitch is a standard in LCD displays, but there are always exceptions here and there. For those who don't know, pitch means the distance from the center of one contact to the center of the next contact. The contacts themselves are around 0.35mm wide.