Hi everyone,
I recently started my own DIY project, after I got hold of a 15" TFT screen.I ran into the well known problem that the cables were too short.
I did not want to ruin the panel, so I pulled an old printer to pieces to experiment with the ribbon cables.I tried GTOTurbos version which was sanding the cables off, but I found that quite hard to do, though doable.I conducted some testing and found that using a lighter to melt away the plastic is _very_ easy to manage.Just move the lighter from one end of the cable to the other so the heat does not stay concentrated on one spot, the cable burns very easily 🙂.Then all you have left is the metal inside, which can be bend apart and soldered to a piece of floppy or IDE cable.
Hope this is useful to others as well
Fred
I recently started my own DIY project, after I got hold of a 15" TFT screen.I ran into the well known problem that the cables were too short.
I did not want to ruin the panel, so I pulled an old printer to pieces to experiment with the ribbon cables.I tried GTOTurbos version which was sanding the cables off, but I found that quite hard to do, though doable.I conducted some testing and found that using a lighter to melt away the plastic is _very_ easy to manage.Just move the lighter from one end of the cable to the other so the heat does not stay concentrated on one spot, the cable burns very easily 🙂.Then all you have left is the metal inside, which can be bend apart and soldered to a piece of floppy or IDE cable.
Hope this is useful to others as well
Fred
what kind of old printer??
could you elaborate on what printer you found ribbon cables from, and also how do you bond the extension from your original cable to this new one(solder for this wouldn't work, as there's not enough space between contacts to work properly
thanks greg in mn!!😕
could you elaborate on what printer you found ribbon cables from, and also how do you bond the extension from your original cable to this new one(solder for this wouldn't work, as there's not enough space between contacts to work properly
thanks greg in mn!!😕
Use solder weld from radio shack. It bonds much easier then regular solder. You can use the inner strands of IDE cable or 30 gauge wrapping wire from radio shack.
If you want to make more space in between the leads on the flex just number them and carefully (and I mean Really carefully) split them with sharp scissors or x-acto knife or do what fred did (never tried it myself) also use a light box or a lamp to help you sight the spaces where you need to cut. THEN bend up the odd or even ones to litterally double the distance between each connection and you can do it once more on the splits to quadruple the space. I used a conductive repair kit to reattach the flexcables, it was suggested by one of the memebers on this board and I can say it is a miracle maker. My reassembled monitor is no longer bulging with a homemade clamp anymore.
I was thinking this also
This L-shaped ribbon connector has a decent length flat connector on it, and I think my best bet is going to be to cut the connector in half , sand down the cut ends, check with ohm meter to verify no resistence, then cut the idividual connectors, bend every other one up, then soder using a needle, and a laptop cable with super small wires(would be a lot easier to just order the benq 567s)i'll let you guys know if successfull
This L-shaped ribbon connector has a decent length flat connector on it, and I think my best bet is going to be to cut the connector in half , sand down the cut ends, check with ohm meter to verify no resistence, then cut the idividual connectors, bend every other one up, then soder using a needle, and a laptop cable with super small wires(would be a lot easier to just order the benq 567s)i'll let you guys know if successfull
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