Just wanted to put this out there.
I FINALLY found a MICOM control unit for my Technics FM stereo receiver. I’ve spent some time looking for an OEM connector - anyone know when “Unobtainium” was first discovered? Because it’s at LEAST 40 years old, as are these units.
I had some breadboard jumpers on hand and got to looking at the connector pins, measured one, and the spacing, and thought, “Hmmm?” 2.54mm spacing, pins measure I don’t know how small but they fit with good contact.
These fit. Takes a bit of finessing with a very small pair of needle-nosed pliers and futzing around the 16 of these all connected by a ribbon (don’t separate them), and the LENGTH is way too long, but you can still coil them up (sort of, think roller-coaster) to bring the excess wire closer to the back. I’m thinking of using superglue to connect them all.
I looked around for a connector block, but the WIDTH of the manufactured ones isn’t right (2.54mm x number of pins plus fudge factor of 0.78, IIRC still makes block too narrow to fit pins).
In case anyone else is looking for a solution, or similar application elsewhere.
I FINALLY found a MICOM control unit for my Technics FM stereo receiver. I’ve spent some time looking for an OEM connector - anyone know when “Unobtainium” was first discovered? Because it’s at LEAST 40 years old, as are these units.
I had some breadboard jumpers on hand and got to looking at the connector pins, measured one, and the spacing, and thought, “Hmmm?” 2.54mm spacing, pins measure I don’t know how small but they fit with good contact.
These fit. Takes a bit of finessing with a very small pair of needle-nosed pliers and futzing around the 16 of these all connected by a ribbon (don’t separate them), and the LENGTH is way too long, but you can still coil them up (sort of, think roller-coaster) to bring the excess wire closer to the back. I’m thinking of using superglue to connect them all.
I looked around for a connector block, but the WIDTH of the manufactured ones isn’t right (2.54mm x number of pins plus fudge factor of 0.78, IIRC still makes block too narrow to fit pins).
In case anyone else is looking for a solution, or similar application elsewhere.
