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Re: connectors....

2012-02-02 by Antonio

Hello Paul!

-> > 
> > Do anyone have the flat connctor type/name/code ? (the ones 
> > where the flat plastic is sticked in!) where I can buy the 
> > connectors used by the flat panel ribbons ?
> 
> Since the membrane switch tails always fail eventually, are you sure your
> problem is with the connector?
> 

YES! one of the connector has lost the grasp 
was a mod done about 8 years ago
(I'm helping my brother with a dead polaris now but IN STUNNING CONDITIONS!)

> Anyway, they're called Trio-mate connectors, and they're made by Tyco
> Electronics. Digikey stocks the 7-pin ones, and Mouser stocks the 7- and
> 10-pin ones. In a pinch, you could use the 7-pin one in place of the 5-pin
> one by cutting off the extra pins and carefully aligning the ribbon by eye.

I think the 7 space is the correct one 

http://www.newark.com/te-connectivity-amp/5-520315-7/ffc-fpc-connector-receptacle-7pos/dp/14N5324?in_merch=Popular%20PC%20Board%20Connectors

IIRC the smaller connector on the right side, wants a 7 contact, usign only the 5 central
(correct me... )

Have a nice polaris day (hey also korg and roland too!)
Antonio

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