Thanks, no - the cable I got does work, though obviously it's not a perfect replacement.
On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 10:01 PM Robert J. Hutchins <[email protected]> wrote: > > You are right... I put a n M100 lcd in a M102 by soldering the cable ends to > the motherboard . Very tricky - but worked > I have an M102 cable in my hand. Do you need it? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: M100 [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael > Kohne > Sent: Monday, December 14, 2020 5:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [M100] FFC for LCD & Keyboard (M102) > > Robert Hutchins: The 102 has a flat flex cable - it's a thin bit of plastic > with copper laid down on it. It's not like the connectors that you see on the > 100, where yes, ide cable is just the right wire. > > Perhaps217: I did some looking on this subject. The original display FFC is > 1.25mm pitch, 152mm long (measured with calipers). > I thought that was Molex part #15168-0375 , but I ended up buying Molex part > #15168-0379 (a 202 mm FFC) as the 152 mm version was not available quantity 1. > That turned out to be a bit on the thin side, but worked fine once I backed > it with a bit of kapton tape. > > Good luck! > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 7:22 PM Robert J. Hutchins <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I needed to do that, and I just used some old IDE cables I had, stripped to > > the correct width. > > > > > > > > Robert > > > > > > > > From: M100 [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > > [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, December 14, 2020 3:33 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [M100] FFC for LCD & Keyboard (M102) > > > > > > > > Hello. > > > > > > > > I m looking to replace the 18-pin and 30-pin flat-flex-cables in my Model > > 102, and was wondering if anyone can confirm the dot pitch. I did order > > some 1.0 mm dot pitch from DigiKey which don t appear to be correct - the > > FFCs are too narrow: > > > > 686618152001 > > 0982670475 > > > > If someone has the information to share, and perhaps even a known good > > source that would be great. > > > > > > > > Thanks, Alan > > > > -- > Michael Kohne > [email protected] > > Anything real you do that's important will be scary. Having kids. > Getting married. Donating a kidney. Writing a book. Do it anyway. - Neil > Gaiman > -- Michael Kohne [email protected] Anything real you do that's important will be scary. Having kids. Getting married. Donating a kidney. Writing a book. Do it anyway. - Neil Gaiman
