Re: [M100] T102 KB and LCD cables now available
Very Interesting Birt! For the NEC PC-8300 the LCD cable is different? My Wish is to make somehow an Adapter, so the old PC-8201 LCD Modules could be connected to NEC PC-8300. As i understand, only the connector is different and PC-8300 LCD utilize 2 newer SMD ICs instead of "Thru Hole" ICs in the PC-8201 -- Kind regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen ExPLIT IT Solutions Pawel Radomychelski -Original Message- From: bir...@soigeneris.com Reply-To: m...@bitchin100.com To: m...@bitchin100.com Subject: [M100] T102 KB and LCD cables now available Date: 05/07/23 15:45:18 As I mentioned a few weeks ago I had been hunting for replacement FFC cables for the T102 KB and LCD. Ones of the correct length and pitch are available from Mouser, but the MOQ was 1,000 pieces! After a lot more searching, I found some I could get in smaller quantities. The original cables have an extra strip of 1/8” (3mm) plastic stuck to the back side of each end to make it thick enough for the connector. After some more searching I found some self-adhesive UMHW tape and painstakingly applied it to both ends of each new cable, so they are direct replacement for the original. Of course, the problem still remains that sometimes the connectors themselves go bad and are much too tight and can damage a cable (new or old). I’ll be testing some replacement connectors in the near future. The link to the cables on my website: https://www.soigeneris.com/flat-flex-cables-ffc-for-t102 Jeff Birt (Hey Birt!) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [M100] T102 KB and LCD cables now available
Nice! On Sun, May 7, 2023, 6:46 AM wrote: > As I mentioned a few weeks ago I had been hunting for replacement FFC > cables for the T102 KB and LCD. Ones of the correct length and pitch are > available from Mouser, but the MOQ was 1,000 pieces! After a lot more > searching, I found some I could get in smaller quantities. The original > cables have an extra strip of 1/8” (3mm) plastic stuck to the back side of > each end to make it thick enough for the connector. After some more > searching I found some self-adhesive UMHW tape and painstakingly applied it > to both ends of each new cable, so they are direct replacement for the > original. > > > > Of course, the problem still remains that sometimes the connectors > themselves go bad and are much too tight and can damage a cable (new or > old). I’ll be testing some replacement connectors in the near future. > > The link to the cables on my website: > https://www.soigeneris.com/flat-flex-cables-ffc-for-t102 > > > > Jeff Birt > > (Hey Birt!) >
[M100] T102 KB and LCD cables now available
As I mentioned a few weeks ago I had been hunting for replacement FFC cables for the T102 KB and LCD. Ones of the correct length and pitch are available from Mouser, but the MOQ was 1,000 pieces! After a lot more searching, I found some I could get in smaller quantities. The original cables have an extra strip of 1/8" (3mm) plastic stuck to the back side of each end to make it thick enough for the connector. After some more searching I found some self-adhesive UMHW tape and painstakingly applied it to both ends of each new cable, so they are direct replacement for the original. Of course, the problem still remains that sometimes the connectors themselves go bad and are much too tight and can damage a cable (new or old). I'll be testing some replacement connectors in the near future. The link to the cables on my website: https://www.soigeneris.com/flat-flex-cables-ffc-for-t102 Jeff Birt (Hey Birt!)
