Re: OOT: connector for ribbon cable Message #3 Posted by PeterP on 23 July 2011, 11:09 p.m., in response to message #2 by Garth Wilson
Thank you guys for the responses, seems it makes sense I was not able to find a male single row 16 wire header, as they dont really exist. Good to know. As for the IDC, Garth if you can help me out, I was not able to make it work.
The internal makeup of the IDC female connectors seems to be as follows:
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15
so whichever way you feed in the cable, you always have it going from left to right from 1/2 to 15/16.
the receptor on the board is *ALSO* a IDC female, so it has the same wiring. To make the two work together, I would need a connector that looks exactely the opposite and I dont think you can fashion one from the IDC connectors (I tried it all four ways):
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
You can never have the '1' pin on the 'far' side of the cable.
What am I missing?
Thanks again for your help!
Cheers
Peter
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