Cables
Build an IDC cable from an IDC PCB socket
02/17/2009 13:35
I recently needed to create a cable that had an IDC socket but only had PCB mounted IDC sockets available to work with. It would have been very tedious to try to directly solder wire to the short pins of the PCB IDC socket. It’s easy to find IDC ribbon cables with the plug end, but not the socket end.
What to do? Hack a cable using a 2x5 molex type connector, attached that to the PCB socket and super-glued the two together. The result was effective and what I needed.
This is also a good way to build your own JTAG squid cable if you need one or lost yours that came with the STK500. The cable below is not for JTAG, but a custom cable I made for a SPI interface.
I used the Hansen Hobbies molex connector kit to build the 2x5 molex cable termination. Their crimp and cable making kit is awesome - their site has lots of videos to show you how to build cables. The 2x5 works great to plug it directly into the PCB side of the socke, but the PCB pins are not very long, so it won’t stay by itself. Superglue the bodies together or if you really want it to be sturdy, you could epoxy the two bodies together. Slightly rough up the plastic to help the bond.
Here’s how it looks when it’s done:
What to do? Hack a cable using a 2x5 molex type connector, attached that to the PCB socket and super-glued the two together. The result was effective and what I needed.
This is also a good way to build your own JTAG squid cable if you need one or lost yours that came with the STK500. The cable below is not for JTAG, but a custom cable I made for a SPI interface.
I used the Hansen Hobbies molex connector kit to build the 2x5 molex cable termination. Their crimp and cable making kit is awesome - their site has lots of videos to show you how to build cables. The 2x5 works great to plug it directly into the PCB side of the socke, but the PCB pins are not very long, so it won’t stay by itself. Superglue the bodies together or if you really want it to be sturdy, you could epoxy the two bodies together. Slightly rough up the plastic to help the bond.
Here’s how it looks when it’s done:
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