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Once you've got the conductors exposed, you could just poke it into a card-edge connector (with the right spacing) and back it up with a piece of unplated PCB material, which would hold it in place.
I know, it's a klooge, but it would get the job done.
Good Luck! Rich
-- It's called "flexible flat conductor cable". If you're talking about the kind that has the conductors silk-screened on the carrier, like
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-- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer
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What is the proper name for that clear flat cable that has flat metallic condictors 'printed' on it. I need to make or buy and extension for a four conductor one that connects two boards. Is it possible to cut it in the middle, lightly sand down to the conductors and solder a piece of ribbon cable to extend it?
Mark
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Thanks, John. I'd rather do it with an extension in the middle as you describe, but where do I get the connectors and cable - do you have a source?
Mark
Thanks for the help!
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"Copper on Kapton" is a common material used for "flex-circuits", such as the ones used to connect moving print-heads. I've also seen "silver on polyester", but the latter is much trouble (I.e. stay away, far-far away).
Should work in a pinch. I wouldn't do it for production, but for a fix or prototype it should work. I've done worse (e.g. patched SMT devices into it). The stuff acts much like copper on FR4 (but flexible, obviously).
-- Keith
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I take it you're one offing. In which case it might be acceptable to use thin paper card with self adhesive copper track on it. You can design it however you want then, within the limits.
NT
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