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Help identifying connector (discuss.tchncs.de)

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Hi!

I have bought a Geberit shower toilet/bidet with a motion sensor but it's aimed at the front while the toilet is installed sideways. So I've opened the thing up and I can take out the motion sensor, but the cable it's connected to is too short to do anything with. So I'm looking to buy/make an extension cable, but I have no idea on how to find it. So I took pics of the connector and I'm hoping you can help me find the type of connector (and if someone has a buy link: even better!). Thanks!

edit: https://www.jst.com/products/insulation-displacement-connectors-wire-to-board-type/vr-connector/ this looks like the socket, but the pitch seems wrong?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Not sure about an exact part number, but that's an IDC connector. Here's a half-assed search result o hopefully get you started. Finding exactly what you need is probably going to be annoying. Good luck.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The identifying property of those connectors is usually the exact distance between the pins. So in your case something with a "2,5" in the name.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Assuming that the ribbon cable is standard - you could consider adding TWO IDC connectors, side by side. Then slice the cable through between them. Then add a standard extension cable to link the two. Indeed if one of the two is male, the other female - the extension can be removed if the thing is relocated to where the extension isn't needed - or a longer one is needed.

I confess to having done this sort of mod several times, myself. It's also quite an easy way of sticking a protocol analyser/sniffer between the two and/or modifying the data that is sent on its way. Or adding an additional sensor (even of a different type) and converting its output to something suitable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That sounds... Difficult :p I really don't want to slice anything to void warranty and such. I've been spending a lot of time trying to look for some sort of extension cord or connectors so I can make my own, but I was wondering.. can I just use this? https://www.amazon.nl/Elegoo-Kleuren-Breadboard-Lintkabels-Arduino/dp/B01EV70C78/ Would be so much easier 🤔

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Lots of people use them for something similar. Obviously, the situation changes once the lines are power lines and not signal lines. If you can stabilise the result and add strain relief.

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