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Offline TuttiFrutti

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Durable Ribbon Cable
« on: December 12, 2020, 02:02:26 PM »
Are there any durable 12 pin ribbon cables for the PS4 controller? I open my controllers often and the contacts on the oem seem to bend very easily. I know there?s another brownish version for the touchpad but anything like that for the charging port?

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Re: Durable Ribbon Cable
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2020, 02:06:40 AM »
just cut off crippled lamels with scissors

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Re: Durable Ribbon Cable
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2020, 09:37:08 AM »
Ok so when they are bent they just shouldn?t be touching other contacts and cutting them will still make them functional? They are cheap but constantly replacing them I hate
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Re: Durable Ribbon Cable
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2020, 11:09:44 AM »
Ok so when they are bent they just shouldn?t be touching other contacts and cutting them will still make them functional? They are cheap but constantly replacing them I hate
yep sure, just cut off teared part until u have only 2 mm left

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Re: Durable Ribbon Cable
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2020, 05:47:21 PM »
Maybe try a different techniques when disassembling the controller. I've taken apart at least 250 controllers, and while I do keep ribbon cables on hand to replace really gross looking ones I have yet to break one myself.

Cutting the end is a good trick, you can usually get away with trimming the ends of a cable with a bent pin or two to make it work like new. If you really wanted you could order your own from a place like oshpark and just design your own flex. Their flex pcb should last a lot longer than the usual ribbons

 

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