Ribbon cable substitution

megaphil · Post by **megaphil** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:55 am

Hey guys and galls, I am new to the forum and electronics and am currently building a portable playstation by the book. long story short I am having a very hard time finding ribbon cable like that described in Ben's book. A suitable wire and guage that could be used and bought at Radio Shack would be very helpful and greatly appreciated:D

Post by **bicostp** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:46 am

Welcome!

Do you have a CompUSA nearby? If so check the floppy drive cables (the ones that connect the internal drive to the motherboard). They should be the right ones.

<a href="http://www.compusa.com/products/product ... CH">here's one for 4 bucks</a>

Or look at www.tigerdirect.com for something similar.

You could use the individual wires from the inside of a telephone cord, or any other smaller wire. The only reason ribbon cable is used is to keep the inside of the portable easier to understand, and to keep it from looking like a rat's nest of wire.

megaphil · Post by **megaphil** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:20 pm

Thanks a lot for the tips! This should get me started off on the right foot

Post by **bicostp** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 1:01 pm

No problem. If you have any questions, just ask! (after you search of course

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inanimateteen · Post by **inanimateteen** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 7:51 pm

I recently saw ribbon cable at radioshack. I'm going there to get some more parts soon and I'll reply again if I see a part #

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:21 pm

ribbon cable costs way to much just go look for some junked old computers and steal some cable out of them

inanimateteen · Post by **inanimateteen** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:20 pm

the product # is 278-780 which is probably 278-0780

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pspdemocenter · Post by **pspdemocenter** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:50 am

I desperately need some help. I need to extend the ribbon cables inside a playstation portable about 3 extra feet. The only problem is I don't know how to do this and radio shack here doesn't have anything close to what I need. Any help would be much appreciated.

specter539 · Post by **specter539** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 3:24 pm

you could just buy more than one and solder them together to make them longer.

Post by **Skyone** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:13 pm

Woah, bump bump. Digikey, Jameco and Mouser should carry them as well. You can go to any local computer store and by some IDE cable though.

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