connector pitch

arfink · Post by **arfink** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:59 am

does anyone know what the pitch of the nes 72 pin connector is? I think I found a place that sells them, but I need to double check that the pitch is correct. Thanks

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:12 pm

I think tighe said on his site that it was .1", but double check I'm not 100% sure.

Post by **gannon** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:29 pm

0.098"

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:51 pm

gannon wrote:0.098"

I was close.

Weebl · Post by **Weebl** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:21 pm

G-force wrote:
gannon wrote:0.098"
I was close.

You get an A+ for effort.

arfink · Post by **arfink** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 1:21 pm

if the pitch is .098 instead of .01 then how can Ben use floppy drive connectors. those are .01 too. Maybe because he chops them and the connector is in 2 peices it is easyer to do? I tried to make it work with floppy connectors and it did not work properly. The connection is very bad, and only a very few games work with it, and beleive me, I have messed with than connector for a very long time. Where can I get a good 72 pin connector? I will probably just give up making this NESp with a real NES mobo and go with a retrocon so I don't have to mess with a stupid-^%$ing custom 72 pin connector.

Klefmung · Post by **Klefmung** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 2:05 pm

Game genie.

Post by **gannon** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 3:06 pm

The cheapest source is to just buy a family converter and desolder the connector.

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 4:10 pm

And just guess who happens to be selling family converters

jk, he's right. They are the best source so far. And they are much more reliable than floppy connectors or spliced together famicom connectors, and I'm speaking from experience.

Klefmung · Post by **Klefmung** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 4:54 pm

I tried desoldering it, but even when the solder was gone, the thing was still stuck on! I ruined 2 family converters that way.

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 5:20 pm

I just dremel the connector off near the pins and leave the PCB soldered on.

Klefmung · Post by **Klefmung** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 5:29 pm

A dremel is an expense I would rather not make. >_>

Post by **gannon** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 6:25 pm

I cheat and heat up a wire, lay it across one side of the connector, and aply pressure untill it bends off, then heat up the other side and it'll fall right off.

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 6:43 pm

gannon wrote:I cheat and heat up a wire, lay it across one side of the connector, and aply pressure untill it bends off, then heat up the other side and it'll fall right off.

Thats a cool way to cut fiberglass. Sounds more fun and more reliable than scoring it over and over with a knife then bending till it snaps.

Post by **gannon** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 3:32 am

That's just for desoldering the connector though