iPod ribbon extension

JacobRyan · Post by **JacobRyan** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:17 am

I tore apart an iPod to mod into a Munny (a vinyl DIY toy) the screen will be in the fact along with the hard drive and such but the logic board must be in the stomach with the click wheel. Does anyone know what kind of ribbon cable I should use or will work?

Gordon1 · Post by **Gordon1** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:28 pm

reword you question, it makes absolutely no sense.

JacobRyan · Post by **JacobRyan** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 6:46 am

Okay, basically I need to extend the cables that hook into the logic board by a 2-3 inches at most. How would I go about doing this?

Valium · Post by **Valium** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 1:50 pm

Unless you're incredibly skilled at soldering, you'll have to find another ribbon cable the same size, same amount of leads, strip them till they show bare copper, and solder together. It's not too hard to do it that way, most of the work involves finding an appropriate ribbon cable.

hailrazer · Post by **hailrazer** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 6:08 pm

Take a pic of the ribbon cable sitting next to a mm ruler and I'll see if I can find you an extension.

Like this:

JacobRyan · Post by **JacobRyan** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:27 am

Awesome thanks, I'll do that when I get home from work later.