<div dir="ltr">The 1st one on the blue board is a flat cable connector that is often used to connect a keyboard to a computer, and is not easy to work with. The one on the white board is a more standard 40-pin connector, probably compatible with the one I was talking about before; however, there's no locking mechanism, as the one from Amazon has. I see no easy way to mate the two since they would use different types of cables without an intermediate board that has two connectors on it.<br>Someone else may have more experience with this than I do, however.<div><br></div><div>~Carl<br><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 4:10\u202fPM Charles J. Lord, PE via TriEmbed <<a href="mailto:triembed@triembed.org">triembed@triembed.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><span style="font-size:12px">Hi all-</span>
<br><br><span style="font-size:12px">I'm stuck trying to find what should be a simple cable or connection. I'm working with a development board that brings all of its I/O through a female 40 pin IDC connector with 0.5mm pitch (see pic 1) and i need to bring it out, preferably to a 0.1" pitch that i can work with. All im finding are cables designed for FFC /FPC zif connectors like the example breakout board in the second pic (even Amazon stocks that kind of board). Any pointers to that cable? Thanks in advance!</span>
<br><br>NOTE - THIS IS NOT A 0.1" SPACING CONNECTOR <br><br><span style="font-size:12px">Charles</span><br></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></div><div><br></div><div>Charles J. Lord, PE<br>President, Blue Ridge Advanced Design and Automation<br>Past Chair, IEEE-USA Consultants Committee<br>Life Member Chair, IEEE Western NC Section<br>Chair, IEEE NC Council<br>Co-Chair, IEEE SoutheastCon 2025<br><a href="mailto:c.j.lord@ieee.org" target="_blank">c.j.lord@ieee.org</a></div></div>
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