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Thread ID: 135033	2013-09-17 00:56:00	Electronics Whizz'ers and Tinkerers - Help me identify this part?	l0gic (6781)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
1353666	2013-09-17 00:56:00	Hi all, I'm trying to track down some of these parts. I'm not 100% sure what they're called but they're a small 'C' shape and springy like fuse holders. They're maybe 1-1.5mm wide and slide onto about the same 1-1.5mm thickness and are being used to connect to a small LCD panel (as a replacement to the original ribbon cable) thing is the LCD doesn't have contact points that appear to be solder-able. They look like this: i.imgur.com And are doing this: i.imgur.com Would love to figure out what these are and where to get them, any ideas anyone? Thanks in advance!	l0gic (6781)
1353667	2013-09-17 01:01:00	And what does the lcd panel belong to / part of??	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1353668	2013-09-17 01:09:00	The one picture is out of a car (think AC info display) but I've seen the same sort of contact-less(?) LCDs used in calculators, toys, etc.. Pretty much the LCD is glass, and along the edge where the ribbon cable used to make contact you can see a slight variation in the surface which is obviously something conductive but I believe I would be unable to solder to.. Hence these spring-clip-things.	l0gic (6781)
1353669	2013-09-17 02:32:00	I don't know for sure, probably something like LCD edge spring contacts. Unlikely to find them for sale since it's unlikely anyone would normally need them.	Agent_24 (57)
1353670	2013-09-17 03:26:00	I don't know for sure, probably something like LCD edge spring contacts. Unlikely to find them for sale since it's unlikely anyone would normally need them. I'm not sure this is their intended use as they're being used instead of the ribbon cable that is supposed to be used. I was hoping they might be something more common that someone remembers seeing from an electronics website/catalog. I was thinking something like this: www.newark.com Those are PCB mount fuse holders, but they're for a 5mm fuse which is too big in this case, and I cannot find a smaller version. I've searched everything I can think of, spring clamps, spring connector, spring terminal, clip, etc.. Maybe the 'spring' part is throwing me off I'm not sure. :/	l0gic (6781)
1353671	2013-09-17 03:58:00	After thinking, they do look a bit similar to the contacts out of low-cost 'dual wipe' IC sockets, but those are asymmetrical, typically. Your first photo doesn't show the contact well though, so I can't tell how similar or different they are.	Agent_24 (57)
1353672	2013-09-17 04:58:00	I think I found something close enough to work: www.tech-etch.com I just need to sort out the measurements/sizing and give it a try I guess.. And try to find some of those ^ locally. /fingers crossed	l0gic (6781)
1353673	2013-09-17 05:37:00	Link doesn't appear to work	Agent_24 (57)
1353674	2013-09-17 05:51:00	Link doesn't appear to work Sorry, it's .html not .htm I must've back-spaced too far.	l0gic (6781)
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