Can i solder ribbon cable

Separate all the individual insulated wires of the ribbon cable to about 3 inches. Do this by simply peeling off one wire at a time from the ribbon. Make sure that the insulation of the individual wires remains intact during the process. Place the ribbon cable on a flat surface so the stripped ends are facing you.

You can place a weight on the cable to keep it in place during soldering. Place the solder wire on the exposed end of one of the ribbon cable wires and touch it with the tip of the soldering iron. Retract the solder wire and the tip as soon as you see that the wire has absorbed a small portion of the solder flux. Repeat this process for the remaining wires.

Solder the first wire to its corresponding connector pin. You will have to look at the cable-connector connection diagram to determine the pin it to which it should be connected.

A connection diagram shows the connector pins and cable wires connected by lines. Some kind of solder paste or flux would definitely help. When I solder things Iike this, I usually tape it in place, and then solder the end wires or pins to tack the part in place so it's perfectly lined up with the pads. Then I just solder the rest and carefully remove the tape. It looks like a job for a professional.

It's too bad there is no substitute for FFC soldering. One would think some conductive paste could do the job. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog. Does ES6 make JavaScript frameworks obsolete? Podcast Do polyglots have an edge when it comes to mastering programming Featured on Meta. Now live: A fully responsive profile.

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Pages: [ 1 ] Go Down. Author Topic: Best way to solder ribbon cable to controller board? If too much solder use solder wick to remove if not enough apply more solder paste and reheat joint as before. Reply 6 weeks ago. I know this bc I accidently tore a tiny ribbon cable in my phone while disassembling it to replace the battery and surprisingly noticed that the speaker still worked after putting it back together. Unfortunately at a later date i dropped my phone in water and had to take it apart again and since havent been so lucky.

The damaged portion of the flex circuit has 5 straight-through traces, but is severed in two places. I'm afraid if I repair this item using instructions here, it is brittle enough to break again. Is there a good way to extend or add new material to my severed flex circuit? Reply 9 months ago. It takes a bit more work but you can extend the flex to any length you like.