dickyh
12-10-2018, 03:06 PM
This, this what makes the Craig radio display work...
I was sitting in my shed, soldering wires to the LED display, when I slipped with my soldering iron and burnt my hand.
When the pain had subsided I had a vision in my head, a vision of this:
The Craig Radio LED Display Ribbon Cable
It's taken nearly fifteen years and almost my entire family fortune to realise the vision of that.......oh wait.
Here it is folks. It really has taken fifteen years to get this done - time flies :rolleyes1:
I wanted one of these for my own Craig radio, but I've had to have a run made to make it even close to viable.
They are almost identical to the originals (right down to the part number!) apart from one key difference, they are slightly longer.
The reason for that is so that the cable can be routed in front of the display hinge pin instead of behind it. That increases the bending radius of the cable so it is less prone to folding and should last much, much longer.
The cable is soldered onto the back of the display, so that means you will need to have good soldering skills, if you overheat the contacts on the cable, they will de-laminate and the cable will be damaged.
I'm offering up these for sale for anyone who wants to replace the cable on their display so they can once again have a fully illuminated display (assuming all the LEDs work) and not be fearful of using the cassette door.
Price is 30 GBP each including shipping to anywhere in the world.
If you want one, PM me and I'll give you my email address. You might not hear back from me instantly, bear in mid time zones and I don't sit in front of my computer all day :wink:
I was sitting in my shed, soldering wires to the LED display, when I slipped with my soldering iron and burnt my hand.
When the pain had subsided I had a vision in my head, a vision of this:
The Craig Radio LED Display Ribbon Cable
It's taken nearly fifteen years and almost my entire family fortune to realise the vision of that.......oh wait.
Here it is folks. It really has taken fifteen years to get this done - time flies :rolleyes1:
I wanted one of these for my own Craig radio, but I've had to have a run made to make it even close to viable.
They are almost identical to the originals (right down to the part number!) apart from one key difference, they are slightly longer.
The reason for that is so that the cable can be routed in front of the display hinge pin instead of behind it. That increases the bending radius of the cable so it is less prone to folding and should last much, much longer.
The cable is soldered onto the back of the display, so that means you will need to have good soldering skills, if you overheat the contacts on the cable, they will de-laminate and the cable will be damaged.
I'm offering up these for sale for anyone who wants to replace the cable on their display so they can once again have a fully illuminated display (assuming all the LEDs work) and not be fearful of using the cassette door.
Price is 30 GBP each including shipping to anywhere in the world.
If you want one, PM me and I'll give you my email address. You might not hear back from me instantly, bear in mid time zones and I don't sit in front of my computer all day :wink: