HDMI over FFC
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 4:00 am
Hello All
The project I am doing I would like to use a FFC cable to connect the Pi to the LCD controller board so I do not have to use some horrible HDMI coupler and waste a lot of space in the process at first I thought I could use one of these:
http://www.gearbest.com/action-cameras- ... GwodGiMMXg
But again the PCB for the connectors take up a lot of room and I remembered I saw a post on here where some one had de-soldered the HDMI connector and replaced it with a FFC connector so I removed the connectors from the HDMI cable and put one on the pi and one on the controller board but now it won't work and I get noting but a black screen but when I remove the cable the screen switches to a blue screen saying no signal. I have checked the joints for any shortages with a DMM and every thing is ok so I am stuck is there any one who has tried this and succeeded?
When you look at the second image I know that HDMI uses 19 pins and the connector has 20 so I have left pin 20 not connected to any thing
The project I am doing I would like to use a FFC cable to connect the Pi to the LCD controller board so I do not have to use some horrible HDMI coupler and waste a lot of space in the process at first I thought I could use one of these:
http://www.gearbest.com/action-cameras- ... GwodGiMMXg
But again the PCB for the connectors take up a lot of room and I remembered I saw a post on here where some one had de-soldered the HDMI connector and replaced it with a FFC connector so I removed the connectors from the HDMI cable and put one on the pi and one on the controller board but now it won't work and I get noting but a black screen but when I remove the cable the screen switches to a blue screen saying no signal. I have checked the joints for any shortages with a DMM and every thing is ok so I am stuck is there any one who has tried this and succeeded?
When you look at the second image I know that HDMI uses 19 pins and the connector has 20 so I have left pin 20 not connected to any thing