Hi!
I have bought a Geberit shower toilet/bidet with a motion sensor but it’s aimed at the front while the toilet is installed sideways. So I’ve opened the thing up and I can take out the motion sensor, but the cable it’s connected to is too short to do anything with. So I’m looking to buy/make an extension cable, but I have no idea on how to find it. So I took pics of the connector and I’m hoping you can help me find the type of connector (and if someone has a buy link: even better!). Thanks!
edit: https://www.jst.com/products/insulation-displacement-connectors-wire-to-board-type/vr-connector/ this looks like the socket, but the pitch seems wrong?
Assuming that the ribbon cable is standard - you could consider adding TWO IDC connectors, side by side. Then slice the cable through between them. Then add a standard extension cable to link the two. Indeed if one of the two is male, the other female - the extension can be removed if the thing is relocated to where the extension isn’t needed - or a longer one is needed.
I confess to having done this sort of mod several times, myself. It’s also quite an easy way of sticking a protocol analyser/sniffer between the two and/or modifying the data that is sent on its way. Or adding an additional sensor (even of a different type) and converting its output to something suitable.
That sounds… Difficult :p I really don’t want to slice anything to void warranty and such. I’ve been spending a lot of time trying to look for some sort of extension cord or connectors so I can make my own, but I was wondering… can I just use this? https://www.amazon.nl/Elegoo-Kleuren-Breadboard-Lintkabels-Arduino/dp/B01EV70C78/ Would be so much easier 🤔
The identifying property of those connectors is usually the exact distance between the pins. So in your case something with a “2,5” in the name.
Not sure about an exact part number, but that’s an IDC connector. Here’s a half-assed search result o hopefully get you started. Finding exactly what you need is probably going to be annoying. Good luck.