I have this portable video projector which I need to modify the cable lengths of so I can have the PCB farther from the projection system. It is currently on top of this:
As you can see besides the cables for fans and speakers there are 4 cables, 3 for I'm pretty sure merely powering the red, green and blue high power LEDs (colored accordingly) and one flat cable probably just for the DMD (DLP) chip. The red, green and blue power cables use a standard connector and are not hard to source and extend. The flat cable for the DLP is problematic.
By the way the projector is a AAXA M6 pico projector. It's probably right now the brightest and highest resolution pico projector (1200 lumens and 1920x1080 resolution). The company sells OEM units but refuses to give any info about the flat cable and how to extend it, only suggests to find "an alternative source" for longer cables.
Unlike the older versions this one uses a surface mounted FFC cable and I have no idea what connector this is and whether it's a standard or only used by AAXA or Texas Instruments. Does this look familiar to anyone here?
connector on PCB:
This is currently the only thing in my way for my project. With older units they had the cables weren't so short so I had more freedom for repositioning the PCB in my own enclosure.
BTW this is one neat projector, I'll write a review when I reassemble it in my enclosure. The only thing I had issue with was the fan noise.
Answer: yes the cable might be possible to be lengthened, but it can't go over 15 cm