Zif Connector

[bostonman]

My oscilloscope has a broken Zif connector; it was broken when I got it.

Replacing it isn't too important because it goes to a probe board that I think is useless. If I can find a replacement, then it would be cool.

I looked for a part number on the connector and saw some letters (the second letter was scratched). Between the visible letters, and looking at manufactures lists on DigKey, it appears it's a Kyocera.

The only other letters/numbers I saw was AD on the top left corner and 526 on the bottom. Looking on DigiKey, I'm not finding anything that resembles mine or has any relation to these letters/numbers.

From what I can tell, all I need is the plastic snap piece and I don't need to resolder a whole new one - obviously I'll need to buy a whole connector though.

Does anyone have any idea whether the AD and/or the 526 has any meaning on the model number?

[perieanuo]

connectors like that one are not so complicate to find. soldering your ribbon cable at that end either is piece of cake, remove the connector and solder and you're done in 20 minutes
you don't need to find that old one, just find one for the same number of tracks, the same pin count an for the same ribbon type (i mean the ribbon thickness). the pitch between the pins is the key issue here, maybe it's a 2.54 one
i bet the connector pins will align correctly, some extra plastic for connector alignment can be cut, if the new one has them
go with soldering if the other ribbon end has some connector, you will separate the boards with the other one if you have to

[tszaboo]

Measure the pitch and count the number of pins. Most ZIF connectors are more-less compatible, so you don't need a 1-1 replacement, something which is close enough works.