Okay,
I think I have found the joystick I need now heres another frustrating show stopper.
The pendant will have about 30 + controls which will be connect to a board 6' away. So I chose a 40 conductor ribbon type cable that is sleeved in a round PVC jacket. I chose the flat ribbon type because I would be able to use a crimp termination block.
The pendant and the controller board, which is 6' away both have a 40 PIN standard Male header. Two rows of 20. The pin spacing layout is the standard .01" or 2.54mm spacing. Just like a 40 PIN IDE cable in a pc.
The only problem is I cannot find the female header/termination block for the 40 pin ribbon cable. I chose this so there would not be any need to solder all the wires.
I can not find these things anywhere. Well, I did find one place that sold them. However, it was a pc shop so like on standard IDE cables the 19th pin has been blocked. Which is still fin, as it happens that pin is redundant, but they want to sell these things for $8.00 a piece.
I know Mouser, Digikey, Newark, or someone MUST sale these things but I can not find them anywhere.
Here are the names Ive tried using
IDC headers
ata/33 headers and connectors
ide connectors etc.
Please let me know if you find them, Oh and here is the one site I found them at and they no longer sale them.
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