Edge connector blues

Edge connector blues
by ManicGenius on 2011-04-07 (#76356)

Got a personal mod project going on with my NES. What I am intending on doing is adding a top-loader addon to the back of my toaster style NES. This addon, I'm intending, is to house a 72-pin edge connector and a 60-pin edge connector. For both Toaster and Famicom games respectively.

Now my issue, is that I bought 72-pin edge connectors from LizardLicks without really thinking. Now these are fantastic connectors, for a giant ass cabinet arcade game. Not for home consoles, so into the parts bin they go for a future project. (Not a big monetary loss, ended up being like $5 for 2 connectors).

So... in summation and for the TL;DR crowd. Where the hell can I find compatible PCB mount edge connectors for 72-pin and 60-pin NES. WITHOUT, I stress this, WITHOUT destroying any other systems or units.

(Partly because I have another project involving FPGA and NES)

by 3gengames on 2011-04-07 (#76358)

Probably none. My best guess would be to kill a game genie and screw that to the top with some sort of wood-made mount. As for famicom games, do that twice, once with a correctly sized connector, and just wire it up one at a time.

by ManicGenius on 2011-04-07 (#76363)

After using the magical search, somehow these things don't seem to exist. Don't get how... They should? Hell, Yobo makes things with them!?

by TmEE on 2011-04-08 (#76367)

Chinese warehouses are full of such connectors, but you cannot buy them one by one in most cases, you got to buy hundreds of them at once.

by tepples on 2011-04-08 (#76369)

How much does a lot of 1000 such connectors cost? Given the apparent demand for connectors designed to take an NES or Famicom cartridge on forums like this, I'm willing to lend someone a couple thousand USD to keep them on hand.

by qbradq on 2011-04-08 (#76371)

You might want to check out this topic (which at the moment is still on the front page of this forum )
Source for 72 pin Nes connectors for a top loader?

by ManicGenius on 2011-04-08 (#76375)

I did find a reference to some DigiKey part that someone tried and I guess it matches the Yobo boxes pretty damn closely (which aren't a perfect fit to begin with). It's gonna be like $8 but I'll give it a shot. Plus someone pointed out Tototek has $4 famicom connectors, so I'll be using that as well.

by ManicGenius on 2011-04-08 (#76376)

tepples wrote:
How much does a lot of 1000 such connectors cost? Given the apparent demand for connectors designed to take an NES or Famicom cartridge on forums like this, I'm willing to lend someone a couple thousand USD to keep them on hand.

When you get into the thousands of units the price drops to between $1 and $3 per unit usually.