Where can I buy this connector from?

[kjoel0123]

It stated 12 pin AMP on it. I need to buy one of these with the male pins for my house of the dead wiring.

[fjl]

I believe AMP is the manufacturer. But it looks like a molex type connector. Google "Molex."

[Level42]

Bob Roberts ?

[Grasshopper]

I'd be very surprised if Farnell didn't stock it.

www.farnell.com

[MonMotha]

That's blurry, but it looks like a connector line from JST used commonly in Neo Candys and various Konami Bemani cabinets.  I have yet to find a compatible line from anybody else (though if yours is stamped AMP, that's promising), nor have I found a good US distributor.  The JST part number I was looking for is YLP-02V, which is a 2 contact version of what you appear to have there.

The other possibility (again, it's too blurry to tell exactly) is a AMP "Dynamic" series.  Digi-Key and (I think) Mouser carry the whole line of these.

If your camera has a macro mode, try using that to get a less blurry picture.

[kjoel0123]

New clearer pic enclosed

Bobroberts does not appear to have this item.I will check the others. I am sure that these manufacturers stock this but I have no idea what it is called to even start a search.

[MonMotha]

Well, it looks like the JST YLP series for the most part.  The retension clip sure looks identical, and the contact design is at least similar, but I'm not sure if it's entirely the same.  Again, I'm not aware of AMP having a cross for the JST YLP series, and if it's stamped AMP, then it's an AMP part.  If you can find a JST YLP in that configuration, give it a try (and let me know where you're buying them from!).

Hum...looking at my drawings of stuff, it *may* be a D-2000 "Dynamic Series" from AMP.  What's the center-to-center spacing of the contacts?

[kjoel0123]

Sorry but i dont know how to measure the spacing on this

[ChadTower]

If you can't find a mate just replace both ends with a connector pair that does mate.  Takes a minute.

[kjoel0123]

I would but it plugs into some special power supply adapter board for this game.

[ChadTower]

So it's not mating with another connector, it's mating with a set of pins on a board?

[kjoel0123]

Yes that is correct ! I just need to find a set of pins as i was able to extract the old pins without any damage to the connector.

[MonMotha]

To measure spacing, use a ruler and measure the edge of one of the rectangular contact protrusions (in the plastic) to the same edge of the next one.  Repeat in a direction 90 degrees to this one (to make sure it's a square pitched connector; it looks like it is).

Oh, one other thing I should note: many, many connectors are designed in metric.  If the dimension doesn't come out "nice" in inches, try measuring in millimeters.  The JST YL that this looks like is a 4.5mm pitch connector.

[knave]

I don't think this is going to help much but I'll throw it out there.  I was looking at a bunch of amp type connectors in my local electronics store and they had tons of the plastic housings...even ones that mated but there were no pins.  I tried to find some molex ones but they wouldn't quite fit.  I'm thinking the AMP style pins are going to be hard to find.  Unless you can find some online.  AMP is definatly the Manufacturer and has it's own kind of pins.  Hope that helps.

[MonMotha]

This isn't a standard pin and socket connector that you find at most retail places (heck, even Radio Shack still carries the 0.093" series at some stores).  The pin and socket connectors are industry standard and both AMP (Tyco Electronics) and Molex (Waldom Electronics) make a fully compatible series.  I've seen such connectors from others too, including JST and possibly even Foxconn, 3M, Hirose, and FCI.  Such compatible connectors are not unheard of at all, and you can actually find cross reference lists that will identify which connector series from which manufacturers can be mated, are 100% alike, etc., at least for the more common types.

As another example, the ATX power connector is a 4.2mm AMP PE series, but Molex also makes a compatible series marketed under the name "Mini-Fit Jr.".  Molex insists it's a 4.19mm connector, but if you look, both connectors are actually 0.165" pitch, and they don't agree on how to round.  Ah, the joys of identifying and buying connectors...

AMP and Molex both make TONS of connectors that you will never find at retail, and in fact many are hard to purchase in small quantity at all.

The biggest thing I'm recognizing with this connector is the retension clip design.  It's pretty distinctive, and I've only ever seen it before on the JST YL series, and the contact housing area looks similar, too.  I'm asking for the contact pitch to see if it is possibly a compatible series.  AMP also tends to organize their connectors by pitch, so that also makes it easy to start looking through the giant list of connector series made by AMP.

[northerngames]

all my psu connectors are the same as that in a virtua fighter but not as many pin count as the one needed above.

you could contact the game manfacture of the board and ask them.

or perhaps contact segaarcade and show them the picture and they could probably help.

[kjoel0123]

I still am deciding to eliminate alot of the sega parts including this connector and purchasing a sega2 to jamma kit which is only $65. Hell just is not worth the time dealing with all the wiring since I realized that I am missing the sound amp board and 2 other cables.  Hours of tracing just to realize missing parts. URRRGGHHHHH.. I called sega and they do not sell any wiring for this unit, WTF!!

[northerngames]

what game or board set is it for?

[kjoel0123]

I realized that I need to make this or purchase this r422 cable from anyone before I buy an adapter or the sound amp. So I have enclosed a pic of what I am looking for. Please let me know how to do this or where to buy this from. Is this a flat  ribbon cable or a regular round cable wire?
 thank you
 

[MonMotha]

Well, I can't tell you what specifically that cable is per the original spec, but I can inform on the nature of RS-422 (electrically similar to RS-485).  It's an asynchronous serial setup similar to RS-232, but using differential signaling.

As such, the data pairs (the TX+ and TX-, and RX+ and RX- lines) should each be a twisted pair.  You can use CAT5 for this if you have it laying around.  Over short distances, flat phone cable or even discrete wires will work, but may leave the connection more susceptible to interference.

[Spaz Monkey]

Try Frys or a local electronic shop.  Maybe www.mouser.com?

[kjoel0123]

Just purchased a new amp board from sega, expensive as hell. Anyway I have another member creating this cable for me. thanks for the input

[kjoel0123]

Looks like the member who was going to make the cable for me fell off the face of the earth  so I am back looking again for this rs422 cable !! Damn this sucks.