what you are describing is in incorrect installation of the FPC were the stiffener ends on the contacts side of the connector.The FPC is reversible by design. However you can rotate the cable such that contacts on both ends don't meet the pins inside the socket and instead press against the plastic wedge.In another post I've asked the question if it matters which way round the FPC is assembled but never got answered.
I don't have an installation guide to hand, but all the product photos show the FPC in the correct orientation.
What my question was related to is - what also OP described - is if it matters in which direction the shield layer of the FPC is facing (FPC is dual layer, GND shield on one side (with the silkscreen printing), signal traces on the other).
Statistics: Posted by aBUGSworstnightmare — Fri Jan 10, 2025 5:45 am