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enter image description hereCould someone tell me the specification of this plug? The plug is from the camera and microphone unit of my laptop lenovo u330 touch. I damaged it and want to replace it. i hope to find a replacement including wires, with i could link to the wires of the old cable after cutting off the old plug.

thank you for your quick replies so far! I added a new picture of the back, and i measured the distance: 4 mm between 5 contacts, leeding to a distance of 0.8 mm between the contacts. still hoping to find an solution

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  • Can you post some more pictures from other angles? Also, how big is it (in mm)? – Alex Hajnal May 08 '21 at 21:55
  • the back of the plug looks like a variety of plugs, therefore it cannot be identified ... the plug probably would not come with wires ... you would have to push the existing wires into the plug by using a crimp tool – jsotola May 08 '21 at 22:20
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    Those look like punch-down terminations, but smaller than the typical 2.54mm pitch. Are you able to measure the pitch (from the middle of the black wire to the middle of the white wire divided by 7 will be more accurate than trying to measure just one). – Frog May 09 '21 at 05:11
  • Looks like 0.8 mm pitch. So it is a 0.8 mm insulation displacement connector. If you type "0.8mm IDC connector" in a search engine you may get somewhere. I found one possible candidate, the JST SUR series of connectors. But I am not sure if it is a match. https://www.jst.com/products/insulation-displacement-connectors-wire-to-board-type/sur-connector/ – user57037 May 10 '21 at 06:13
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    Tank You! I am going with the JST SUR 0,8 mm pitch 8 pin and will try to find one. Thanks so far! – Flo May 13 '21 at 20:04
  • @Flo Farnell (UK) sells a 15cm cable with 8-position JST 0.8mm plugs. It's €12,53 delivered to DE. I'm not positive it's the same connector though. Here's the datasheet. You could cut the old connector off, cut the new cable in half, and solder the wires together. – Alex Hajnal May 13 '21 at 20:31

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I took a look on Mouser and Digikey but I didn't see anything that looks remotely like that connector. Farnell (UK) sells a cable (€13,53 delivered to DE) that might have the same connector. I'm not sure the connector is the same though (here's the datasheet).

Honestly, your best option IMO is to get a (used) replacement for either the cable or the cable and board from ebay1. Cable with the webcam board: US$10. Or just the cable: CA$39 or US$17. Going the ebay route is probably cheaper too since you're looking at probably US$5-US$8 minimum for shipping from a distributer like Mouser.

1All prices above include shipping. I am in no way affiliated with any of the sellers I linked to.

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  • Thank you! I am in germany and didnt find any offer on ebay here, but the cable name is a great idea! – Flo May 13 '21 at 19:23
  • @Flo The US$17 cable offers shipping to DE for US$17 (US$34 total). If you go the ebay route be sure to check the item photos to make sure the cable is the same as the one you are replacing. – Alex Hajnal May 13 '21 at 20:05