I have an inspection scope camera that I’m attempting to repair. It’s one with a camera on the end of a flexible rod to see into tight spaces. The pins that lead to the camera came out of the connector. I tried looking for teardowns or even replacement parts, but found nothing.

Two pins are still inserted, but I’m not confident they are in the right places. I want to get it working without the risk of frying everything. I’ve done my best to find where each pin goes, but there’s not enough info for me figure it out on my own. The camera rod also includes an LED for light.

Here’s a photo of the connector as it is:

And here is the socket with it’s pins labeled (the labels correspond to the testing pads and not to the socket pins):

Here’s a zoomed out pic if it’s of any use:

I have a multimeter, so I can do any testing you can suggest. Unfortunately, I was not able to disassemble the camera to trace any wires.

  • the_weez@midwest.socialEnglish
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    9 days ago

    It looks as though this is a 5 pin connector, and you are saying that the second pin from the top is not connected but the black wire looks like it’s in that spot. Black is often used for ground, is it possible that the second pin connects to ground instead of one of the through holes? It also looks like there are labels right below the holes that tell you what they are for. If I had to guess, black is ground and red is VCC. The other two are a bit of a mystery, but if you know that the blue wire goes up top then the green is probably the LED. This is all a guess, I don’t actually know. So from the top it might be blue, black, green and then red. You could theoretically just clip the crimps off the wires and solder them in, it’s the quickest and cheapest way. The more correctly way to fix it would be to identify the connector, and buy a crimping kit for that style connector. Common brands are Molex, Amphenol, and JST. It’s probably a JST or a knock off, but they make a boatload of different products. Are there any numbers on either the socket or plug?

    • the_weez@midwest.socialEnglish
      1·
      9 days ago

      Also, if you can disconnect the plug and read what the voltage is on those holes that might also lead us in the right direction

    • Bubs@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      1·
      9 days ago

      I don’t believe the pins in the cable are in the right places. I guess they were reinserted wrong when it was first opened up. Pin 2 is definitely a dead pin. I confirmed the ground pin to the battery connection.