The connectors are available from digikey - search for "flex ribbon" and
make sure you get .5mm pitch.

I will say, however, that hand soldering .5mm pitch connector was the
most difficult soldering job I've ever done.  We did the first connector
with a larger tip and the wet, wipe, and wick method.  There is no
solder mask on this planet, I've detemined, which will keep standard
solder from bridging two adjacent .5mm pins.  I actually removed a trace
on the display to prevent the short that this bridge caused.

After asking around, we found that the MEMs lab might be able to help.
I then mounted the remaining 3 connectors to SMT prototyping boards
using solder paste and an extremely fine pitch soldering iron.  The only
lab here that seemed to have the required stereo magnifier, soldering
iron, and paste was the MEMs lab.  The VLSI lab could have bonded it
with gold wires, I suppose, but their machines weren't set up for it.
It was fun seeing and being able to count the solder balls in the paste
before applying heat.  I believe I used a very fine bladed knife to move
the solder paste around, and wiggle the pins to see if they connected
correctly, after which I used a multimeter to verify the connections.  I
was cross eyed the rest of the day...

Even after all that work I still had two pins  on two different boards
which did not solder sufficiently.  I determined not to fix them (one
for the backlight, one for the touchscreen - we simply didn't use the
backlight).

At any rate, jameco sells prototyping boards from these people:
http://www.beldynsys.com/p504.htm
The board on this page is the one we used.  The connectors were from
digikey.  I'm told that your best hope lies in being able to get a
solder paste template that matches the board, applying the solder paste,
then oven cooking the whole thing.

Good luck!

-Adam

Herbert Graf wrote:

>        I was wondering if anybody would be able to point me to a connector that
>would allow me to play with this goody:
>
>http://sales.goldmine-elec.com/prodinfo.asp?prodid=8258
>
>It says it has a 22 pin flex cable with 0.5mm spacing. I've thought about
>soldering directly to the flex cable but would much prefer a less risky
>solution. I've tried to search my normal sources but I've having trouble
>getting around the search engines, I can't seem to come up with the right
>search term. Through whole would be ideal but surface mount would be
>acceptable.
>
>Thanks for any help. TTYL
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