Custom made Lightning cable

[SimssmiS]

Hey there,

looking into custom making a lightning to USB cable as the no-name ones as well as the one from apple often die on me and are super short. I need a lightning to female USB like the ones marketed as camera connectors. I use it to connect my phone to an IFI Hip-Dac. My problem is mostly finding a lightning connector that is not already on a cable and ideally has a nice cable clamp or some other form of tension release. The idea came from this. If it's a success I might go as far as putting something like a mini xlr in between to hot-swap between male and female USB, but that's a different story then. 

Any Idea where to find or what to search for to find a lightning connector to work with? (I'm in Germany if that helps)

 

thanks in advance

[Radium_Angel]

If you are feeling brave....

 

https://www.aliexpress.com/af/lightning-connector-diy.html?d=y&origin=n&SearchText=lightning+connector+diy&catId=0&initiative_id=AS_20210409121626

 

[SupaKomputa]

Why don't you just rip an old lightning cable and just connect all the wires.

[SimssmiS]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

If you are feeling brave....

 

https://www.aliexpress.com/af/lightning-connector-diy.html?d=y&origin=n&SearchText=lightning+connector+diy&catId=0&initiative_id=AS_20210409121626

 

 would be an option... but not sure if that helps on the "often die on me". Also very long delivery times. But thanks for the link

[SimssmiS]

1 minute ago, SupaKomputa said:

Why don't you just rip an old lightning cable and just connect all the wires.

kinda also want the looks to be honest 

[Radium_Angel]

Yeah, AE is about the only place I could think of that would allow you to buy DIY connectors in small quantities.

 

[SupaKomputa]

1 minute ago, SimssmiS said:

kinda also want the looks to be honest 

You can just rip the cable from the tip and solder it there.

You must've have some dead one lying around. Reuse recycle.

Ordering online for just 1 piece not worth the cost, especially the long delivery.

 

[SimssmiS]

2 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

You can just rip the cable from the tip and solder it there.

You must've have some dead one lying around. Reuse recycle.

Ordering online for just 1 piece not worth the cost, especially the long delivery.

 

how would you do tension release in that case? I imagine with just soldering cable to cable and putting heat shrink around that it would be quite fragile when pulling on the cable no?

[SupaKomputa]

6 minutes ago, SimssmiS said:

soldering cable to cable and putting heat shrink

This is the better solution, you can wrap it with braided sleve and lock it on each end to prevent over pulling.

Or just lock it down with zip tie before heat shrink. Won't look good tho.