Help me identify a plug

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Hey guys

Wondering if anyone recognises what type of plug this is? I want to make a wiring loom to hook up the 3-pin plug on the right (only need 2 of the pins actually connected) to an external system but i need the right type of plug to connect up to it.

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That looks like a lesser known “img” plug

only available on forums

ahh imgur on phones lol, vince's re-post is spot on.

The 4 pin or the 6 pin? Also what is that device? Might help!

so the device is a fire control unit for an airsoft gun, the left hand 6-pin plug is used to control the main mechanism.

the right hand 3-pin plug is the one i'm interested in. supposedly it provides a switched pass-through from the battery to power accessories. it's designed to operate the motors on box magazines but i'm interested in setting it up to power a tracer unit (basically some led's)

the led unit just takes direct power supply in, i could connect it directly to the battery but i'm thinking having it switched to the trigger via the plug would be a more efficient solution.


edit: if it helps the manufacturer is american, so possibly an american only style of connector?

took a look at molex picoblade ( https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/wire-to-board-cable-assemblies/1250730/ ) and it doesn't look quite the same, going off the 5-pin one the guide ribs on the side are off-centre and there's no protrusion on the top.
 
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You would expect it to be fairly standard, I think the best bet would be to get a measurement across the pins and work out what they do. you will have a live and ground for sure and depending on voltage is supplied to the pins you will need a resistor for you LED's. Just to get this right, you pull the triger and both mechanisms fire? If that is the case get a multi meter out and get some data from the pins on the fire mechanism. It may be much easier than you expect.

the led unit already has a voltage regulator on it, so no worries there.

the system is instantaneous, seems to be as long as the trigger is pressed it sends power. the only thing i might consider is maybe a capacitor across the outputs so the led stays on slightly longer after the trigger is released.

figuring out the pin-out isn't the problem, it's getting the plug

No such thing as standard when it comes to airsoft. If the OP knows the manufacturer’s name for the burst control mechanism, a quick Google should find them.

it's polarstar, you can get the plug harnesses from 'murica but i'm hoping there's a closer to home option.
 
if it had been the 4 pin version i could've sent you some...bought for a toy quadcopter project ages ago that never went ahead

here's a uk based seller...
http://www.micronradiocontrol.co.uk/conn_jstzh.html

Sweet, i'll order one and see if it it's right. Checking the pin spacing it seems like 1.5mm is right so fingers crossed.

Now the only debate is do i want to wire it up direct or try fancy capacitor shenanigans.
 
Fancy caps is clearly the way forward. Why go standard when you can do better?

See i'm not 100% sure if its necessary.

Basically its 4 uv led's (which are pretty damn bright) which charge up glow in the dark bb's and i'm not sure if it flashing when on semi (i tend to use semi a lot) will be enough to give a decent glow.

That said, i suppose i could just try it as-is and see if it does a good enough job before messing with it.
 
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