u/5tr1ke

Hi all,

I've recently picked up a very rare display for my car (a 1990s Alpina E36 gauge cluster), it's supposed to connect to a module that is pretty much impossible to get, so I decided to emulate it with an Arduino.

I've already figured out a connection protocol using a breadboard and some wires, and now I'd like to make it more permanent and install it in my car.

I would like to get a matching male plug so that I don't have to disassemble / depin / destroy the cluster's wiring (again, rare and therefore expensive) but I have no idea what kind of connector this is.

All the info I have is:

• it's a 10-pin connector
• the pins are spaced around 2.5mm from each other
• the entire plug is 16mm wide
• it's from the 1990s, 1993-1997-ish
• the gauge cluster was made by VDO
• it was originally installed in a BMW E36-based Alpina cars

Stock, the cluster plugs into a module called an "evaluation box", I have a picture of it with the port I'm looking for visible.