


This is the same as neglecting any other rating: powering the Pi with more than 5.25V, heating it to above 85 degrees, operating at 100% air humidity etc. In practice, this means that the cable may break sooner, or even instantly. What happens if you bend it with a smaller radius is not specified. Here's a spec for AWM 20941 flex cable from JUDD WIRE, which is sold on Amazon as a Raspberry camera accessory:Īs you can see, you can bend it at a right angle with a raduis down to 5mm, and slide back and forth 10000 times, or fold it 30 times with a 5mm radius, or 100 times with a 1 cm radius. This radius depends on the brand, but generally it's around 5-10 mm.

All flex cables have a minimum bend radius, under which a specified number of fold-unfold cycles is guaranteed.
