Not sure what this part is

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So at work I have a coworker that came to me looking to have me repair a broken component on a circuit board. I think he said it was an audio jack. However, it doesn’t look like a regular audio jack, so I’m not sure what the heck it is and thus don’t even know what part I need to order to do the replacement swap repair. I’ve attached two pictures I took of it and in the picture from the top of the circuit board, I’ve circled the component, and in the picture from the bottom of the circuit board, I’ve circled the solder joints.

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I threw it to ChatGPT a few moments ago, and it said the following:

The damaged part is almost certainly a PJ-320A-style 3.5 mm audio jack:

  • 3.5 mm female socket
  • Right-angle/horizontal entry
  • Through-hole mounting
  • Four electrical terminals
  • Central plastic locating post
  • Approximately 14.1 × 5 × 6 mm

The four soldered pads surround the smaller central hole, which is mechanical rather than electrical. The exposed curved metal pieces in the broken housing are the jack’s plug contacts.

The closest identification is:

  • Manufacturer family: generic PJ-320A
  • Likely replacement: SHOU HAN PJ-320A-4P DIP
  • LCSC number: C18185602
  • PJ-320A-4P product listing

Unfortunately, I couldn’t find the actual PJ-320A footprint stocked by DigiKey or Mouser. Their four-contact 3.5 mm jacks generally use different footprints. For example, DigiKey’s STX-3500-4NTR is surface-mount and therefore won’t fit this board.

Any ideas?

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Hi @stakfallt and welcome to the TechForum!

DigiKey doesn’t carry an exact match for the PJ-358 jack (vertical, 5-pin). I’d recommend searching Google for “PJ-358 3.5mm audio jack” to find it directly.

Best regards!

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If that was a right-angle jack, then I’m the cookie monster.

Products of the type are listed under Barrel Connectors, with separate sub-families for product typically used for audio and power.

They’re notoriously difficult to find replacements for, because while the business end is standardized, the board side is not and every hole-in-the-wall supplier of such seems to do it a little bit differently.