0.50 mm pitch, 27-position ZIF with slide lock — signal-duty FPC interconnect
The 27FLZ-SM2-TB is a 27-position, 0.020" (0.50mm) pitch FFC/FPC connector from JST's FLZ series, using a zero insertion force (ZIF) slide lock to retain the FPC without a secondary latch. The top-contact design mates with a 0.30mm-thick FPC or FFC, and the right-angle surface-mount footprint keeps the assembly low at 0.079" (2.00mm) above the board.
Solder retention and slide lock — assembly and field-fit details
The housing is gray, the actuator is black, and the cable end type is tapered to ease insertion. The base product number is 27FLZ-SM.
Peer comparison — 27FLZ-SM2-TB(LF)(SN) vs 27-position bottom-contact variant
The closest functional second-source is the 27FLZ-SM2-TB(LF)(SN), which shares the same 27 positions, 0.50mm pitch, ZIF slide lock, and tin plating, but is RoHS compliant. The only other 27-position FLZ variant is the 27FLZ-RSM2-TB(LF)(SN), which uses bottom contacts instead of top contacts — check your FPC's pad orientation before substituting. For a lower position count, the 24FLZ-SM2-TB offers the same pitch, height, and features with 24 positions — useful if your BOM has a 24-circuit FPC and you want to stay in the same series.