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DSUB Connectors - Direct wire or via jumper strip?
Necro:
Anyone that's used D-SUB cables for modular setups, did you connect the D-SUB wiring directly to buttons or did you use some kind of jumper strip to connect to the cable on one side and the controls on the other?
I'm about to get things going on wiring design for my 'base' cp and when I started working with the DSUB cable I realized how thin the wires actually were and I am a bit worried about running i all over the CP as exposed individual wires.
(Unrelated: Searching for D-SUB screws up the search engine)
Jack Burton:
Using a terminal strip will make things nice and clean on the inside, and is helpful is you plan on rummaging around under your CP often, but I think you could leave it out completely and be fine.
Also, you could use one of these:
http://www.winfordeng.com/products/brk25.php
Necro:
Good god. There 20 bucks each...which would be a LOT per CP...(lighted swappable CPs are requiring a decent number of cables/wires...)
I guess I'll attempt to do direct wiring and make damn sure the wires are secured to the bottom of the CP.
Jack Burton:
well, these seem more reasonably priced and would still be easy to work with:
http://cgi.ebay.com/DB25-Male-Signals-Breakout-Board-parallel-port-CNC_W0QQitemZ380127192254QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item588158a4be&_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116#ebayphotohosting
http://cgi.ebay.com/10-DB25-BreakOut-Board-Female-Connector_W0QQitemZ270421940150QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Cables_Adapters?hash=item3ef66757b6&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1205|293%3A1|294%3A50
bkenobi:
FYI... Shipping on the lot of 10 is $20! :angry: