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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: JoeStrout on August 11, 2015, 07:29:51 pm
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The Ultimarc store is closed for a summer holiday, and also needs to charge $16 for a couple of wiring harnesses...
But they look like fairly standard 0.1" spaced headers, is there any other source for compatible harnesses? Is this something one could get off-the-shelf at Mouser or Digikey, for example (where I need to order my wire disconnects anyway)?
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Way too much time searching hasn't turned up anything ready-made, but I wonder if I could make an IDC (insulation displacement connector) ribbon cable, perhaps with something like this (http://www.elliottelectronicsupply.com/dual-row-idc-connector-10-position.html).
My main concern is whether I could fit several of these in a row, or whether they would get in each other's way. But this shop is not far from me, so maybe I'll just take my U-HID down tomorrow and try it!
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Way too much time searching hasn't turned up anything ready-made, but I wonder if I could make an IDC (insulation displacement connector) ribbon cable, perhaps with something like this (http://www.elliottelectronicsupply.com/dual-row-idc-connector-10-position.html).
My main concern is whether I could fit several of these in a row, or whether they would get in each other's way. But this shop is not far from me, so maybe I'll just take my U-HID down tomorrow and try it!
Rolling your own from scratch with IDC connectors can be succeptible to intermittent connections IIRC.
Two possibilities you may want to consider.
1. Paradise's 4-wire harnesses here (http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/harnesses/301-4-wire-100-header-wiring-harness.html) and/or 2-wire harnesses here (http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/harnesses/302-2-wire-100-header-wiring-harness.html) -- they will fit side-by-side perfectly on a .1" header
(http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/486-large_default/4-wire-100-header-wiring-harness.jpg) (http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/487-large_default/2-wire-100-header-wiring-harness.jpg)
2. An IDE HDD cable ==>euro-style terminal strip==>pre-crimped wires cut from a JAMMA harness or these (http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/wire-sets/402-16-wire-rainbow-packtm-with-187-quick-connector.html)
(http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/1509-large_default/16-wire-rainbow-packtm-with-187-quick-connector.jpg)
Scott
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Thanks, I will follow those links and have a look-see.
I also found a nifty system at Pololu that lets you quickly and easily make a harness in pretty much any shape... in my case, I'd use this 2x5 housing (https://www.pololu.com/product/1913) (five for 69 cents!).
(https://a.pololu-files.com/picture/0J1708.300.jpg?839969b3a088b3a45d3de8cfeb0b9ff3)
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I also found a nifty system at Pololu that lets you quickly and easily make a harness in pretty much any shape... in my case, I'd use this 2x5 housing (https://www.pololu.com/product/1913) (five for 69 cents!).
Looks like the wires from the Paradise 4-wire harnesses would transplant easily into those 2x5's. ;D
Scott