Posted by c0nsumer on 14, 2000 at 4:29 AM:
In Reply to: What wire to use? posted by Agent Davis on 13, 2000 at 11:31 PM:
: Hey everyone. I've asked this before but I don't think I ever got an answer. My question is what kind of wire should I use to wire up my encoder to my fingerboard? Basically, what gauge (or awg whatever that means)? Someone said they used a SCSI ribbon cable for theirs which sounded like a good idea. What do you all think?
I'm personally using some 22 gauge wire that I ordered from Digikey. It seems a bit like overkill, but it generally works fine. To connect to my encoder (KE72-T) I am using a simple IDE cable to connect to a breakout board of sorts. The breakout board is just a smallish piece of breadboard with a 40-pin connector on it. I've got easy-to-follow traces on the board so I can solder the leads from the actual buttons themselves to the board. This makes the encoder very easy to remove from the control panel as it connects with a simple 40-pin IDE cable. I'll have some pictures up soon. Hopefully I'll be wiring the control panel itself this weekend.
-Steve