Gadgeteer Cable Pack Wire AWG?

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So this gets you a custom length, but the price per cable is about the same (maybe less in volume) as existing cables. Correct?

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The price per cable is far less.

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@ jdal - if I just want to make custom length cables which parts do I need?

I see this is the cableā€¦
http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=3749/10-100virtualkey51750000virtualkey517-3749/10-100

But itā€™s not clear to me if I need only one or both of the other two parts you ordered.

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@ ianlee74

To make your own cables you just need these two things.

#1) Cable Ends
http://au.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=20021444-00010T1LFvirtualkey99990000virtualkey649-200214440001T1LF

#2) wire
http://au.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=3749/10-100virtualkey51750000virtualkey517-3749/10-100

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Thanks!

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Am I reading this correctly? It looks like the price per cable end is $1.81 (USD in qty of 100). Thatā€™s $3.62 per cable just in the ends. How do you arrive at ā€œthe price per cable is far less.ā€ Iā€™m hoping that the qty on Mouser is for a 10 pack or something but Iā€™m not seeing any mention. This comes to close to $4 per cable which is almost double the per cable cost from GHI. Of course, they arenā€™t in custom lengths.

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@ ianlee74, when i said ā€œthe price per cable is far less.ā€ that was in reference to post #12 in this thread concerning the samtec cable.
It would be great if GHI would also sell the headers and sockets as well.

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Oh, I see. I didnā€™t read far enough back. I agree. It would be nice if GHI could sell a cable roll and headers at a decent price. It would be a shame to have to pay more for the cable than for the module :frowning: At a minimum, it would be nice if GHI could offer 10 packs of the individual sizes that are in the assortment pack. I have more short cables already than Iā€™ll probably ever use. The only way to currently get one 50cm cable is to buy the assortment pack :frowning:

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i too would like to see them sell all the parts, header for the board, connector for the cable and the cable.

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I would also like to have very short cables so that I can chain DaisyLink modules such as the MultiColorLED literally side by side and not have a huge length of wire sticking up or have to tuck away some where.

I havenā€™t determined an exact length, but I would imagine something in the 2-3cm length.

Iā€™ll get a picture of the LED modules on one of the mounts I cut to illustrate sometime this week.

-Steve

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Then you need 2 or 4 cable ends. Cut existing 10cm cable to desired length and you will have 2 or 3 short cables.

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I meant pre-assembled short cables that I can buy in bulk :wink:

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Like this for instance: 10-pin Socket/Socket IDC cable - Short 1.5 : ID 556 : $1.50 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

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Wrong size. Those are 0.1" spacing.

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Yeah, I knowā€¦ I want Gadgeteer cables made in that rough length that I can buy in bulk pre-made. Those are actually slightly too long, and one of the connectors has the ā€œtangā€ backwards.

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How many do you need?

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Possibly 100 or so to start with. I have almost 50 MultiColor LEDs now, and have a couple of demo projects (that could turn into production pieces) that would use these short cables.

All depends on the price I suppose :wink: