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ISCP Cable Source

Pixy Hardware
#1

Hello All,

I have a robot in final stages of construction and require a ISCP cable 18-20 inches long to connect between my Arduino UNO
and the PIXY.

The one that ships with the PIXY is about 10 inches long.

Does anyone know a good source of these cables? And where I could get one either made to order (Lenght)
or a place that has pre-terminated cables of varying lengths?

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated (as I think I have exhausted all my usual Google suspects.)

PS. The cable will only be carrying data, no power for Servo’s Etc.

Regards,

Dan Thimm

#2

Hi Dan,
The cable is easy to make. The connectors are available at most electronics places (the Digikeys, Mousers, etc)

You just need some connectors–
6-pin
http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/71600-006LF/609-2841-ND/1302571
10-pin
http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/101-106/ED10500-ND/2794212

and some ribbon cable. The cable crimps easily, no tools necessary and you can make the cable as long as you want. Although, the longer the more likelihood for noise, but 2 ft should be fine. You just want to make sure that you crimp with pin 1 going to the red wire on both ends. The only (somewhat) confusing thing is that one connector is 10 pins and the other is 6 pins. Crimping to the 10 pin connector just make sure you shift the cable over such that pin 1 (red) lines up with the pin 1 of the connector (indicated with the triangle). So you’ll have 4 “uncrimped” pins on the 10-pin connector, but pin 1 is still pin 1… like I said, it’s pretty straightforward.

This video provides some more details on crimping your own cables (ignore the fact that it’s for Raspberry Pi.) Also, since you are only crimping 6 and 10 pin connectors, you probably won’t need a vice. Just use a hard flat object to press against the backing of the connector to get it seated completely.

Here are some pics that show what our cable looks like on both ends:

!http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i241/cmucam/d5b7d752-0999-4525-9459-4b48ee4de9fd_zpse174d668.jpg!
!http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i241/cmucam/e2b72f3e-9c8c-4a20-ba54-c8972d128a30_zpsc2611a11.jpg!

thanks!