Josh Trachtenberg’s<\/a> rules that I have adopted is “No Homemade Cables”. It’s so natural to think that this is the best solution to hook two things up: “Wire and bare connectors are so cheap, let’s just make our own cables.”<\/em> However, homemade cables, even when made with great care, are usually of poor quality compared to commercial cables. As a result, you’re just giving yourself something else to repair in the future. <\/p>\nOption 1<\/h2>\n
Adapter boxes, aka breakout boxes, are more reliable than homemade cables. If you take this route, put it in a transparent, easy to open box so that you can quickly see (a) how things are wired up, and (b) whether there are any loose connections.<\/p>\n
Option 2<\/h2>\n
Another option is to have custom cables made. I started doing this in London for a rig where I needed two fairly long 48-conductor cables. Custom cables are actually not that expensive and are of very high quality. It’s practical because you don’t have to buy an entire spool of 48-conductor wire (or whatever the job requires); nor do you have to source obscure connectors, strain reliefs, jackets, and whatnot. Not to mention time saved soldering.<\/p>\n
Here are a couple of places that you can get quotes from if you’re interested. Any of them will do one-off jobs, you don’t have to bring them volume jobs.
\nCircuit Assembly<\/a>
\nTechnical Cable Concepts<\/a>
\nCustom Cable Assemblies<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
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