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12-16-2007, 12:24 PM #1
Wire / cable for connecting my first switch
Hey all,
It's the SWITCH virgin here .....
Well, I have a Hagstrom KE-72 and Breakout Board and have a few momentary switches on their way to me ..... so I want to get ready to connect my first switch up to the Hagstrom, assign it a key command from FS and jump for joy if my first ever foray into implenenting the most basic of switches works!
Before I can do that, I need some wire to connect the switch to the Hagstrom.....
I have a spare Cat 5 cable here; so if I cut off the connectors and use, for example blue wire at one end going into the switch, and blue wire at the other end going into the Hagstrom input (plus another colour for the ground), it should be as easy as that right ?
David R
Durham, England
1979 Mooney M20J Cockpit builder ......
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12-16-2007, 12:38 PM #2
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That will certainly work, however...
The CAT5 cable I have is solid; moderately flexible, but it breaks after a bit of flexing. If your wire is also solid, you might consider using stranded wire. It tolerates more abuse before breaking.
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12-16-2007, 12:55 PM #3
Hi David,
Mike is right, however. As long as you don't wiggle the wires vigorously after they are soldered or connected you should be just fine.
Your Hagstrom board is using very low current, and very low voltage therefore this cable will do the trick.
Trev________________________
Trevor Hale
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12-16-2007, 02:00 PM #4
One really good feature of the KE72 that I like is that the switches can all be connected together to common ground. Then with each Cat 5 cable, since it has 8 wires, you can connect up 8 switches to each cable. With careful plannng, you can avoid a spaghetti nightmare.
Regards,
Henry
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12-16-2007, 03:00 PM #5TimGuest
David,
I have used two different methods.
- Ordered 40 conductor, stranded, colored ribbon cable from Mouser.com.
- Found an un-used parallel port printer cable and cut off the ends. I believe the cable was 25ft long. Wire was color coded and stranded. Worked well going from the overhead to the MIP.
Richard
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12-16-2007, 08:21 PM #6
Excellent - really helpful info guys.
I will drive ahead with the Cat 5 cable and let you know how I get on !
This site is a life saver (from a cockpit building perspective!).
David R
Durham, England
1979 Mooney M20J Cockpit builder ......
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12-16-2007, 09:23 PM #7
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12-17-2007, 07:17 AM #8
Just to check,
You know how the Hagstrom has 1 common ground connector for each line of switch inputs .... ? ....... do I combine the ground wires from each switch before screwing then into the ground on the Hagstrom ?
Eg.... let's say I am wiring 3 x push button momentary switches into inputs 01, 02 and 03 of the hagstrom. The main wires run from each switch into each input and the ground wires from each switch are combined (intertwined) together and all go into the common ground for those inputs .....
Is that about right ?David R
Durham, England
1979 Mooney M20J Cockpit builder ......
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12-17-2007, 08:39 AM #9
Correct 1 wire from each switch to 1 2 3 and one wire from all switches to the GND Terminal.
Trev________________________
Trevor Hale
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12-17-2007, 08:40 AM #10
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