Even easier for most people to get their hands on is a chunk of CAT5 cable. It's only 8 conductors, but with how common it is, finding a few random meters of it is pretty accessible to most people.
@0033mer
6 ай бұрын
Yes, CAT5 works. It is also 24AWG.
@TheTubejunky
6 ай бұрын
I have 500ft of it lol. Found in a rubbish pile.
@larrybud
6 ай бұрын
Yeah, and you get a cable in everything you buy.
@PhG1961
6 ай бұрын
Cool!! I've been harvesting cables like this (and other stuff too) for decades. The problem is... like many of us... I can't throw anything away. It's all very valuable and useful some day...
@ShellacScrubber
6 ай бұрын
Excellent, thank you Ken. I used to very occasionally be lucky enough to pick up similar bundles of pieces discarded from work done on telephone junction boxes but unfortunately those days are long gone. But now you've pointed out a potential new source for this wire which is perfect for breadboards !
@0033mer
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@romancharak3675
5 ай бұрын
I have salvaged cable just like that, Ken. Thank you for the tip!
@0033mer
5 ай бұрын
Welcome!
@albanana683
5 ай бұрын
For audio work I've found the inner strands of old SCART leads to be a good source of shielded cables. Also a good range of colors. Secondhand shops usually have a box of them and are pretty cheap.
@engineerabetterlife8301
6 ай бұрын
Nice to see the 8085 on the prototype. Fond memories of writing assembly code and data/address demultiplexing 😊
@Perspectologist
6 ай бұрын
Great advice. Using this kind of wire is much easier than breadboard wire for anything of moderate complexity. I hadn’t thought of buying communication cable. I probably paid a lot more for single wire spools. The other benefit is the color patterns, I only have a few spools of different colors.
@0033mer
6 ай бұрын
Yes, the color scheme comes in handy for tracing circuits around the protoboard.
@simplelyf4072
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the great tip o the day! So helpful
@0033mer
5 ай бұрын
Welcome!
@RalphWLundvall
6 ай бұрын
Thank you for the tip. I discovered that if I standardized colors for certain repeating functions, I could return mny months later and figure out the circuit. Red & Green for vcc and ground (black does not photograph well), yellow and orange for I²C (SDA & SDL), white and blue (TX and RX). All yellow would stump me.
@0033mer
6 ай бұрын
Yes, the colors come in handy. I use them when connectors are involved. Blue Orange Green Brown Slate is the color code used. It makes it easy to trace them from the connector onto the protoboard. Thanks for sharing.
@johncatsoulis
6 ай бұрын
Great suggestion
@CDP-1802
6 ай бұрын
Back in 2005 my office was remodeling and I grabbed a box of leftover solid core CAT5e and have been using it every since for breadboarding… I think it’s 24 gauge, not sure but it fits 😂
@0033mer
6 ай бұрын
Yes , that also works. It is also 24 gauge. The CDP1802 was my first microprocessor in high school.
@CDP-1802
6 ай бұрын
@@0033mer Nice! My first was the 8085, which I spied on your prototyping board ;)
@0033mer
6 ай бұрын
That project goes back to the early 80s. I have kept all my prototypes after the PCBs were made. Were you into the BlackBurg BugBook series? ... just curious.
@CDP-1802
6 ай бұрын
@@0033mer I have a ton of Blackburg books, including the 8080 bug book, although I got into electronics later in the mid 90s when everything was pretty much obsolete, I found an SDK-85 in a box of junk behind a computer store my brother worked at, it had been rained on but luckily the manual was underneath it and was spared getting totally soaked. A trip to the library for Lance Leventhal's 8085 book and I was hooked!
@CDP-1802
6 ай бұрын
@@0033mer I replied to this days ago but my reply seems to have dissapeared... In any case I have a ton of Blackburg books, including the 8080 bug book, although I got into electronics later in the mid 90s when everything was pretty much obsolete, I found an SDK-85 in a box of junk behind a computer store my brother worked at, it had been rained on but luckily it had the manual was underneath it and was spared getting wet. A trip to the library for lance leventhal's 8085 book and I was hooked.
@mrwoodandmrtin
6 ай бұрын
Good tip. Good old telco's
@0033mer
6 ай бұрын
You bet
@markgreco1962
6 ай бұрын
What brand is that stripper? Thanks for this, I have commented several times on your wire
@0033mer
6 ай бұрын
C.K. made in Germany.
@markgreco1962
6 ай бұрын
@@0033mer thanks
@LousyPainter
6 ай бұрын
I use twisted pair used for punch down on bicks panels. It's great stuff and it was free. A box full.. Take all you want because it is going in the garbage.
@0033mer
6 ай бұрын
Yes, if you know where to look there is plenty around. Thanks for sharing.
@lasersbee
6 ай бұрын
Basics that every new Prototyping Technician needs to know...
@Cyklonus
5 ай бұрын
👍👍
@rickytomatoes
16 күн бұрын
Love it when people reuse electronic components. We've got too much unnecessary waste going to the landfills. People should repair/reuse first, before chucking it into the bin.
@user.A9
6 ай бұрын
Pair colors: blue orange green brown slate Group colors: white red black yellow violet
@0033mer
6 ай бұрын
That is etched into my brain. I have terminated a few to BIX and punch blocks
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