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Originally Posted by Tom Line
We picked up a couple dB15 connectors, and soldered together a 2 foot jumper cable. We tested this out with both an ohm-meter, then ran current and checked with an am-meter to insure that none of the soldered connections were shorted or close to shorted. It checked out perfectly. We used twisted pair cat6 cable to reduce any possible noise.
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Using twisted pair is great for differential signals (like ethernet or CAN), but isn't good for unrelated signals.
You might have better luck with pre-assembled cables, but I wouldn't hold my breath. As everyone else has said, you are playing with some darn fast signals.