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Originally Posted by otherguy
I would expect a large number of teams order 24-26awg, 4+ conductor wire annually for sensor wiring. A reliable, inexpensive, source and part # would be a great piece of information for many teams (mine included).
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You would be surprised... I've stuck my head into a lot of robots over the years, and I very rarely see multi-conductor cable used for anything other than the DSC ribbon cable and possibly CAN connections.
Our team has a stock of single-conductor wires (red, white, black, orange, green), and we simply twist them together to make whatever number of conductors we need. It's pretty simply - get the wires cut to the correct length, clamp one end in a drill and hold on to the other. Run the drill until the wires are twisted together nicely. Twist a little past what you want, as they'll untwist a little when you're done. This also allows for some easy color coding for different sensors (especially limit switches, which only require 2 wires!), but usually not enough to rely solely on that for identification.