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Originally Posted by copperhead47
...what to use for the data cables?
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What do you intend these "data cables" to be connected to at the other end? The size and number of connections will help determine the best connector for the task.
For something like a position-feedback potentiometer, consider a stereo headphone connector. For the CMUcam assembly, you really only need between six and nine wires depending on how paranoid you want to be about power and ground signals, so a DB9 will work fine. If you have a whole bunch of digital inputs (limit switches, quadrature encoders, etc.) you might want to try something like a 15-pin VGA connector.
If you're looking at a whole lot of signals that you want to be able to connect and disconnect easily,
Cannon makes
a line of products that would work well.