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Re: Moving Crio Modules out of the Crio.

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Originally Posted by Tom Line View Post
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.
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.
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