Alternatives for Signal and Pneumatic Connectors?

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Originally Posted by nuclearnerd

Here's a mid-season picture of our wiring. It's pretty cluttered due to our narrow belly-pan and staggered gearboxes, and typical frc hurry. We also have to come up with a better solution for CanBus wire junctions

The PWM header connectors worked their way out fairly often (can't remember if the loose one in the picture was intentional or not). The 1 position housings were especially prone to coming off, and we stopped using them after our first competition, but the 3 position ones were still a problem.

Looking at your wiring, I'm going to take a guess here. Do you reuse pre-made wiring from year to year? Are you interested in being able to make your own wiring?

Related comment, we use 3x1 PWM for canbus connections and electrical tape them together. No issue yet. We've also not had an issue with PWM coming out of the RIO, I suspect its the wiring you're using. I also think the issue is related to unsecured wiring. The mass of cable is probably causing the PWM headers to come off the RIO.