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Extension Cable for Prop-1 Programers

Started by IMTim, September 08, 2012, 09:47:49 PM

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IMTim

I am building several control boxes for a friend's haunted house.  Some of the boxes get pretty tight after installing all the components.  One of the obstacle I ran into was leaving enough room for the three to four inch long programmer and USB cable. 

I found a motherboard 3 prong fan extension cable in one of my desk drawers and modified it slightly to use as an extension cable between the programmer and the Prop-1.  It works great.  I no longer have to worry about forcing the programmer through all the cables and such the control box.

I attached a picture.

Tim
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bsnut

I tough of doing that with a servo extension cable and a male .100 header myself, since I had similar problem like you had for my Solar Charger project (posted in competed projects) I did several years ago. But, never got around in doing it.

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