Wires: Difference between revisions
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==Pre-terminated wires== | ==Pre-terminated wires== | ||
* male-male, male-female, female-female 0.1 inch / 2.54 mm header terminated | * male-male, male-female, female-female 0.1 inch / 2.54 mm header terminated ribbon cables | ||
* 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 connector pre-terminated single sided jst, jst-xr, molex, xt60 | * 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 connector pre-terminated single sided jst, jst-xr, molex, xt60 | ||
* 2 conductor, 3 conductor, 4 conductor 14 awg "speaker" wire | * 2 conductor, 3 conductor, 4 conductor 14 awg "speaker" wire | ||
Revision as of 22:59, 21 October 2021
| Materials: | Metals, Plastics, Rubbers |
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| Transformations: | Drawing, Coating |
| Tools: | Crimping pliers, Cutters, Heat guns, Soldering irons |
| Parts: | Ferrules, Electrical connectors |
Introduction
A wire is a single usually cylindrical, flexible strand or rod of metal. Wires are used to bear mechanical loads or electricity and telecommunications signals. Wire is commonly formed by drawing the metal through a hole in a die or draw plate. Wire gauges come in various standard sizes, as expressed in terms of a gauge number. The term 'wire' is also used more loosely to refer to a bundle of such strands, as in "multistranded wire", which is more correctly termed a wire rope in mechanics, or a cable in electricity.
Challenges
Approaches
An electrical cable is an assembly of one or more wires running side by side or bundled, which is used to carry electric current.
Pre-terminated wires
- male-male, male-female, female-female 0.1 inch / 2.54 mm header terminated ribbon cables
- 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 connector pre-terminated single sided jst, jst-xr, molex, xt60
- 2 conductor, 3 conductor, 4 conductor 14 awg "speaker" wire
Each can be cut in center and stripped to interface with ferrules and electrical connectors or heat shrink solder connectors and other pre-terminated wires.
Lengths
- 300mm
- 500mm
- 1000mm
- 1500mm
- 2000mm
