Hi,
I am currently working on a home robotics project and I need some creative advice about wire management.
I got Five different wire type: 2 usb, one standard power and two Cat-5 cable. Since it is a moving platform, I want to control the length of the cable group. They can be individual or mounted/wrapped as a whole cable...We are talking about a max of 6 feet long here.
Here are the approach that I have looked at with the results:
-Spring return mechanism: What I found was way too big or expensive for my need.
- Coiled cable (telephone like): A little bit expensive for some type of cables and hard to find. Digikey or major distributor doesn't have anything to offer most of the time.
For my question, do you have idea or solutions to my problem? General concept, out of the box thinking, throw yourself loose at this one. Maybe, it will spark an idea!
Simon
I am currently working on a home robotics project and I need some creative advice about wire management.
I got Five different wire type: 2 usb, one standard power and two Cat-5 cable. Since it is a moving platform, I want to control the length of the cable group. They can be individual or mounted/wrapped as a whole cable...We are talking about a max of 6 feet long here.
Here are the approach that I have looked at with the results:
-Spring return mechanism: What I found was way too big or expensive for my need.
- Coiled cable (telephone like): A little bit expensive for some type of cables and hard to find. Digikey or major distributor doesn't have anything to offer most of the time.
For my question, do you have idea or solutions to my problem? General concept, out of the box thinking, throw yourself loose at this one. Maybe, it will spark an idea!
Simon