# Cabel question

**URL:** https://forum.midibox.org/t/cabel-question/18598
**Category:** Parts Questions
**Created:** [September 24, 2014, 10:08am UTC](https://forum.midibox.org/t/cabel-question/18598 "2014-09-24T10:08:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![eptheca](https://forum.midibox.org/user_avatar/forum.midibox.org/eptheca/32/183_2.png) [@eptheca](https://forum.midibox.org/u/eptheca)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2014, 10:08am UTC](https://forum.midibox.org/t/cabel-question/18598/1 "2014-09-24T10:08:40Z")

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I’m looking for a type of flat cable with solid or tinned copper, and with “double spacing” 2,54mm.

I see it often used to connect pcb’s

Here on MIDIbox, I think people use it in the MB-6582

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Any suggestions on what exactly it’s called?

A brand?

Where to get it? ( I’m in Norway, Europe)

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I have of course googled, searched on Mouser, Farnell and Elfa

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Cheers

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### Author: ![latigid\_on](https://forum.midibox.org/user_avatar/forum.midibox.org/latigid_on/32/107_2.png) [@latigid\_on](https://forum.midibox.org/u/latigid_on)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2014, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.midibox.org/t/cabel-question/18598/2 "2014-09-25T07:07:25Z")

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Maybe this helps?

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[http://discourse.midibox.org/t/topic/11005](http://discourse.midibox.org/t/topic/11005)

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I ended up buying Mouser part&nbsp;571-FSP-22A-8, for a soon to be completed MB-6582.

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### Author: ![eptheca](https://forum.midibox.org/user_avatar/forum.midibox.org/eptheca/32/183_2.png) [@eptheca](https://forum.midibox.org/u/eptheca)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.midibox.org/t/cabel-question/18598/3 "2014-09-26T19:33:40Z")

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thanks 🙂

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### Author: ![Altitude](https://forum.midibox.org/user_avatar/forum.midibox.org/altitude/32/37_2.png) [@Altitude](https://forum.midibox.org/u/Altitude)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2014, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.midibox.org/t/cabel-question/18598/4 "2014-09-28T11:11:25Z")

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I’d recommend against that stuff, it breaks pretty easily and once you break one lead, you have to replace the whole cable which is major PITA. &nbsp;I use standard ribbon cable with DIL connectors along with IDC headers which allows you to disconnect everything if you need to (you only use half of the connector). &nbsp;It’s strong and you never have to solder the ribbon to the board. &nbsp;Alternatively, you can just bite the bullet and use one wire per connection, its a lot of work but much more practical since if something breaks, its an easy fix&nbsp;

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### Author: ![latigid\_on](https://forum.midibox.org/user_avatar/forum.midibox.org/latigid_on/32/107_2.png) [@latigid\_on](https://forum.midibox.org/u/latigid_on)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2014, 5:29am UTC](https://forum.midibox.org/t/cabel-question/18598/5 "2014-10-18T05:29:59Z")

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Here’s a partly finished MB-6582 with the previously mentioned cables:

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These wires look like solid tin to me. They are quite rigid, but they conform to a bendy shape. No problems thus far!&nbsp;