Longer cables

Couldn’t find anywhere to order a longer cable with a shielded single pair of wires heavy enough to power the motor.  Sent an email to Super Droid Robots asking if I could get a longer cable from them.

Also having trouble finding cable for the encoders.  The original cables have four pairs of twisted wires and the whole thing is wrapped in foil.  Found a place online to order cables, but the price was fairly high for the number of feet I need.  Finally found the best solution – it turns out that ethernet cable also has four pairs of twisted wires.  If you get CAT6 ethernet cable, it is shielded.  Now I just have to find some cheap, shielded ethernet cable.

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