Buying Wires

[pmeledeo]

I apologize if this has been answered several times before. I'm either not good at navigating through the forums or I am not searching the proper terms but I cannot find my answer so I figured I would just ask in a new topic.

Like many others on here, I am new to electronics projects and am trying to find wires to buy to use in this project. I know Wermy mentioned in his guides that you can cut up old USB cables lying around. That's good but I would like to get a fresh set of wires rather than chopping up my USB cables. Plus I feel like it would be good to have some anyway. Is there something specific I need to look for when buying these colored wires? Do I need to get different wires for different parts of the build? I saw this ribbon cable on Amazon and wondered if something like this was suitable to use for every part of the build.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01D9 ... 27JSX7SHMW

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks guys.

[WoodMill]

That's the exact product I purchased. Don't forget you'll need a wire stripper. Mine only went to 22 gauge I think, and still worked. A commenter on that product said that the rainbow wire is 28 gauge.

About the USB cable. Go to Good Will on a 50% off day and get a couple for $.50. Get those old ones with the square end on them like printers use. Then use that cable when running anything usb or power.

[pmeledeo]

Oh okay great. Yeah I knew I would need a wire stripper as well and figured I would cross that bridge once I actually got the wires. So use the USB cable wires for anything power/USB related but for everything else I can just use this rainbow ribbon?

[WoodMill]

That's how I used mine. The controller board connected to the Teensy I did with the rainbow wire. And if you have the Kitsch Bent board, you'll need something as small as that rainbow wire.

And pretty much everything else I did using the USB cable.

I'd imagine that when I get Helders new AIO board, I'll pretty much only use the USB cable, except for the L+R buttons.

[pmeledeo]

Yeah I preordered Helder's new board so when that comes in I'll basically be following Wermy's latest 2-part guide. I just wanted to make sure I was using the proper cables as I am clueless as to what sort of wires are necessary for different things.