I haven't gotten my R-Pi yet, otherwise I would've just tried it, but do I need a ribbon cable to use GPIO or can I just connect a bunch of wires from the pins to a solder-less breadboard?
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Do I need to use a ribbon cable for GPIO?
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It is risky to wire so close to the rPi board.
Using an old IDE ribbon cable is less risk.
I use an Adafruit Pi Cobbler Breakout to breaks out rPi pins onto a breadboard.
answered Aug 12 '12 at 9:57
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Bunch of wires is fine. You must connect GND, don't source current from the 3V3 pin and the pins aren't 5V compatible.
answered Aug 11 '12 at 19:13
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Do I need to use a ribbon cable for GPIO?
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It is risky to wire so close to the rPi board.
Using an old IDE ribbon cable is less risk.
I use an Adafruit Pi Cobbler Breakout to breaks out rPi pins onto a breadboard.
answered Aug 12 '12 at 9:57
Hellonearthis
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Note that apparently using an IDE cable can be dangerous for your RasPi! See a comment on hackaday, and a warning in GPIO tutorial. - akavel Nov 10 '12 at 19:19
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