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Wire to use with Sensors

I am trying to minimize interference in a sensor project. Can anyone recommend a good shielded wire I can solder into my board?
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What are the ways I can make my circuit communicate with a computer?

I am a novice at electronics hacking. I would like to know how I can make a circuit communicate with a PC. Take for example, a simple circuit, with one LED and a switch. The switch …
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3 Wire Digital Scale Strain Gauge Weight Sensor

How do I connect/use a 3 Wire Digital Scale Strain Gauge Weight Sensor? I took it from an old weight meant for people. :) The wires are red, black and white. I found this, http: …
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Cheap solid equipment wire for breadboard from online shop?

Huge price differences: Farnell Finland 66.7EUR, Farnell UK CPC 23Pounds, cannot find in eBay or Dealextreme, nearly out of stock in CPC Farnell. I need it for breadboard, fast pro …
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Shielding Techniques for Digital Sensor

What shielding techniques would be best suited for a digital sensor (3 wires - Pwr, Gnd, Sig) in a noisy environment (specifically fluorescent lighting)? Twisted pair (trio in thi …
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Stranded vs solid wire

What are the advantages of stranded vs solid wire? what should i be using for prototyping circuits?
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Source for flexible, stranded wire

Can someone suggest a source and part number for insulated, stranded small-gauge wire (around 22AWG) that is flexible and doesn't hold its shape? Something along the lines of the …
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Virtual Wire Control

I'm running Virtual Wire between two Arduino's and, so far I've been able to send characters and receive them on the other side. Problem is, how do I turn this received 'A' (o …
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Steam plant data logging

I was trying to design a data logging application using something like a www.ruggedcircuits.com gator+ board with some sort of rugged zigbee module for measuring principally steam …