Editing Wiring

=== Wire reference ===
For wiring, use 20-28 AWG. 18 can be too stiff while 30 is too fragile. 24-26 AWG works fine in most cases. The Grounds and VCC wires may ofcourse be thicker than the signal wires. Keep wires short, up to ~20cm max (longer gives errors). The shorter the better : 15cm and shorter mostly works fine with AWG26 on SPI.

Use caliper to measure unknown/unmarked wires and compare with table/listing.

==== Table: AWG (inch) / Euro (mm) ====
{| class="wikitable"
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! American<br />Wire<br />Gauge !! Diameter !! Cross<br /> Sectional<br /> Area !! Diameter !! Cross<br /> Sectional<br /> Area !! rowspan="2" | Notes
|-
! (AWG) !! d (inch) !! A (inch<sup>2</sup>) !! d (mm) !! A (mm<sup>2</sup>)
|-
|0000 (-3) || 0,4600 || 0,1662 || 11,6839 || 107,2172 || 
|-
|000 (-2) || 0,4096 || 0,1318 || 10,4048 || 85,0279 || 
|-
|00 (-1) || 0,3648 || 0,1045 || 9,2658 || 67,4308 || 
|-
|0 || 0,3249 || 0,0829 || 8,2515 || 53,4756 || 
|-
|1 || 0,2893 || 0,0657 || 7,3482 || 42,4085 || 
|-
|2 || 0,2576 || 0,0521 || 6,5438 || 33,6318 || 
|-
|3 || 0,2294 || 0,0413 || 5,8275 || 26,6715 || 
|-
|4 || 0,2043 || 0,0328 || 5,1895 || 21,1516 || 
|-
|5 || 0,1819 || 0,0260 || 4,6214 || 16,7742 || 
|-
|6 || 0,1620 || 0,0206 || 4,1155 || 13,3027 || 
|-
|7 || 0,1443 || 0,0164 || 3,6650 || 10,5496 || 
|-
|8 || 0,1285 || 0,0130 || 3,2638 || 8,3663 || 
|-
|9 || 0,1144 || 0,0103 || 2,9065 || 6,6348 || 
|-
|10 || 0,1019 || 0,0082 || 2,5883 || 5,2617 || 
|-
|11 || 0,0907 || 0,0065 || 2,3050 || 4,1728 || 
|-
|12 || 0,0808 || 0,0051 || 2,0527 || 3,3092 || 
|-
|13 || 0,0720 || 0,0041 || 1,8279 || 2,6243 || 
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|14 || 0,0641 || 0,0032 || 1,6278 || 2,0812 || 
|-
|15 || 0,0571 || 0,0026 || 1,4496 || 1,6505 || 
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|16 || 0,0508 || 0,0020 || 1,2910 || 1,3089 || 
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|17 || 0,0453 || 0,0016 || 1,1496 || 1,0380 || 
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|18 || 0,0403 || 0,0013 || 1,0238 || 0,8232 || 
|-
|19 || 0,0359 || 0,0010 || 0,9117 || 0,6528 || 
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|20 || 0,0320 || 0,0008 || 0,8119 || 0,5177 || 
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|21 || 0,0285 || 0,0006 || 0,7230 || 0,4106 || 
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|22 || 0,0253 || 0,0005 || 0,6439 || 0,3256 || 
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|23 || 0,0226 || 0,0004 || 0,5734 || 0,2582 || 
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|24 || 0,0201 || 0,0003 || 0,5106 || 0,2048 || 
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|25 || 0,0179 || 0,0003 || 0,4547 || 0,1624 || 
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|26 || 0,0159 || 0,0002 || 0,4049 || 0,1288 || 
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|27 || 0,0142 || 0,0002 || 0,3606 || 0,1021 || 
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|28 || 0,0126 || 0,0001 || 0,3211 || 0,0810 || 
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| 29 || 0.0113 ||  || 0.286 || 0.064 || 
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| 30 || 0.0100 ||  || 0.255 || 0.051 || 
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| 31 || 0.00893 ||  || 0.227 || 0.040 || 
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| 32 || 0.00795 ||  || 0.202 || 0.032 || 
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| 33 || 0.00708 ||  || 0.180 || 0.025 || 
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| 34 || 0.00631 ||  || 0.160 || 0.020 || 
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| 35 || 0.00562 ||  || 0.143 || 0.016 || 
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| 36 || 0.00500 ||  || 0.127 || 0.013 || 
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| 37 || 0.00445 ||  || 0.113 || 0.010 || 
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| 38 || 0.00397 ||  || 0.101 || 0.008 || 
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| 39 || 0.00353 ||  || 0.0897 || 0.006 || 
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| 40 || 0.00314 ||  || 0.0799 || 0.005 || 
|-
|}

==== Alternative/cable comparison ====
    PATA/floppy 40-conductor cable - AWG28 (0.0126" / 0.321mm) with 0.0333" pitch +/- 0.002"
    PATA/floppy 40-conductor cable - AWG30 (0.0100" / 0.255mm) with 0.0333" pitch +/- 0.002"
 &nbsp; 
    PATA 80-conductor cable - AWG30 (0.0100" / 0.255mm) with 0.025" pitch +/- 0.0016"
    PATA 80-conductor cable - AWG30 (0.0100" / 0.255mm) with 0.025" pitch +/- 0.002"
    PATA 80-conductor cable - AWG31 (0.00893" / 0.227mm) with 0.025" pitch +/- 0.002"
    PATA 80-conductor cable - AWG32 (0.00795" / 0.202mm) with 0.025" pitch +/- 0.002"
 &nbsp; 
    Category 6 (ANSI/TIA-568-B.2-1) network cable: 4 twisted pairs of 22AWG (0.0253" / 0.644mm)
    Category 6 (ANSI/TIA-568-B.2-1) network cable: 4 twisted pairs of 23AWG (0.0226" / 0.573mm)
    Category 6 (ANSI/TIA-568-B.2-1) network cable: 4 twisted pairs of 24AWG (0.0201" / 0.511mm)
 &nbsp; 
    Category 5/5e (TIA/EIA 568-5-A) network cable: 4 twisted pairs of 24AWG (0.0201" / 0.511mm)
 &nbsp; 
    Category 5e patch (TIA/EIA 568-5-A) network cable: 4 twisted pairs of 26AWG (0.0159" / 0.405mm)
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    SATA : solid 26 AWG - 0.0159" / 0.405mm
    SATA : solid 28 AWG - 0.0126" / 0.321mm
    SATA : solid 30 AWG - 0.0100" / 0.255mm


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