/members-area/personalblogs/b/nexgen-flight-simuator/posts/soldering-school---part-3-the-cable-multi-purpose-color-display-f-a-18c-d-mpcdWell here we are again, I know your going to ask me why am I making a post just for this dam cable??? The cable that had a short in it.Figure 1 THE ANALYSIS: As you may know back in February I said &quot;It looks like there was a whisker shortingen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/nexgen-flight-simuator/posts/soldering-school---part-3-the-cable-multi-purpose-color-display-f-a-18c-d-mpcdWed, 24 Sep 2014 18:49:24 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:03e4698c-b6a6-4465-b181-93539d958c69shabaz1<p>Hi Cris,</p><p>Thanks to the link to the document, this looks great - looking forward to going through it. There is clearly decades of experience in there, so well worth studying.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=18702&AppID=300&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/nexgen-flight-simuator/posts/soldering-school---part-3-the-cable-multi-purpose-color-display-f-a-18c-d-mpcdWed, 24 Sep 2014 18:40:52 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:03e4698c-b6a6-4465-b181-93539d958c69DAB0<p>Hi Chris,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Good post.</p><p>I would add here that 50% of avionics failures are due to cable issues.</p><p>Between a bad wire in a cable, the wrong cable connected to the wrong box, and just loose cable connections, well you get the picture.</p><p>The best device in the world cannot work if its not plugged in properly.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So I am glad that you emphasized the cable issue.&nbsp; It bites nearly every project at one point or another.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=18702&AppID=300&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">