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I am working with the Arduino and a breadboard and I was thinking that it would be very nice to have a breadboard cable kit for Arduino.  Does anyone have any suggestions for making a set of cables for hooking up the Arduino to a breadboard?  

I was looking around a bit at the solderless ribbon cable connectors, but I didn't really find anything appropriate.  Soldering connectors takes soo long, and the solderless connectors are so easy and not too much money, so it would be a nice solution.

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Tom Igoe developed a shield for arduino with an integrated mini-breadboard for prototyping
you can find it here http://www.tigoe.net/pcomp/code/archives/arduino/000760.shtml#000760

else you can put the Atmega8 standalone on a breadboard...without the board
http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/StandaloneAssembly
so that you don't need any cable...
the beginning setup takes a little time but once you are done you can slide any component directly into the breadboard pin.

also look under the shields section...
http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoShields
not exactly what you are looking for but it can usefull

cheers
b.

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I created a quick breadboard shield for Arduino that's pretty easy to put together in a few minutes.  
Check out: http://todbot.com/blog/2006/07/11/arduino-breadboard-shield/

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Hey, very cool.  I added a link to it from the Arduino shields page:
http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoShields

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I found a nice solution for cabling to a breadboard:

http://www.arieselec.com/Web_Data_Sheets/11005/11005.htm

I don't know the price yet, but I am going to try to get some samples to test them out.

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Those flex jumpers are a great idea.
If you search on Mouser for "flex jumpers .10" you get a bunch.
Not exactly what you reference, but close.
For instance, one of them is part number "571-FSN-24A-8", $1.28 each.
It's 8 conductor, 4 inch, with tinned leads on each end.
It's part of a whole series with different conductor count and lead length.

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If you buy just a strip of pins, like the isp connector on the arduino but then one row only, you could use a simple ide or floppy cable from a computer. they exist with long pins on both sides, even with a square bend so the cable extends not upward, but parallel to the board.

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