This is difficult to answer accurately without seeing the PCB layout/routing/wiring and spending a fair bit of time reading the module datasheets.
Probably the main thing to watch for is the power supply network for the sensors - for instance if you have a long looping ground return this could cause problems (use a star grounding system instead, or if on the PCB a ground plane is the ideal way to go - the distribution board you link to looks quite well designed at a glance)
Place plenty of decoupling capacitors (e.g. 1uF ceramic) near the supply pins, and ferrite beads are your friend here too (as well as power rails these can be used on data lines too to reduce the high frequency components resulting from fast rise times)
With the two RF transceivers, try and keep them apart from each other and the PCB as best you can.
Zener noise is variable depending on the device fabrication and parameters, so you can't in general get a fixed noise level from a zener in the same way that you can just order a 5.6V Zener and know that it'll produce that certain breakdown voltage with whatever tolerance is applicable. Of course you can buy characterized and specified purpose built noise diodes which will be guaranteed to produce a certain characteristic of noise under a given set of operating conditions but these are rare or expensive or not necessarily applicable depending on how you want your noise shaped.
The other commenter is correct that you can use a noise source and a variable or selected attenuator to produce a given maximum noise level from a source or some attenuated value from that source, though the source noise density and bandwidth itself might vary depending on age, voltage, current, temperature, load impedance, et. al. so you'll need to measure and select a configuration to produce the appropriate level output for a given source and operating condition.
A common way to adjust the level of a signal would be to use an AGC amplifier such that you apply a variable gain or loss to an input signal such that the power or peak or envelope of the output signal is at some predefined level, and the "automatic" part of the "gain control" will act as a control system to keep the level within your desired setpoint. There are many AGC amplifiers for RF / IF applications that would be applicable -- check Analog Devices, Linear Technology, TI, AVAGO and similar vendors for part options.
Many kinds of resistors have theoretically predictable thermal noise characteristics depending on the measurement bandwidth, resistor temperature, and resistance value, though the noise level is generally much lower than a good noise diode, and often controlled relatively high temperatures are required to generate a lot of noise (relative to other options).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson%E2%80%93Nyquist_noise
You could use a peseudo random digital generator made by a CPLD, MCU, or other logic device implementing a LFSR or other pseudo random sequence generator and feed that output through whatever kind of DAC, filter, and buffer you require to get a fixed level noise output -- the DAC would generate a predictable output level and the filter / buffer would have known spectral shape and gain/loss.
I suggest a properly biased zener diode with appropriate shielding and construction, in an oven if necessary, followed by an AGC amplifier and filter.
If I recall correctly you could probably find some application notes about such a setup from places like LINEAR TECHNOLOGY, AVAGO, the old AGILENT / HP diodes/discretes ANs, BSTJ, probably M/A-COM, maybe FAIRCHILD or MICROCHIP or ON-SEMI / old Motorola. Maybe the old National Semiconductor linear applications too.
If you used a small FPGA plus DDS or Sigma Delta DAC you could probably generate a selectable level / spectrally colored noise (if that matters to you) relatively easily.
Edit -- more information --
http://cds.linear.com/docs/en/application-note/an61fa.pdf
(see pages 24-26, and appendix b of an61)
http://www.linear.com/docs/4262
http://www.maximintegrated.com/app-notes/index.mvp/id/3469
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Is there an equivalent to this cable where the data member is a "star quad" cable? A differential signalling standard on correctly wired "star quad" cable is more resistant to interference.
Star quad cable has 4 conductors in a circle (I numbered them clockwise below)
1 2
4 3
Use 1 and 3 in parallel for one leg, and 2 and 4 for the other. This gives much better noise cancellation than a regular twisted pair.
The downside of star quad is a much higher capacitance between legs, but over short (1m) runs that won't be such a problem.
edit : this tight twist is what I think of as star quad; though ordinary quad used the same way will also provide reasonably good immunity to interference. Image from the Canford catalogue.