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Plug, Ports and Connectors

Mini-DIN connectors come in seven patterns with 3 to 9 pins. Each pattern is uniquely keyed so that plugs from one pattern cannot mate with sockets of another. The seven Mini-DIN connector patterns are official standards because each has distinct and non-overlapping pin arrangements, key sizes and positions, and notch patterns in the circular shielding skirt.

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Plug, Ports and Connectors

Mini-DIN connectors come in seven patterns with 3 to 9 pins. Each pattern is uniquely keyed so that plugs from one pattern cannot mate with sockets of another. The seven Mini-DIN connector patterns are official standards because each has distinct and non-overlapping pin arrangements, key sizes and positions, and notch patterns in the circular shielding skirt.

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Plugs (a part with some type of projection that goes into a port)
2. Ports (Accepts the plug)
3. Connectors (plugs or ports)

MINI DIN CONNECTORS

Mini-DIN connectors are 9.5 mm in diameter and come in seven patterns, with the number of
pins from three to nine. Each pattern is keyed in such a way that a plug with one pattern
cannot be mated with any socket of another pattern. An important aspect of why each of these
7 mini-DIN connectors are official standards is because they are each drastically different
from the other, with no simultaneously and directly overlapping similarities in (1) pin
arrangement, (2) square key size and position, (3) circular shielding metal skirt notches &
metallic additions - unlike the nonstandard mini-DIN connectors which may have directly
overlapping characteristics to each other or to the standard mini-DIN connectors.

(The plug or male connectors shown, as visible when unplugged looking into the connector.)

The pin numbering for the plugs shown above is done left to right, bottom row to top row.
Pin 1 will be on the lower left, and the highest pin number will be on the upper right.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini-DIN_connector to know more about the different types of


mini din connectors.

DIN

A DIN connector is a connector that was originally standardized by the Deutsches Institut für
Normung (DIN), the German national standards organization. There are DIN standards for a large
number of different connectors, therefore the term "DIN connector" alone does not unambiguously
identify any particular type of connector unless the document number of the relevant DIN standard
is added (e.g., "DIN 41524 connector"). In the context of consumer electronics, the term "DIN
connector" commonly refers to a member of a family of circular connectors that were initially
standardized by DIN for analog audio signals. Some of these connectors have also been used in
analog video applications and for digital interfaces such as MIDI or the IBM AT computer keyboard
(later PS/2 connectors for keyboard and mouse are Mini-DIN connectors).

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