vga wiring
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Thursday 11th March 2010
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Does anybody have a wiring diagram WITH the colours of each connector?
I've found loads that just say VSync etc, but no colour.

I've found one here... http://www.catskillsupply.com/pdf/12280-csc.pdf
but would like another to check against as they show the wire on one page, but there are wires in the image not in the table!

I've cut off a molded plug and am still trying to remove the casing to get the diagram myself.

TIA

tribbles

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246 months

Thursday 11th March 2010
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Funnily enough, I was making a PCB to generate a VGA signal from an FPGA last night.

Pins 1, 2 and 3 are R, G and B respectively.

Pins 14 and 15 are VSYNC and HSYNC (although I can't remember which).

Pins 6, 7, 8 and 10 are ground (on my board).

And that's the only ones I have connected.

headcase

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241 months

Thursday 11th March 2010
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You will find that the actual colours is irrelevent as long as each signal type uses the correct cable, for instance the RGB needs to run through seperatly screened cables where the sync (H/V) just needs singal cores. You will find that different manufacturers use different cable and the colours will differ.
Sounds to me more like you need a multimeter rather than a colour diagram so you can make up your own.

size13

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Thursday 11th March 2010
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Thanks for the replies.
Sounds like I need to get the plug off so I can see what's already used.

tribbles

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Thursday 11th March 2010
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Ahh - you wanted to know the actual physical cable colours. Probably undefined.

If you've got a multimeter, then you should be able to do it without damaging the plug.

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Thursday 11th March 2010
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tribbles said:
Ahh - you wanted to know the actual physical cable colours. Probably undefined.

If you've got a multimeter, then you should be able to do it without damaging the plug.
Yeh, I thought they were a bit like cat5 where each connector was a specific colour and there was a standard. Obviously not!