DIN Connectors

Authors:

Geoffrey Hunter

Published On:

Sep 5, 2011

Last Updated:

Jun 8, 2022

DIN Connectors

The DIN connector was originally developed by the German National Standards Organisation. The known standards are:

DIN 41524
DIN 41612
DIN 43356
DIN 41652

DIN connectors with different numbers of pins can sometimes mate with each other. For example, 3-pin DIN connectors used for mono audio can mate with the left-channel of larger 5-pin DIN stereo connections. DIN connectors were used for the PS/2 keyboard and mouse connectors (know succeeded by the USB connector).

Mini-DIN Connectors

Mini-DIN connectors are smaller versions of the DIN connectors and are 9.5mm in diameter. A major difference between DIN and Mini-DIN connectors is that Mini-DIN connectors cannot be mated with any of different-number-of-pins Mini-DIN connectors.

Mini-DIN connectors have been used for the S-video interface.