5 Pin Din Connector To Usb
There is a simple reason why it does not work. The keyboard does not talk the USB protocol.With most mice and keyboards you have the following options:. PS/2 mouse, using the PS/2 protocol. Works only in PS/2 plug.Does not work with a PS/2 to USB plug. USB mouse, using the USB protocol.
Works only via and USB plug. A mouse understanding both PS2 and USB, auto-detecting which wiring is in use.
This one will work both when plugged into a PS/2 port and when (with a convertor) plugged into an USB port.The same is true for keyboards, though there are many more mice that support both PS/2 and USB than keyboards.Now your keyboard has a old din plug. That means it is probably very old. Thus it is unlikely that it groks both the pre-PS2 din way and the modern USB method. This is why it fails.If you want to get it to work you will need to add an active device which speaks both the old protocol and the new one.
A mere plug which connects a few cables will no do.Some nice picture to help me gain rep let the younger readers understand just what AT Din5, PS/2 etc is:And some convertors with active electronics inside them. These will work, even for old PS/2 keyboards. I never tested them with an additional AT keyboard plug. I am suggesting that that may work. But as I wrote, I never actually tested that.
I do have used things like the bottom left 'active cable` and they work even with very old keyboards which do not understand USB. (In fact, I am typing that from the IBM model M keyboard I tested it with. Made in 1991 and still working).
5 Pin Din Connector To Usb
However going back to DIN5 keyboards is out of my experience. I do not know if those are fully compatible with PS/2.
(with fully I mean: If only the form differs, but the signals are compatible).–Mar 25 '13 at 17:42. DIN-5 used and PS/2 both use the same protocol, colloquially known as 'AT'. (in the case o PS/2, it's 'ATX'.) That's why the PS/2 is simply smaller, using a mini-DIN-6 connector instead o a DIN-5Please note that really old keyboard (early 1980's keyboards), though using the 5-DIN connector, used the older XT protocol, so it probably wouldn't be compatible.As far as the computer is concerned, there shouldn't be any difference between a PS/2 keyboard and a DIN-5 keyboard with a PS/2 adapter. So either the adapter is malfunctioning, or something isn't working on the USB side o things.
Sorry, I seemed to have vanished from Instructables for so many years and I have seen many messages in inbox. A lot of people seem to be confused regarding the how to determine the function of the pins. Please refer to Step 4. The function of each pin is fixed but the colours would vary so the main logic is finding which colour wire corresponds to which pin (so you dont need to find the function of each). I did a continuity test or a beep test with the multimeter. Dont worry if you dont have a multimeter.
5 Pin Din Connector To Usb Drive
Just take a small led/bulb and a 3V battery with wires. That will work too. Do the same with the PS/2 connector and join the wires and it would work as a PS2 keyboard. PS/2 to USB connections are very cheaply available for a £1 or so your old keyboard can be an emergency backup for your USB keyboard.
5 Pin Din Plug To Usb Converter
Also as I mentioned it was kind of a late night idea so I just joined up the wires and not soldered them so it looks a bit rough. I know:) Hope this helps.