13 pin din Adapter

[walter_J64bit]

OK, I need a 13 pin din adapter with two female ends, can anyone help out?

[galax]

If you want to build your own cable, Digi Key has female socket connectors in stock for $3.83, CP-1113-ND http://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/en/SD-130J/CP-1113-ND

 

(Male plug connectors are CP1013-ND)

 

If you don't like soldering you might be able to convince someone to make it for you- I might have time to do it in July.

[walter_J64bit]

If you want to build your own cable, Digi Key has female socket connectors in stock for $3.83, CP-1113-ND http://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/en/SD-130J/CP-1113-ND

 

(Male plug connectors are CP1013-ND)

 

If you don't like soldering you might be able to convince someone to make it for you- I might have time to do it in July.

PMed!

[Charlie_]

13 pin DIN is not fun to solder.

[galax]

I completely destroyed the last one I tried to solder over 20 years ago when I was about 15, lets see how my technique has improved

[+poobah]

13 pin DIN is not fun to solder.

 

I wish they came with solder cup pins. every one i have ever seen had solid pins. not fun.

[galax]

Thankfully, solder cups!

Digi-key part no. CP-1113-ND (SD-130J mf'd by CUI Inc)

[Android8675]

CP-1013-ND for male version.

 

Showmecables.com has 13-pin male plugs (#1745), though digi-key's are less expensive.

[UKRetrogamer]

If you're struggling with the 15-pin DIN soldering, contact Ian at the eBay RetroComputerShack store or send him a message on Twitter @RetroCompShack. I'm pretty sure he'd make up a custom cable for you.

[papa_november]

The round pins aren't meant to be soldered to. If you open up an OEM cable, you'll see tiny crimp pin connectors insulated in little plastic sleeves that are then connected to the round pins. I can't find the exact crimp pin connectors that are used in the OEM cables, but if you take female crimp pins for HD DB connectors and trim the split end off, they'll work. As for the little plastic sleeves, shrink tubing is a good substitute.

Edited June 10, 2014 by papa_november

[galax]

The finished product in all its glory:

 

 

Simple, but a bit fiddly to make.

[walter_J64bit]

Awesome!

[galax]

Let me know how it works! I tested for continuity and shorts pin by pin, but couldn't plug it into anything.

[RodLightning]

Thanks for posting this info. I didn't think the din 13pin connector was common enough to be carried by Digi-Key.

 

I see multiple home made monitor cables in my future! Has anyone had success running ST low and medium resolution into a vga multisync monitor? I remember reading years ago that some vga monitors would scan properly to accomodate the ST and others would not.

[galax]

Yes it was quite a surprise, the 15 pin floppy connectors are hard to find, but for some reason Digi Key have tons of these, must be used for something else too I guess, they can't be stocking them for ST enthusiasts. They also do a 13 pin PCB mount socket (CP-3313-ND and CP-2313-ND), and cable assemblies if you feel like cheating and avoiding soldering inside the little 13 way connector (839-1075-ND, 839-1082-ND, 839-1089-ND, 839-1068-ND).

 

I haven't found an LCD multisync that can handle the ST's low res 15 khz horizontal, the ones I have won't go below 30. I suppose some monitors did back in the day, after all the ST's colour monitor did, but i think there was just no call for it when the first LCDs were being manufactured. I'm going to try my luck with one of those cheap GBS-8220 arcade RGB->VGA adapters that people have had mixed results with.

[frank_c]

I think the 13 pin cables were also used by some old JVC car stereos.

 

I want to connect my old Roland S-50 to an Atari monitor I've been dragging around and need to make a cable.

[+Guitarman]

I have a Roland Guitar Synth where the cable between the guitar and the pedalboard is a 13 pin cable, male on both ends. So they are still used in electronics.

[galax]

I want to connect my old Roland S-50 to an Atari monitor I've been dragging around and need to make a cable.

 

Let me know if I can help, I bought a few extra connectors last time I ordered so have some spare.

 

It's a pretty compact DIN connector, doesn't look as dated as the monster 14-pin DIN floppy one, so it doesn't surprise me that it found some other uses.

[frank_c]

I bought a couple online, and found the connector for the keyboard at Radio Shack and bought the last two they had. Later I got the JVC cable and cut it in half to make two short cables, and that's as far as I got.

[walter_J64bit]

I've got the cable and its works.

Edited July 1, 2014 by walter_J64bit

[walter_J64bit]

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Edited July 1, 2014 by walter_J64bit

[walter_J64bit]

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Edited July 1, 2014 by walter_J64bit

[galax]

Sorry just noticed this- so glad that the cable works!

[tjlazer]

OK, I need a 13 pin din adapter with two female ends, can anyone help out?

 

Curious, what was the perpose for this cable? Extension able? Why two female ends though?

[galax]

It seems that someone built an S-video to Atari monitor RGB converter, and put a male Atari plug on it. Perhaps some ST compatible monitors had a socket on the back, and used a cable with the same connector at both ends, a bit like how VGA cables and ST floppy cables are set up?