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CAT-5 Ethernet HDMI Firewire USB Cable Pinouts

This webpage illustrates many of the most common household cable pinouts.  These include CAT-5 Ethernet, HDMI, Firewire, USB and DVI to name a few.  It also covers high voltage receptacle pinouts commonly used in your home.

Ethernet Cable Pinout

ethernet-pinout  rj45-pinoutenet-cable-pinout

Pin #
(T568B)
Wire Diagram
(T568B)
10Base-T
100Base-TX
1000Base-T
1 white/orange Transmit+ BI_DA+
2 orange Transmit- BI_DA-
3 white/green Receive+ BI_DB+
4 blue Unused BI_DC+
5 white/blue Unused BI_DC-
6 green Receive- BI_DB-
7 white/brown Unused BI_DD+
8 brown Unused BI_DD-


Pin #
(T568A)
Wire Diagram
(T568A)
10Base-T
100Base-TX
1000Base-T
1 white/green Transmit+ BI_DA+
2 green Transmit- BI_DA-
3 white/orange Receive+ BI_DB+
4 blue Unused BI_DC+
5 white/blue Unused BI_DC-
6 orange Receive- BI_DB-
7 white/brown Unused BI_DD+
8 brown Unused BI_DD-

 

USB Cable Pinout

Plugs Receptacles

Series A

USB cable pinouts USB receptacle pinout

Series B

USB cable series b pinout usb b receptacle pinout

Mini-USB Series A

mini-usb series A pinout mini-usb receptacle pinout

Mini-USB
Series B

mini-usb series b pinout

Standard USB Cable Pinouts

PIN Function
1 V BUS (+5V)
2 D-
3 D+
4 Ground

Mini-USB Cable Pinouts

PIN Function
1 V BUS (+5V)
2 D-
3 D+
4 ID
5 Ground

HDMI Cable Pinout

HDMI cable pinouts

PIN Function
1 TMDS Data2+
2 TMDS Data2 Shield
3 TMDS Data2-
4 TMDS Data1+
5 TMDS Data1 Shield
6 TMDS Data1-
7 TMDS Data0+
8 TMDS Data0 Shield
9 TMDS Data0-
10 TMDS Clock+
11 TMDS Clock Shield
12 TMDS Clock-
13 CEC
14 Reserved
15 SCL
16 SDA
17 DDC/CEC Ground
18 +5 V Power
19 Hot Plug Detect

DVI Cable Pinout

dvi cable pinouts

dvi pinout

PIN Function
1 T.M.D.S DATA 2-
2 T.M.D.S DATA 2+
3 T.M.D.S DATA 2/4 SHIELD
4 T.M.D.S DATA 4-
5 T.M.D.S DATA 4+
6 DDC CLOCK
7 DDC DATA
8 ANALOG VERT. SYNC
9 T.M.D.S DATA 1-
10 T.M.D.S DATA 1+
11 T.M.D.S DATA 1/3 SHIELD
12 T.M.D.S DATA 3-
13 T.M.D.S DATA 3+
14 +5V POWER
15 GND
16 HOT PLUG DETECT
17 T.M.D.S DATA 0-
18 T.M.D.S DATA 0+
19 T.M.D.S DATA 0/5 SHIELD
20 T.M.D.S DATA 5-
21 T.M.D.S DATA 5+
22 T.M.D.S CLOCK SHIELD
23 T.M.D.S CLOCK+
24 T.M.D.S CLOCK-
C1 ANALOG RED
C2 ANALOG GREEN
C3 ANALOG BLUE
C4 ANALOG HORZ SYNC
C5 ANALOG GROUND

Dual Link versus Single Link DVI Pinouts

dvi pinouts dual link

Component Video Cable Pinout

component video cable pinouts        connecting component video cables

Color Signal Function
Green Y Carries luma (brightness or luminance) and synchronization (sync) information
Blue PB Carries the difference between blue and luma (B − Y)
Red BR Carries the difference between red and luma (R − Y)

The designation for analog component video signals. The "Y," "Pb" and "Pr" are sets of three inputs or outputs on video equipment and TVs. The three cables used in a YPbPr connection represent higher quality than the single-wire composite cable commonly used to hook up video equipment, because the brightness and color components of the signal are maintained separately. The YPbPr signals are derived from the red, green and blue (RGB) colors captured by a scanner or digital camera, and RGB is converted into brightness and two color difference signals (B-Y and R-Y) for TV/video.

S-Video Pinout

svideo-plugs-video-pinout

PIN Signal  Function
1 GND  Ground (Y) 
2 GND  Ground (C) 
3 Intensity (Luminance)
4 Color (Chrominance) 

RCA (Composite) Pinout

Color Function
Yellow Composite Video Signal
White Stereo Audio (Left)
Red Stereo Audio (Right)

PS/2 Cable Pinout

ps2-plugps2-pinout

PIN Function
1 Keyboard/Mouse Data
2 Unused
3 GND
4 VCC (+5V)
5 Keyboard/Mouse Clock
6 Unused

Firewire Cable Pinout

firewire-pinout-mini

firewire-cable-pinout        firewire-pins

4-pin Connector 6-pin Connector Signal  Function
  VCC  +30V unregulated DC 
  GND  Ground 
TPB-  Twisted pair B 
TPB+  Twisted pair B 
TPA-  Twisted pair A 
TPA+  Twisted pair A 

VGA Cable Pinouts

vga cable pinoutvga cable socket pinout

PIN Function
1 Red
2 Green 
3 Blue 
4 No Connect 
5 Ground 
6 Ground 
7 Ground
Ground
9 No Connect
10 Ground
11 No Connect
12 DDC DAT
13 Horiz Sync
14 Vert Sync
15 DDC Clock

Serial Cable Pinout

serial-cable-pinout    db9-male-pinout

PIN Function
1 Data Carrier Detect (DCD)
2 Receive Data (RXD)
3 Transmit Data (TXD)
4 Data Termainl Ready (DTR)
5 Ground
6 Data Set Ready (DSR)
7 Request to Send (RTS)
8 Clear to Send (CTS)
9 Ringing Indicator (RI)

Parallel (LPT) Port Pinout

parallel-port-pinout

PIN Function
1 Strobe
2 Data Bit 0
3 Data Bit 1
4 Data Bit 2
5 Data Bit 3
6 Data Bit 4
7 Data Bit 5
8 Data Bit 6
9 Data Bit 7
10 Acknowledge (ACK)
11 Busy
12 Paper End (PE)
13 Select (SEL)
14 Autofeed (AUTOFD)
15 Error
16 Initialize (INIT)
17 Select In (SELIN)
18 Signal Ground (GND)
19 Signal Ground (GND)
20 Signal Ground (GND)
21 Signal Ground (GND)
22 Signal Ground (GND)
23 Signal Ground (GND)
24 Signal Ground (GND)
25 Signal Ground (GND)

NEMA Plugs and Receptacles

NEMA-plugs-receptacles

Locking Type NEMA Plugs and Receptacles

nema-locking-plugs

 

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Cable Pinouts

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