Help with cable type

T Chap

I used a 15pin DIN female on two boards. I bought an SVGA cable with 15pin male on each end, but some of the pins are shorted internally in the cable. It seems several SVGA's I have laying around are the same with the internally shorted pins. I was hoping to avoid making these up, is there a cable that is 15 pin DIN that is not internally shorted found at electronic stores? I see some at online stores like this that look like the right idea but I don't want to end up with more VGA type accidentally. Is there a specific name of cable that is straight through with no shorts?

feng

Found in RS-COMPONENTS, Sweden

rosco_pc

A quick google search (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Vga+15+pins+straight+through+cable) finds multiple hits

Yanomani

USA cablesondemand dot com also has it

cablesondemand.com/images/diagrams/CS-DSDHD15MM0.pdf

Duane Degn

rosco_pc wrote: »

A quick google search (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Vga+15+pins+straight+through+cable) finds multiple hits

I see lots of "hits" but I didn't see any answers to the original question.

rosco_pc

Startech, cableondemand, .. and others selling straight through cables

Mickster

+1 cablesondemand

I source my 44pin and 26pin HD cables from these guys.

Also http://www.winford.com/ have them along with a huge range of breakout boards.

kwinn

Duane Degn wrote: »

rosco_pc wrote: »

A quick google search (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Vga+15+pins+straight+through+cable) finds multiple hits

I see lots of "hits" but I didn't see any answers to the original question.

Any cable with "VGA" as part of the name is unlikely to be 15 straight thru connections. The RGB connections typically use shielded coax cables with no insulation around the shield, so at least the 3 RGB ground pins will be shorted together.

T Chap

I bought several more VGA cables yesterday, none are straight through. Nobody carries a straight through at the typical stores that I can find. Plenty online but I was more posting to see if there was some type that anyone was aware of that could be found local in major stores. I ended up making one. They are tying several VGA grounds together, maybe to use smaller and less wire.