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A Wiki For Cable and Connector Pin-Outs
Nicola Asuni writes to let us know about a new resource for hardware hackers: a wiki about pinouts — hardware interfaces of modern and obsolete hardware. "Created with the same MediaWiki software that was developed for the Wikipedia project, AllPinouts.org is a wiki that allows users to get and share information about hardware interfaces, including pinouts of ports, expansion slots, and other connectors of computers and different electronic devices (i.e. cellular phones, GPS, PDA, game consoles, etc.). All text is available under the GNU Free Documentation License and may be distributed or linked accordingly. The 'pinout' (or 'pin-out') of a connector identifies each individual pin, which is critical when creating, repairing or hacking cable assemblies and adapters."
About time. I've been hoping someone with some bandwidth to spare would be kind enough to collect all of this information in one place for us hackers. We appreciate it! Thanks!
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pinouts.ru was the first place i look for pinouts. this wiki looks promising, as it has long lists of commercial gadgets.
1) There's been pinout sites for as long as I can remember - I can recall using one a serious amount of time ago to help me interface some kit to a serial multiplexer, but all the merrier I suppose.
2) How long before some manufacturer claims their pinouts are proprietary/trade secret/patented/act of god and slaps a takedown order on their info?
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/.ed? Feh. It's still working for me.
It looks like something that might, someday, become a useful resource. But: I find it annoying that the wiki doesn't allow anonymous edits. Creating a bar which folks must jump over before contributing (even if it's as simple as creating an account) does not foster creativity, nor does it encourage folks who might otherwise feel constrained by NDA to post a particular pinout.
To whomever it is who is responsible for this wiki (and I know you'll be reading this, once you wake up and your server is on fire after its slashdotting has fully taken hold): Please enable anonymous edits. I fix all kinds of things on Wikipedia anonymously, because I can't be bothered to log in just to reconstruct a difficult-to-read paragraph, fix a simple error, or add a descriptive link. I'd like to think that you'd want folks like me doing this on your pinout wiki.
Kid-proof tablet..
I see no reason to have a separate Wiki for this. Besides, my first attempt to connect to "allpinouts.org" resulted in an error message....
Well that cetainly sounds exciting. However, it was slashdotted as soon as it posted. Something like this would be very useful. I am surprised it wasn't done before now.
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Ethernet plug not properly wired?
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...for about 10 years. (Yes, it moved to .info just recently.)
* an indiscriminate collection of information
* an Instruction manual
and everything must be backed up with reliable sources.
There is also no way to format the information in a Wikipedia-esque fashion that makes it as easy to find like on this site (when it comes up back up).
It would well worth fixing the link... The article (and google) says www.allpinouts.org, while the link points to www.allpinouts.com... Anyway, it probably it got slashdotted without this already.
Hardware Book is an old website, started more than 10 years ago. It was converted into a wiki a couple of years back.
You'll find most pinouts you need here.
http://www.hardwarebook.info/
/.ed too
Every last pin is now on fire.
No matter how many wiki's, handbooks, websites, etc. there are, chances are that I will get the DTE/DCE thing wrong! Probably the most confusing pinout scheme ever invented... Getting your serial cable right first time, requires triple high bio-rhythms and planetary alignmnent!
A picture is worth exactly 1024 words.
The potential for Evil Genius Anarchy is endless. Missdirection and lies in Wikipedia lead to red faces. Similar shenanigans here could lead to at best magic smoke releases and at worst homes razed and heart-failure. Lovely.
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No, but as John Gabriel's Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory shows, and is embodied by places such as 4chan: Anonymous + Audience = Fuckwad. Anonymous edits of a Wiki are a terrible idea, because you will get vandalism. If you can't be bothered to jump the (very low) bar, then it's likely your contribution wouldn't be that great in any case.
They can register an account with untraceable details quite easily.
WikiBooks would probably more appropriate.
However there is Wikibooks where Instruction Manuals are permitted and reliable sources are not needed.
You might not have noticed - because of meetly done transparent linking - but most of the unicode reference is on WikiBooks. Wikibooks is far more permissive then Wikipedia.
...is working for this site, but latest cached content is 18 weeks old.
No it's not. Wrong site, sorry. And the right URL isn't cached yet.
(Facepalm) Yes, it is Coral Cached, and latest cached content is about a month old.
And I'm just off to find some caffeine now. That is all, thank you.
it doesn't have any automotive pinouts, which is the aspect that really excites me about the TFA.
Collector's Edition
I've always used pinouts.ru, but for some reason it doesn't appear to be available today. Maybe we do need a more reliable location for this type of information.
Either the firewall I'm behind doesn't like HWB, or the storm has moved there too.
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This is, of course, completely separate to wiki-pinups .. which is just pages and pages of semi-nude pictures of Jimmy Wales ... *shudder*.
If you are going to make a mediawiki site use Wikia.com, all of the extra stuff that "doesn't belong" on wikipedia ends up there.
these are available:
pinout.wikia.com
pinouts.wikia.com
allpinouts.wikia.com
and any pagesyou have already made can be easily imported.
> been hoping someone with some bandwidth to spare would be kind enough
> to collect all of this information in one place
I've been using the pinouts from these 2 websites for too many years
http://www.hardwarebook.info/Category:Connector
http://www.allpinouts.org/index.php/Main_Page
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Start here. Scroll down to "Pin Assignments", then scroll a bit more to "Composite Video Connector"
Pin Number 1: LUMA COMPOSITE CHROMA
*whew* OK, done for now. More to come...
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Back on topic. Great idea for a site. Already bookmarked for when it is no longer slashdoted.
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There already was pinouts.ru
Off topic.
I've just had a thought. Is there a wiki for computer repairs/upgrades? I'm always googling for service manuals from various vendors. Would be handy to have them all linked on a single site, or a wiki of some type. If anyone has any pointers please let me know. Currently looking for a PortegeA100 manual.
I know you are, but what am I?
"Wikia.com" for all the stuff you can't put on Wikipedia. - not an advert for them it's just true.
Is it http://www.allpinouts.org/ like it was written in the summary?
Or is it http://www.allpinouts.com/ as it was linked in the article?
Both URLs are Slashdotted at this point so I can't check.
I'd rather see a wiki that covers more than pin-outs. Specs on all kinds of tech such as buses, motherboards, drive jumper settings along with how to ID cards.
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Right. So, since you're anonymous, and you've got an audience, I should just assume that you're a fuckwad with nothing to contribute anyway.
Thanks for that, fuckwad. I couldn't have discredited you any better than you already have.
Kid-proof tablet..
Whenever someone adds/updates a pinout, please can they include 3D pictures/photos of the plug/socket in question.
Whenever I have to wire up a new plug or hack an existing plug, especially things like D & scart plugs/sockets, finding a flat 2D picture of the plug can confusing when the plug/socket doesn't have numbers on it, but an isometric 3D style drawing/photo of the plug/socket in question makes identifying which pin is what much much quicker and easier.
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already been done http://pinouts.ru/
no matter how good it is, it is human nature always wants to make things better
Ah, but wait: I got modded down as "flamebait," while you got your anonymous musings modded up. Perhaps, then, anonymous postings do have merit, and you're not a fuckwad afterall.
So: Allow me to suggest that you're still wrong, and that anonymous posting is considered useful and beneficial by the community.
Kid-proof tablet..
I've been wanting to build my own custom VGA switch box for a work project that I can't spend my own money on and now I can do it thanks to this site that tells me how to re-wire the vga. Now I just gotta learn how to wire. Doh! Oh well. I'ma still try it.
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