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Today about my first components in an electronic store. I'm currently making a MIDI IN circuit for my Raspberry PI.

My local shop didn't have male to male DIN 5 pin cables, as they seem to be obsolete, just like MIDI, and thought I'd buy a male to female cable, and cut the female connection and connect the needed cables to my breadboard manually.

This seems like a good plan, except for the fact that I have no clue which color represents which pin on the DIN 5 cable, and the Internet, for once, has given me no answer until now.

I need to find pins 4 and 5 in the cable.

I currently have

  • Blue
  • Green
  • Black (possibly pin 2)
  • White
  • Reddish

If needed I can attach a photograph, but there really isn't much more to it than this.

Which pin is represented by which color?

EDIT: Currently checking for continuity manually with a multimeter.

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    \$\begingroup\$ I really in doubt there is a definitive standard for this. Grab a multimeter and check the continuity. \$\endgroup\$
    – Eugene Sh.
    Commented Jan 17, 2018 at 16:52
  • \$\begingroup\$ @EugeneSh. Let's hope this works. There is really no reason it wouldn't work, but being a practical layman is definitely not a pro. \$\endgroup\$
    – ChemiCalChems
    Commented Jan 17, 2018 at 16:57
  • \$\begingroup\$ @EugeneSh. Checking for continuity worked after all. Post an answer if you wish and I'll mark it as accepted. \$\endgroup\$
    – ChemiCalChems
    Commented Jan 17, 2018 at 17:17
  • \$\begingroup\$ What kind of cable did you buy? It's possible that it is not properly shielded, or that the shield is not connected to pin 2. \$\endgroup\$
    – CL.
    Commented Jan 17, 2018 at 19:19
  • \$\begingroup\$ @CL. It was a male to female DIN 5 cable, not really sure whether it was shielded or not. \$\endgroup\$
    – ChemiCalChems
    Commented Jan 18, 2018 at 10:00

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I made on my Arduino Uno some MIDI in/outs, but never seen some color scheme.

The MIDI ports have specific numbers (which are not so intuitive). And also check good what is the front and back.

Btw, MIDI is far from obsolete. Every synth still uses them (although USB MIDI is getting more popular, a lot of music devices with with DIN5 MIDI plugs). MIDI cables can be found at every decent music shop.

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