Editing DIN connector (section)

=== Other uses ===
[[File:5pin180dinplug.jpg|thumb|Five-pin male 180° DIN connector from the keyboard of an original [[IBM PC]]. Note the unusually thick shielding skirt.]]
[[File:Eight-pin DIN connector.jpg|thumb|Eight-pin DIN connector for a [[Tandy 1000]] keyboard]]

The 5/180° connectors are commonly used for:

* [[DIN sync|SYNC]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=SYNC specification (English) |url=https://doepfer.de/faq/gen_faq.htm#Sync |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=doepfer.de |publisher=Doepfer Musikelektronik GmbH}}</ref> or [[MIDI]]<ref>{{cite web |title=5 Pin DIN Electrical Specs |url=https://www.midi.org/specifications/midi-transports-specifications/5-pin-din-electrical-specs |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528115750/https://www.midi.org/specifications/midi-transports-specifications/5-pin-din-electrical-specs |archive-date=28 May 2021 |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=The MIDI Association |language=en-gb}}</ref> interface for [[electronic musical instrument]]
* Peripherals or power connectors for personal computers from the 1980s{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
* Audio in the original HME wireless communicators (It is the headset connector for inbound and outbound audio for drive-through restaurants.){{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
* Controlling tilt of [[Universal Mobile Telecommunications System|UMTS]] antennas (Antenna Interface Standards Group)<ref name="Antenna Interface Standards Group">{{cite web | title = AISG Website | date = 5 March 2009 | url = http://www.aisg.org.uk/ | access-date = 8 May 2009 | archive-date = 26 June 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120626171257/http://www.aisg.org.uk/ | url-status = dead }}{{cite web | last = AISG | title = Control interface for antenna line devices | date = 13 June 2006 | url = http://www.torni.fi/aisg/AISG%20v2.0%20.pdf | access-date = 8 May 2009 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110720194041/http://www.torni.fi/aisg/AISG%20v2.0%20.pdf | archive-date = 20 July 2011 }}</ref>
* Connecting two controllers for [[Radio-controlled aircraft|radio controlled model aircraft]] together for training purposes{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

The DIN connector saw several other uses apart from audio. It was particularly popular as a connector for various home computers and video game consoles.

Analogue theatrical lighting control (pre-dating the more recent digital control protocols such as DMX) commonly used the 8-pin (45°) DIN connector, six of the pins being 0–10 V control signals for six separate dimmer circuits, and the other two a 0 V reference and a DC source for powering simple circuitry in rudimentary lighting desks. Pinouts vary between manufacturers: Zero 88, Anytronics, Lightprocessor and Strand have the control signals on pins 1–6, 0 V on pin 8 and power on pin 7, while Pulsar and Clay Paky have power on pin 1, 0 V on pin 2 and channel outputs on pins 3 to 8. The polarity of the power supply and control signals relative to ground also varies, with Strand having negative voltages, but most other brands having positive voltages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pe2bz.philpem.me.uk/Comm01/-%20-%20Parts-NonActive/Lights/Dimmers-Control/0to10v.html |title=0 to 10V Analog Control Protocol |access-date=2017-05-10}}</ref>