Have you chaps come across this type of connector before?
Have you chaps come across this type of connector before?
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I am working with quite an old Lab Microscope Camera. It has some connectors as shown below. Searching for derivatives of "4 pin connector" appears to only bring up Din type connections.
The male connection has 4 pins with a half circle around 2 of them, which fits snugly with the half circle on the female connector. The two red dots match up when the connectors are connected.
What I'd like to do is attach this microscope to a computer, so I'll probably chop off the ends and attach a USB connector. But I'd prefer if I could know what pin does what before I start bodging the new connector on.


The male connection has 4 pins with a half circle around 2 of them, which fits snugly with the half circle on the female connector. The two red dots match up when the connectors are connected.
What I'd like to do is attach this microscope to a computer, so I'll probably chop off the ends and attach a USB connector. But I'd prefer if I could know what pin does what before I start bodging the new connector on.







RE: Have you chaps come across this type of connector before?
Gunnar Englund
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RE: Have you chaps come across this type of connector before?
If it is a removed feature then I may have to crack the camera on and have a look-ee inside. Camera has no serial number, model number, or identifying marks.
I was kind of hoping that there was going to be a chart showing standard pin configurations...
RE: Have you chaps come across this type of connector before?
However, your last sentence implies that you need to know what the pin assignment is. Since this is most likely to be proprietary to the microscope manufacturer, not providing that critical information will hamper any responses that you might get.
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Most new scopes have decoding of USB and other protocols.
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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Half full - Half empty? I don't mind. It's what in it that counts.
RE: Have you chaps come across this type of connector before?
Another trick is to search Google Images for 'Microscope Camera'. As it's images, it's pretty quick to scan through a thousand or more images looking for that model, in case somebody has posted any useful information. It works about half the time.
RE: Have you chaps come across this type of connector before?
Being very old, I would highly doubt it is using USB. You'll need some kind of interface to go between the USB and the camera.