44-pin connectors are mainly used in 2.5-inch PATA (IDE) hard drives for notebooks. They have the same pin assignment as the standard 40-pin PATA (IDE) connectors but there are 4 additional four pins (41 to 44) used for power supply. Another difference is that the spacing between pins is smaller due to the smaller drive [...]
What is PATA (IDE). Parallel ATA (originally coming from ATA or Advanced Technology Attachment) is an interface standard for connecting different types of storage devices (such as hard drives or optical CD/DVD drives) to the computer motherboard. Originally developed by Western Digital under the name Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE), the ATA standard has undergone several [...]
What is HDMI. HDMI or High-Definition Multimedia Interface is an interface standard for connecting different types of digital audio/video sources such as DVD players, HD DVD players, Blu-ray Disc players, satellite receivers, personal computers, video game consoles, etc. to a compatible digital audio/video devices like home cinema systems, video projectors, digital televisions or computer monitors. [...]
Most of you probably know, that connecting of peripheral devices or hardware component to a computer requires a specific type of cable.However, this can be quite confusing because of the wide variety of cables that exists, so in this post I will try to provide you with a short description of some of the most [...]
Following tables describe the pinout of an 10 / 100 / 1000 Base-TÂ RJ45 connector. Ethernet 10/100 Base-T.
