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Step 4Soldering the wires together
OK! (I know I'm beginning to become redundant)
Now we know what each wire on each cable does we can start soldering. Again each keyboard is different and each case is different but basically what we want to do in this step is to attach the 4 or 5 wires(Data, Clock, Power, Ground, Shielding) from the PS/2 mini din cable to the pcb of the old din 5 keyboard.
In my case the din 5 keyboard had a connector to the pcb so I am going to need that so I can easily attach the PS/2 mini din cable back to the pcb. So all I did was clipped it at a distance to give myself some wire to work with. I then used my wire strippers to strip the ends of the wires on the connector. Be careful when you do this because some wires are poorer in quality than others and some times your wire stripper will actually take off the wire shielding and the wire itself. If you keep cutting the wire shielding and wire just use a razor to strip the ends. I then did the same thing to the end of my PS/2 mini din cable. So after you've stripped the ends of your wires you will need to use your soldering iron to tin the ends of the wires.
So now you are ready to join the wires together. If you are joining your PS/2 mini din cable to a connector with wires and you would like to use heat shrink tubing then make sure you slip them over the wires before you solder them together. I used electrical tape so this was not a problem for me.
Using your pinout chart solder the Clock wire to the Clock wire. The Data wire to the Data wire. The Power wire to the Power wire. The Ground wire to the Ground wire and finally the shielding wire to the shielding wire. If you are soldering wires straight to the pcb you will need to unsolder the wires you clipped earlier and then proceed to solder the wires in their correct place. Again do not be alarmed if the color of the wires do not match up.
Onto the next step.
Now we know what each wire on each cable does we can start soldering. Again each keyboard is different and each case is different but basically what we want to do in this step is to attach the 4 or 5 wires(Data, Clock, Power, Ground, Shielding) from the PS/2 mini din cable to the pcb of the old din 5 keyboard.
In my case the din 5 keyboard had a connector to the pcb so I am going to need that so I can easily attach the PS/2 mini din cable back to the pcb. So all I did was clipped it at a distance to give myself some wire to work with. I then used my wire strippers to strip the ends of the wires on the connector. Be careful when you do this because some wires are poorer in quality than others and some times your wire stripper will actually take off the wire shielding and the wire itself. If you keep cutting the wire shielding and wire just use a razor to strip the ends. I then did the same thing to the end of my PS/2 mini din cable. So after you've stripped the ends of your wires you will need to use your soldering iron to tin the ends of the wires.
So now you are ready to join the wires together. If you are joining your PS/2 mini din cable to a connector with wires and you would like to use heat shrink tubing then make sure you slip them over the wires before you solder them together. I used electrical tape so this was not a problem for me.
Using your pinout chart solder the Clock wire to the Clock wire. The Data wire to the Data wire. The Power wire to the Power wire. The Ground wire to the Ground wire and finally the shielding wire to the shielding wire. If you are soldering wires straight to the pcb you will need to unsolder the wires you clipped earlier and then proceed to solder the wires in their correct place. Again do not be alarmed if the color of the wires do not match up.
Onto the next step.
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