VGA Monitor Cable

The standard connector for the VGA/SVGA monitor for the past 15 years has been the 15 pin High density D-Type connector.

A female HD15 connector being present on both the graphics card and monitor with male HD15 connectors on the monitor cable. The first 3 pins of the connector carry the RGB signal to the 3 guns of the CRT, with other pins dealing with grounds, HZ and vertical sync and clock.

The typical monitor SVGA cable contains 3 foam insulated coaxes for the RGB signal with 6 individual 24AWG copper wires for the other data. Ferrite cores are usually fitted to suppress interference.

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