6 in Mini-DIN6 PS/2 Male to 2 Female Y Splitter Cable

Last updated: 13 September 2026

Overview

A mini din6 y splitter cable takes one Mini-DIN6 source and presents two Mini-DIN6 sockets. It is a passive adapter, and that is the part most buyers get wrong: it does not convert anything, it does not let two keyboards type at once, and it does not turn a combined port into two independent ones. What it is good for is giving two physical sockets where the equipment only offers one, so a device that has to be plugged in permanently and another that gets swapped in can both be connected.

Key Specifications

What a PS/2 Y splitter does and does not do

PS/2 is not designed to be hot-plugged, and the color coding on the ports is the usual way to tell them apart. If you want the background, the PS/2 port article covers the pinout and the color convention.

Identifying the Mini-DIN6 port you have

1. Count the pins. Mini-DIN6 has six pins around a central key. A five-pin version at the same size is the older AT keyboard connector and is not the same part.
2. Check the color. Purple is conventionally the keyboard port, green the mouse port, and a port with both colors is a combined port.
3. Look at what the host expects before you split anything. A combined port and a dedicated keyboard port are not wired identically.
4. Note the gender. The splitter needs a male plug for the host and female sockets for the devices.
5. Decide what each socket is for, because that decides the wiring.

Tell us what you are plugging into each socket and we build to that pinout rather than to a generic chart.

Why these leads get replaced

• Leverage. A 6 in lead with two sockets hanging off it puts real strain on a soldered panel connector.
• Bent pins. Mini-DIN pins are thin and the shell has no strain relief of its own. One misaligned plug bends a pin and the port stops working entirely.
• Hot-plugging. PS/2 ports are not meant to be plugged in with the power on. Doing it repeatedly is a known way to damage a host controller.
• Misunderstanding the function. A passive splitter bought to run two keyboards gets blamed when the second one does nothing.
• Cable chew. At the back of a rack these short leads get caught on everything that moves.

Fitting and testing a splitter

1. Power the host down before you plug anything in.
2. Align the keyway and seat the plug straight. Do not rock it in.
3. Connect one device first and confirm it works on its own.
4. Add the second device and test both.
5. If only one works, the host port is not a combined port or the pinout differs. That is a host limitation, not a faulty cable.

Typical Applications for This Mini DIN6 Y Splitter Cable

• Legacy industrial PCs where one port has to serve two devices at different times
• KVM and bench setups where a keyboard and a test device share a port
• Barcode scanners and touch controllers wired as keyboard wedge devices
• Point of sale terminals still fitted with Mini-DIN ports
• Machine tools and test equipment whose controller predates USB

How to specify your build

1. What plugs into each socket and in what combination.
2. Pinout, if you know it.
3. Host port type: dedicated keyboard, dedicated mouse, or combined.
4. Length of the lead, if 6 in is not right for the enclosure.
5. Molded or assembled bodies.
6. Marking for each socket if the two are not interchangeable.
7. Quantity, and whether this is a prototype or a production order.

Workmanship and testing

Assembly and inspection follow IPC/WHMA-A-620 Class 3 workmanship criteria under our ISO 9001 quality management system, and every unit passes 100% continuity and pinout testing before it is packed. Conductor range is 32 to 12 AWG. Because the two sockets are not always interchangeable, we verify the wiring against the pinout you specify rather than against a default. Any pinout quoted for the interface is the industry-standard one; your assembly is built and verified to your drawing.

Custom builds and ordering

Prototype quantity starts at 5 pcs with a 3 working day turnaround, and production starts at MOQ 500 pcs shipping 14 working days after approval. Where a new tool is needed, allow about 10 working days. We ship OEM and ODM builds under your part number and labeling, and can provide material certificates and first-article reports.

Related legacy port and audio assemblies

Keeping legacy ports in service usually means one of these as well:

• 6-Pin DIN Male to Male Dual Right-Angle Cable
• 8-Pin DIN Male to Female Panel-Mount Extension Cable
• 4-Pin MIDI DIN Male to Female Extension Cable
• VGA HD15 1 Male to 2 Female Y Splitter
• 3.5mm Stereo Y Splitter Cable
• DB9 to RJ45 Serial / Console Cable
• Barcode Scanner Cable with Coiled Cord, DB9 to RJ45

Full range: audio and video cable assemblies.

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