The P&D connector shares the 30-pin plus quad-coax layout of EVC, which carries digital video, analog video, and data over Universal Serial Bus (USB) and IEEE 1394 (FireWire). At a minimum, the P&D connector is required to carry digital video, in which case the connector is designated P&D-D; when both digital and analog video are included, the connector is designated P&D-A/D.
The P&D receptacle and plug are required to bear a standardized symbol to designate the standards with which it is compatible. The upper left quadrant designates analog video support. The upper right quadrant designates digital video support. The lower quadrants designate IEEE 1394 and USB support.[1]:§9.4
All P&D connectors are required to carry single-link TMDS digital video signal (max 160MHz), and support VESA Display Data Channel version 2 at a minimum.[1]:§10.1 Maximum resolution is 1600×1280 with a 60Hz refresh rate.[1]:§1.2.2
Analogue video signals, if supported, must be provided as three separate color channels (red / green / blue) along with one composite or two (horizontal & vertical) sync signals.[1]:§9 The nominal impedance of each signal line is 75Ω and each channel must be capable of carrying a bandwidth of at least 2.4GHz.[1]:§7.10.1.9 The type designation for the analogue video signals designates the voltage values of the signals only, including the Type 4 (VESA) analog DC protocol introduced with EVC:[1]:§4.5.2.1
The P&D connector supports optional charging power at 18–20VDC and up to 1.5A.[1]:§4.6 In addition, a stereoscopic display synchronization signal is supported as an option.[1]:§4.7 Data signals over USB and FireWire also are optional.
USB version is not specified,[1]:§8.5 but if supported, it would have been intended for contemporary USB standards. The USB connector is intended for passing mouse movements from a projector's wireless remote to the computer's presentation software and for firmware upgrades.[2]
FireWire, if supported, must be compliant to IEEE 1394-1995 specification.[1]:§8.6
Connectors
Although the pin layout is copied from VESA EVC, the connector shell is slightly different: EVC uses a trapezoid shape, while P&D uses a D-shape. The interface is protected by patents issued to Molex.[1]:§7.1 With the introduction of P&D, EVC continued as the connector for analog-only signals and is sometimes known as P&D-A; the EVC/P&D family was completed with combination analog/digital (P&D-A/D) and digital-only (P&D-D) connectors.[1]:§12.1 P&D-A/D is compatible with EVC devices (except for the missing VESA EVC features), P&D-D is not.
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For this table, it is assumed EVC is the analog-only implementation
In addition to the regular P&D connector, the standard also specifies a 40-pin microribbon connector, which is only defined when making digital video connection via P&D-D.[1]:§10.3
The P&D port is sometimes mistaken as an alternative form of the Apple Display Connector,[3] but ADC carries higher current, has different pin layout, and does not support FireWire.
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