[sdiy] USB/MIDI ground isolation?

Neil Johnson neil.johnson97 at ntlworld.com
Thu Sep 17 16:15:37 CEST 2009


Hi,

johnspeth at yahoo.com wrote: 
> We all know that the 5 pin DIN version of MIDI provides isolation between grounds by virtue of the
> optocoupler...

... on MIDI inputs.

> Can anyone tell me how they addressed the ground isolation problem with USB/MIDI?

Nothing more than is done already - inputs go via optoisolators, outputs are not isolated.

Could you elaborate on why you are asking this question?

Cheers,
Neil
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