Types of hardware – Input,

output and storage devices

understand the use of input devices

 Learning objectives
Describe the principles of operation (how each device works) of these input devices:
• keyboards
• mice
• touch screens
• interactive whiteboards
• digital cameras
• readers (barcode and QR)
• scanners (2D and 3D)
• microphones
 What are the input devices?
• In computing, an input device is a piece of equipment used to provide
data and control signals to an information processing system such as a
computer or information appliance.
• Input devices take information or data from the user into the computer.
• Examples of input devices include keyboards, mouse, scanners, cameras,
joysticks, and microphones.
brainstorming activity
 Understand the principles of operation (how
each device works) of the input devices
Keyboard
• A computer keyboard is an input device used to enter characters and
functions into the computer system by pressing buttons, or keys.
• It consists of a number of keys arranged in the style of a typewriter. Each
key, when pressed, operates a switch which closes an electronic circuit.
• This then sends an electrical signal to the CPU.
 Mice
• A small hardware input device used by hand.
• It controls the movement of the cursor on the computer screen and allows
users to move and select folders, text, files, and icons on a computer.
 Touch screen
• A touch screen is a computer display screen that serves as an input device.
• They allow simple touch to launch an application or to carry out many of the
functions of pointing devices such as a mouse. One of the main uses of
touchscreen technology is in mobile phones.
 interactive whiteboards

• Is a digital device that allows users to project files and manipulate

them on a board's surface.
• An interactive whiteboard works like a large graphics tablet, except much
larger and usually used in conjunction with a projector to overlay the user's
screen on to the device's surface.
 digital cameras
• A digital camera is a camera that captures photographs in digital memory.
• The images are self-processed and then saved digitally on some type of
storage media, usually flash memory, rather than by exposing light to
photosensitive film which is later processed in a lab.
 readers (barcode and QR)
• Is an optical scanning device that's able to read QR codes.
• It uses reflected light from a laser to detect the black lines in a barcode or
QR code. All barcodes use a check-digit so that the system knows when a
barcode has been scanned correctly. Usually barcode scanners will emit a
beep sound once a barcode has been scanned and confirmed as correct by
checking the check-digit.
 scanners (2D and 3D)

Scanners
• Scanners are hardware devices that are used to convert hard copies of
documents / objects into a digital format that is readable by computers.
2D Scanners
• 2D scanners are used to convert a physical paper copy of a document
(Known as hard copy) into a digital format that can be stored and processed
by a computer.
 scanners (2D and 3D) continue….

3D Scanners
• 3D scanners use reflected laser light to build up a three-dimensional model
of an object.
• They can be used in conjunction with 3D printers or fabricators to duplicate
objects.
• 3D scanners work by using a process called Tomography. This means that it
will take images of the object in very thin slices.
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 Conclusion

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