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Types of Hardware - Input, Output and Storage Devices

This document describes various types of input devices used in computing including keyboards, mice, touch screens, digital cameras, scanners, and microphones. It explains how each device works, such as keyboards sending electrical signals when keys are pressed and mice controlling cursor movement. Touch screens allow direct input through touch, and interactive whiteboards let users project and manipulate files on a large surface. Digital cameras capture digital photos, and scanners convert documents or objects into digital formats. Readers can scan barcodes and QR codes while 2D scanners digitize paper and 3D scanners create 3D models using reflected laser light.

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Types of Hardware - Input, Output and Storage Devices

This document describes various types of input devices used in computing including keyboards, mice, touch screens, digital cameras, scanners, and microphones. It explains how each device works, such as keyboards sending electrical signals when keys are pressed and mice controlling cursor movement. Touch screens allow direct input through touch, and interactive whiteboards let users project and manipulate files on a large surface. Digital cameras capture digital photos, and scanners convert documents or objects into digital formats. Readers can scan barcodes and QR codes while 2D scanners digitize paper and 3D scanners create 3D models using reflected laser light.

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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.
Exercise
Conclusion

• Read more about the topic at:


https://www.jscutt.com/computer-science/gcse/section-1-theory-of-cs/1-3-
hardware-and-software/1-3-3-input-devices
• Download and complete the homework at:
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