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 INDEX
• DEFINATION OF INPUT DEVICES.
• INPUT UNIT &HOW IT WORKS.
• HOW DOES A INPUT DEVICES WORK.
• CLASSIFACITION OF INPUT DEVICES.
• VARIOUS TYPES OF INPUT DEVICES .
Keyboard
The commonest way to
enter data into a
computer.
Each key is simply a
switch, which when
pressed, results in a
digital code being sent to
the computer.
 MICROPHONE /AUDIO DEVICE !!!.
• A microphone, sometimes colloquially
called a mic or mike, is an acoustic-to-
electric transducer or sensor that converts
sound into an electrical signal. Microphones
are used in many applications such as
telephones, tape recorders, hearing aids.
 WEBCAM-image &video input
device!!!
• Webcams are mostly used during long distance
chatting. There are many uses of it some are positive
while some are negative. Webcams typically include a
lens, an image sensor, and some support electronics .
Mouse
The movement of the mouse over a
flat surface is mirrored by a pointer
on the monitor screen.
Under the mouse is a ball which
rolls and turns two shafts, one for
each direction - left/right &
up/down.
Touch sensitive screen
This device acts like a mouse that
the user can move by touching the
screen.

It is used by people who find using

a mouse difficult, too time
consuming.
Bar code reader
The bar coded item is swiped over
a laser scanner is swiped over the
bar code to read in the data.

It is the same as a scanner but due

to the simple nature of the bar code
the scanning is very rapid.
Scanner
Like a photocopier it scans a full
page with laser light but, it
transmits the image to the
computer as digital code, which
can be saved as a file.
Digital camera
Light received through the lens is
converted to digital signals by
sensors. The resulting
"photograph" can then be stored
on a computer and used just like
any clipart files.
 Output

Four common type of output are text, graphics, audio and video.

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 Output

Output Devices

Digital signals from computer are

converted into human readable form.

Hard Copy

Soft Copy

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 Output Devices
Display monitors
Com
Printers
Plotters
Speech Synthesizers
 Output

CRT Monitors
•Raster scan technology
•An electron beam moves back and
forward across the back of the screen
•This causes dots on the front of the
screen to glow, producing an image
•Available in various sizes 15 – 22
inches
•Flat and curved screens
Resolution

•CRT monitors ( 1280 X 1024 pixels)

•High end CRT monitors (2048 X 1536 pixels)….

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 Output

LCD Monitors

•An electric current passes through the

crystals causing them to twist, block light
waves and create an image.

….

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Computer Output Microfilm
(COM)
 Output

Printers
Impact printers :- It is the Result of mechanically striking paper medium.

Dot Matrix:

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 Output

Non-impact printers
- no physical contact between paper and printing device
- 3 technologies used:
ink jet :- thermal
- special paper
Ink droplets are used - expensive to run
- up to photographic quality…

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 Output

Laser

- need enough memory to hold an entire page

- 600 to 2400 dpi and greater
- operates similar to a photocopy machine…

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 Plotters

• Flatbed Plotter
• Drum Plotter
Flatbed Plotters
Drum Plotters
Speech Synthesizers