Chapter -3 Input Device key mes ERTY, AZERTY and DVORAK. QWERTY is the ye CPU for processing. sac canpate keyboards of output devices. + An input device is an electromechanical device user to feed information into the computer for an and to give commands to the computer. ‘Types of Input Devices ‘accepts input in two ways, either manually or directly. ters the data into computer by hand, ing information -omputer. Some commonly used input 1d, painting devices speech recognition, digital c 1. Keyboard ‘+ A keyboard is the most common data entry device ‘= Using # keyboard, the user can type text and commands, The‘© When the user presses @ ‘key iteauses a change in the amount of current flowing through the ci associated specifically with that key. ‘penton tsa + Te keyboard microprocessor detects this change in current low The processor can tell when a key has been pressed and ‘when itis being released, 4 Which keys circuit carries a signal to the microprocessor, ‘known as sean ‘When the operating system the same to the Keyboard and the scan code stored in eyboard’s memory then erased 2. . Pointing Devices e MOUSE - Manually Operated Utility Use For Selecting Fquipment’s ‘6 A Mouse is @ small hand- held pointing device with a rubber ball embedded at its lower side and buttons on the top. © Usually a mouse contains = twoorthreebutions, which (seit can be used to input commands or information. «+ Itmay be classified as a mechanical mouse or an optical mouse, rubber ball at the bottom surface, tnoved along a flat surface to move ‘+ A mechanical mouse which rotates asthe mot instead of a rotating ball 10 How does mouse work? “s AMechanical mouse ha arabber ball atte botom. When Be awrspoves the mouse along the fat surface, the ball rls 4s The distance, direction and speed of the ball’s motion 1S wracked. «This information is used by the computer to position the mouse ‘against the two rollers ‘urns two rollers. The rollers are ls are connected t0 a small sensor that measures how fast the axle is turning. «And this information are passed to the electronics inside the 4 This litle proceseor consisting a single chip, uses the fe how the mouse is moving and what is information is passed tothe computer via mouse cord riical mouse uses an inared light and special mouse fine grid lines to measure the rotation of the axle. in optical mouse is connected to a litle photo wheel with a numberof tiny holes i it . alight source and onthe other side of the wheel is a light meter,normally used when information has to be accessed with 4, Digital camera: ‘© A Digital camera stores images digitally imum effort. recording them on a fil. ure has been taken, it can be to a computer system and then manipulated with an image editing software, and printed. 5, Webcam: «A Webcam isa portable video camera, which captures live video E ‘or images that may be viewed in network or the internet. Its just a small digital camers that is either also be connected t 8 PC ‘ built in your computer or can be connected : suitable for input of large amounts of data Trackpad: + Trackpad is a stationary the pointer movement a of LEDs, which are placed cover the document to belight flashes through the holes in the wheel. * By measuring how often these flashes occur, the light sensor ccen measure how fast the wheel is turning and sends the corresponding coordinates to the computer. * The computer moves the cursor on the screen based on the red from the mouse, Inundreds of times each second, making the ippear to move very smoothly. b. Trackball ‘+ A Trackball is another pointing device. various shape ‘commonly used are ab measures the movement of the stick from its central position and sends the information for processing. +A joystick also consists of buttons, which can be programmed to indicate certain actions once a postion on the screen has been selected using stick 4. Light Pen: + Aight Pen isa hand-held electro-optical pointing device which when touched to closely at a connected computer monitor, will allow the computer to determine where on that screen the pen is aimed, +t facilitates drawing images and selects objects on the display sereen by directly pointing to the objects. + It is @ pen-ike device, which is connected to the machine by a cable. & Although named light pen. + Tt registers the input when a finger ‘other object is touched to thedocuments are converted and then stored as images, Flatbed scanner: ‘AFlatbed Scanner looks similar toa photocopier machine. +1 consists of a box placing the document to be scanned ‘The light beam is placed below the glass plate and when itis. moves horizontally from left to right,