Chapter 2 lesson 1

Input Devices
 Objective
Input devices
 Define keyboard  Define scanner
 Define numeric  Define digital
keypad cameras
 Define pointing  Define microphone
devices  Define sensors
 Define remote  Define graphic tablet
control
 Define video camera
 Define joystick
 Define Web cam
 Define touch screen
 keyboard

Uses:
 Keyboards are used to input data into application software.
 Also used to for typing commands to the computer ex. (CTRL + P), (CTRL + V)

keyboard
Advantages Disadvantages
• Enables fast entry of new text • They use up desk space as they
into a document. are quite large.
• Most people find them easy to • entering data is slow when
use. compared to direct data entry
(e.g. Optical mark recognition) .
 keypad
A numeric keypad is used to enter numbers or alphabetical characters .
Uses:
 Used in Automatic teller machines (ATMs).
 Used to key in phone numbers into telephones
 Used in Chip and PIN devices to key in PIN

keypad
Advantages Disadvantages
• Numeric keypads are faster • Difficult to use for entering text.
than standard keyboards for • Can be difficult to use due to
entry of numeric data . the very small keys.
 Pointing Devices
Mouse
A mouse is an example of a pointing device.
The ball underneath the mouse is used to detect movement .
The left button is for selecting by double on it and the right is to bring drop-down menus.
Scroll button which speeds up the process of moving through a document
Uses:
 Used for opening, closing and minimizing software.
 Used for grouping, moving and deleting files .
 Used for controlling the position of a pointer on the screen.

Mouse
Advantages Disadvantages
• Faster to select an option by a mouse • Easily damaged
than a keyboard • They are hard to use if there is no flat
• Mice are small and don’t take much surface available
area
• Enables rapid navigation through
applications.
 Pointing Devices
Touch pad
Touchpads are used in many laptop computers as a pointing device .
The pointer is controlled by the user moving their finger on the touchpad .
Uses:
 Used for opening, closing and minimizing software.
 Used for grouping, moving and deleting files .
 Used for controlling the position of a pointer on the screen.
Touch pad
Advantages Disadvantages
• Faster to select an option by a • Can be more difficult to control the
touchpad than a keyboard. pointer when compared to a mouse.
• Enables rapid navigation through • They are more difficult when doing
applications and the internet . operations such as ‘drag and drop’
• they can be used when no flat surfaces
are available .
 Pointing Devices
Tracker Ball
Tracker ball is like a mouse except that it has a
ball on the top of the device.
Users control the pointer on the screen by
rotating the ball.
Tracker Ball
Advantages Disadvantages
• The pointer can be positioned more • Tracker balls are not supplied with the
accurately on the screen than with a computer as standard, so they are
mouse. more expensive .
• User may need training since they are
not standard equipment.
 Remote Control

 A remote control is used to control the operation of other devices remotely by using infra-
red signals .
 Used in home devices such as Televisions, DVD player/recorder .
 Used to control multimedia systems.

Remote Control
Advantages Disadvantages
• Enable devices to be operated from • The signal between the control and
any distance. the device can be easily blocked.
 Joystick
 Joystick moves in screen in the same way as a mouse, and buttons
are used to select items.

Joystick
Advantages Disadvantages
• Easier to navigate round a screen • More difficult to control the on-screen
compared to a keyboard. pointer with a joystick than with other
devices such as mice.
 Touch Screen

 User can choose an option by simply touching a button/icon on the screen.

 The selection is automatically made without the need for any pointing device.
 Ex. Interactive white boards,
Touch Screen
Advantages Disadvantages
• Enable faster entry of options than a • Using touchscreens often can lead to
keyboard/mouse. health problems .
• Very easy to choose options. • Small icons are hard to select or see.
• Germs on screen.
• Cost more than input devices
(keyboard)
 Scanners

 Used to scan in documents and convert them into a format used in

software packages .

Scanners
Advantages Disadvantages
• Scanners are much faster and more • The quality can be limited depending
accurate than typing in documents on how good the scanner resolution is.
again. • It take a lot of space.
• It is possible to recover damaged
documents and photographs by
scanning and save them in PC.
 Digital Cameras
 Controlled by microprocessor which automatically adjusts the
shutter speed, focus the image, etc.
 Photo is captured when light passes through the lens onto a light
sensitive cell.
 Cell is made up of pixels.
 Number of pixels determines size of the file.

Digital Cameras
Advantages Disadvantages
• Digital cameras can produce • The resolution is not yet as good as traditional
photographs for direct transfer to a cameras.
computer or to print out. • mages often need to be compressed to reduce the
• High quality photographs. amount of memory used.
• The memory card can store several • It is possible to fill up computer memory very quickly
hundred photographs . • with several photos of the same subject (to find the
• perfect snap shot)
 Microphone
 Can be connected directly to a computer..
 Microphones are used to input speech/sounds to be used in many
applications.
 They are used in voice recognition software- for conversion of
speech into text, and recognition of commands .

Microphone
Advantages Disadvantages
• Faster to read in text than to type it using a • Sound files can use up a lot of computer
keyboard. memory .
• Voice is not as accurate as typing in the
information manually.
 Sensors
Sensors
Types of Sensors applications
• Automatic washing machines,
TEMPERATURE • central heating systems,
• ovens
• Robotics (movement control)
• environmental monitoring
(used to measure the pressure of the air)
PRESSURE
• Automatic washing machines
(regulate how much water will enter the tub
for a wash or rinse cycle)

• Automatic doors,
LIGHT
• street lighting control

SOUND • alarm systems

 Sensors
Sensors
Types of Sensors applications
• environmental monitoring
HUMIDITY

• chemical processes
PH
• environmental monitoring

Sensors
Advantages Disadvantages
Readings by sensors are more accurate than • faulty sensors can give wrong results
taken by humans
Readings are continuous, there is no break in
monitoring
 Graphic Tablet
Graphics tablets are used to produce drawings, & computer graphics.
They are used in computer aided design (CAD) work.

Graphic Tablet
Advantages Disadvantages
It is possible to modify drawings before they They are more expensive than other pointing
are input devices

They offer an accurate method of drawing

 Video Camera
DV (digital video) camera store compressed photo frames at 25 MB/s
– motion jpeg.

Light turned into electronic signal through light sensitive sensors and
automatically converted to a digital file format.

Video Camera
Advantages Disadvantages

Easy to edit in a video editing Expensive storage medium (Memory cards)

High quality video captured

 Web Cam
Used to enable video conferencing to take place .

While chatting online webcams can be used to have conversations.

Web Cam
Advantages Disadvantages
Allow people to keep in contact with each Webcams have limited features and the
other without the need to travel. picture is often of poor quality

They need to be connected to a computer

 Question 1

A device that allows users to feed data into a computer for analysis
and storage and to give commands to the computer is called

Output device Input device

Memory Both a and b

 Question 1

A device that allows users to feed data into a computer for analysis
and storage and to give commands to the computer is called

Output device Input device

Memory Both a and b

 Question 2

User communicates with a computer with the help of which devices?

Output device Input device

Software device Both a and b

 Question 2

User communicates with a computer with the help of which devices?

a) Output device b) Input device

c) Software device Both a and b

 Question 3

Which device allows you to enter data and instructions into a

computer?

Output device Input device

ALU CPU
 Question 3

Which device allows you to enter data and instructions into a

computer?

Output device Input device

ALU CPU
 Question 4

Which of the following groups are only input devices?

Mouse, keyboard, monitor, Joystick Mouse, keyboard, Scanner, Joystick, Light pen

Mouse, keyboard, Trackball, Touch Screen,

Mouse, keyboard, printer, Light pen
Microphone
 Question 4

Which of the following groups are only input devices?

Mouse, keyboard, monitor, Joystick Mouse, keyboard, Scanner, Joystick, Light pen

Mouse, keyboard, Trackball, Touch Screen,

Mouse, keyboard, printer, Light pen
Microphone
 Question 5

What is a keyboard?

Is a device that consists of keys arranged in a Is an input device consisting of keys that allow
grid format, primarily used for entering users to input text and commands into a
numerical data quickly. computer or other electronic devices.

Is a handheld device used for operating

Is input devices that allow a user to control a electronic devices wirelessly from a distance,
pointer (cursor) on a screen. commonly used for televisions, DVD players,
and other home appliances.
 Question 5

What is a keyboard?

Is a device that consists of keys arranged in a Is an input device consisting of keys that allow
grid format, primarily used for entering users to input text and commands into a
numerical data quickly. computer or other electronic devices.

Is a handheld device used for operating

Is input devices that allow a user to control a electronic devices wirelessly from a distance,
pointer (cursor) on a screen. commonly used for televisions, DVD players,
and other home appliances.
 Question 6

What is a numeric keypad?

Is a device that consists of keys arranged in a Is an input device consisting of keys that allow
grid format, primarily used for entering users to input text and commands into a
numerical data quickly. computer or other electronic devices.

Is a handheld device used for operating

Is input devices that allow a user to control a electronic devices wirelessly from a distance,
pointer (cursor) on a screen. commonly used for televisions, DVD players,
and other home appliances.
 Question 6

What is a numeric keypad?

Is a device that consists of keys arranged in a Is an input device consisting of keys that allow
grid format, primarily used for entering users to input text and commands into a
numerical data quickly. computer or other electronic devices.

Is a handheld device used for operating

Is input devices that allow a user to control a electronic devices wirelessly from a distance,
pointer (cursor) on a screen. commonly used for televisions, DVD players,
and other home appliances.
 Question 7

What are pointing devices?

Is a device that consists of keys arranged in a Is an input device consisting of keys that allow
grid format, primarily used for entering users to input text and commands into a
numerical data quickly. computer or other electronic devices.

Is a handheld device used for operating

Is input devices that allow a user to control a electronic devices wirelessly from a distance,
pointer (cursor) on a screen. commonly used for televisions, DVD players,
and other home appliances.
 Question 7

What are pointing devices?

Is a device that consists of keys arranged in a Is an input device consisting of keys that allow
grid format, primarily used for entering users to input text and commands into a
numerical data quickly. computer or other electronic devices.

Is a handheld device used for operating

Is input devices that allow a user to control a electronic devices wirelessly from a distance,
pointer (cursor) on a screen. commonly used for televisions, DVD players,
and other home appliances.
 Question 8

What is a remote control?

Is an input device consisting of a stick that Is a handheld device used for operating
pivots on a base and reports its angle or electronic devices wirelessly from a distance,
direction to the device it is controlling, often commonly used for televisions, DVD players,
used in video games and simulations. and other home appliances.
Is a display that can detect the presence
and location of a touch within the display Is a device that consists of keys arranged in a
area, allowing users to interact directly with grid format, primarily used for entering
what is shown, typically used in smartphones, numerical data quickly.
& tablets.
 Question 8

What is a remote control?

Is an input device consisting of a stick that Is a handheld device used for operating
pivots on a base and reports its angle or electronic devices wirelessly from a distance,
direction to the device it is controlling, often commonly used for televisions, DVD players,
used in video games and simulations. and other home appliances.
Is a display that can detect the presence
and location of a touch within the display Is a device that consists of keys arranged in a
area, allowing users to interact directly with grid format, primarily used for entering
what is shown, typically used in smartphones, numerical data quickly.
& tablets.
 Question 9

What is a joystick?

Is an input device consisting of a stick that Is a handheld device used for operating
pivots on a base and reports its angle or electronic devices wirelessly from a distance,
direction to the device it is controlling, often commonly used for televisions, DVD players,
used in video games and simulations. and other home appliances.
Is a display that can detect the presence
and location of a touch within the display Is a device that consists of keys arranged in a
area, allowing users to interact directly with grid format, primarily used for entering
what is shown, typically used in smartphones, numerical data quickly.
& tablets.
 Question 9

What is a joystick?

Is an input device consisting of a stick that Is a handheld device used for operating
pivots on a base and reports its angle or electronic devices wirelessly from a distance,
direction to the device it is controlling, often commonly used for televisions, DVD players,
used in video games and simulations. and other home appliances.
Is a display that can detect the presence
and location of a touch within the display Is a device that consists of keys arranged in a
area, allowing users to interact directly with grid format, primarily used for entering
what is shown, typically used in smartphones, numerical data quickly.
& tablets.
 Question 10

What is a touch screen?

Is an input device consisting of a stick that Is a handheld device used for operating
pivots on a base and reports its angle or electronic devices wirelessly from a distance,
direction to the device it is controlling, often commonly used for televisions, DVD players,
used in video games and simulations. and other home appliances.
Is a display that can detect the presence
and location of a touch within the display Is a device that consists of keys arranged in a
area, allowing users to interact directly with grid format, primarily used for entering
what is shown, typically used in smartphones, numerical data quickly.
& tablets.
 Question 10

What is a touch screen?

Is an input device consisting of a stick that Is a handheld device used for operating
pivots on a base and reports its angle or electronic devices wirelessly from a distance,
direction to the device it is controlling, often commonly used for televisions, DVD players,
used in video games and simulations. and other home appliances.
Is a display that can detect the presence
and location of a touch within the display Is a device that consists of keys arranged in a
area, allowing users to interact directly with grid format, primarily used for entering
what is shown, typically used in smartphones, numerical data quickly.
& tablets.