Input & output Device

Prepared for
Dr.Layth Kamil

Technology University

Prepared by
Mustapha A.Hussein
IE \ Evening

May 29,2021
Input device
Is any hardware device that sends data to a computer, allowing you to
interact with and control it. The picture shows a Logitech trackball mouse,
which is an example of an input device.
The most commonly used or primary input devices on a computer are the
keyboard and mouse. However, there are other devices that input data into
a computer.

Output Device
Is any hardware device used to send data from a computer to another
device or user.Usually, most output peripherals are meant for human use,
so they receive the processed data from the computer and transform it in
the form of audio, video, or physical reproductions.Typical examples of
output devices are monitors and projectors (video), headphones and
speakers (audio), or printers and plotters (physical reproduction in the
form of text or graphics).
 Types of input devices

 Audio conversion device

 Barcode reader
 Biometrics (e.g., fingerprint scanner).
 Business card reader
 Digital camera and digital camcorder.
 EEG (electroencephalography)
 Finger (with touch screen or Windows Touch).
 Gamepad, joystick, paddle, steering wheel, and Microsoft Kinect.
 Gesture recognition
 Graphics tablet
 Keyboard
 Light gun
 Light pen
 Magnetic ink (like the ink found on checks).
 Magnetic stripe reader
 Medical imaging devices (e.g., X-ray, CAT scan, and ultrasound images).
 Microphone (using voice speech recognition or biometric verification).
 MIDI keyboard
 MICR
 Mouse, touchpad, or other pointing devices.
 OMR (optical mark reader)
 Paddle
 Pen or stylus
 Punch card reader
 Remote
 Scanner
 Sensors (e.g., heat and orientation sensors).
 Sonar imaging devices
 Stylus (with touch screen).
 Touch screen
 Voice (using voice speech recognition or biometric verification).
 Video capture device
 VR helmet and gloves
 Webcam
 Yoke
Pictures of some input devices
Output devices allow computers to communicate with users and with other devices.

This can include peripherals, which may be used for input/output (I/O) purposes, like network
interface cards (NICs), modems, IR ports, RFID systems and wireless networking devices, as
well as mechanical output devices, like solenoids, motors and other electromechanical devices.

Unlike input devices, output devices are not strictly necessary for a computer to operate.

However, without them the purpose of a computer may be defeated since there’s no way of
determining how the data is currently processed or what the system is doing.

For example: if you click “play” on a YouTube video and then plug your monitor off, the
computer will keep reproducing it and, provided the speakers are turned on, the audio output
will be guaranteed.

In fact, the computer will still consume all the resources and process the data required to run the
video regardless of the presence of the output device (the monitor).

In order to work, an output device needs to receive a signal from the computer after the
information it has processed is ready to be displayed into its new format (e.g. audio or video).

The process usually follows certain steps:

1. A signal is sent from an input device to the computer (e.g. the user clicks with the mouse
on the “play” button of a video).
2. The computer processes the input and then sends a new signal to the output device
(e.g. the monitor and speakers).
3. The output devices receive the signal and display the output (e.g. the monitor shows the
video, and the speakers run the audio signal).

Additional steps can be taken to let other output devices process this same signal.

For example: the user could click the “Print Screen” button on his keyword (input device) to
request the printer (output device) to print a screenshot of that video.

Note that the other output device (the monitor) is not required to process this signal, so even if
the monitor was turned off, the printer will still be able to print that screenshot even if the user
couldn’t see it.

Other more or less common output devices include speech-generating devices that transform
plain text into audible sounds, and GPS devices that process satellite geolocation signals to
calculate position and time.
 Types of output devices

1. Monitor

2. Printer

3. Headphones

4. Computer Speakers

5. Projector

6. GPS

7. Sound card

8. Video card

9. Braille reader

10. Speech – Generating device

11. J plotter
Pictures of some output devices