P7 - PC Hardware - IO

Connectors, Ports & Buses

- By Mr. Shirish Kolekar
 Bluetooth
Version Data rate Max. permitted
Class Typ. Range (m)
power(mW)
1.2 1 Mbit/s
1 100 ~100
2.0 + EDR 3 Mbit/s
2 2.5 ~10
3.0 + HS 24 Mbit/s
3 1 ~1
4.0 24 Mbit/s
4 0.5 ~0.5
 WiFi – Wireless Fidility
• 802.11
• 802.11a
• 802.11b
• 802.11g
• 802.11n
• Coverage – 100ms (without obstacle)
 WiMAx
• 802.16e

• FWA – Fixed Wireless Access

– Coverage – 30 – 50 kms
• Mobile (Moving)
– Coverage – 2 to 4 kms
 1394 Firewire
• 1394 A – 400 Mbps
• 1394 B – 800 Mbps
• Can Cascade 63 Devices per Connector
• Used for
– Printers & Scanners

• Deprecated as USB v3.0 gave I/O of 1.5 Gbps

(higher than 1394B) & USB has capacity to
cascade 127 devices over single Controller
 PS/2
• PS/2 – Mini Din 5
• PS/2 – Mini Din 6
• Green – Mouse
• Violet - Keyboard
 Display Connectors
• VGA – Blue - (15 pin) – D Type Female
Connector
• DVI – White – (24 pin) – D Type Female
Connector
• HDMI – Black - (19 pin)
– 1.0 – 5 Gbps
– 1.1 -
– 1.2 -
– 2.0 - 19 Gbps
 USB
• V1.0 – 12 Mbps
• V2.0 – 480 Mbps
• V3.0 – 1.5 Gbps
 Serial Port
• 9 pin D Type Male Connector
• Used for
– Old Serial Mouse
– For Compatibility with old Hardware
– For Cisco Routers & Switches to connect to
Console Port
 Parallel Port
• 25 pin D Type Female Connector
• Used for
– DMPs (Dot Matrix Printer)
 NIC Ports
• Twisted Pair (RJ 45)
• Co-axial (BNC)
• Fiber Optic (SMA, ST, SC)
 Audio Connectors
• Line in (Pink)
• Line Out (Green)
• Mixer (Blue)
 Buses
Bus Name Bus Size Speed (MHz)
8 bit Bus 8bit 4.77
ISA 16bit 8 (10 in turbo mode)
EISA 32bit 8
VESA Local Bus 32bit Processor Speed
PCI 64bit Processor Speed
PCMCIA 16bit 33MHz
Topic Summary
 Review Questions
• What is a Computer Port?

• What is a Bus in Computer?

• Do you know about latest technologies like

802.16ax (MIMO) & Lifi?