Input Devices

 

Digital Camera

 A digital camera is a camera that takes video or still photographs by recording images on an electronic image sensor. Digital and film cameras share an optical system, typically using a lens with a variable diaphragm to focus light onto an image pickup device.

Mouse

In computing, a mouse is a pointing dev ice that functions by detecting two-dimensional motion relative to its supporting surface. Physically, a mouse consists of a computing object that is controlled by hand, with one or more buttons.

Keyboard 

 A keyboard is a computer input device that lets you write by typing so it’s like a Modern Day Typewriter in a way.

It is not just useful for writing in a type formation it can act as mechanical levers or even electronical switches.

They are mostly known as QWERTY Keyboards as the letters are not in alphabetical order as you will see in the image of this QWERTY Keyboard.

Microphone 

 A microphone is an audio input device and it is an acoustic-to-electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal.

 Joystick  

 An input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. A joystick, otherwise known as a controller or remote control is used on different video game consoles such as the XBOX 360 or the Playstation 3.

Graphics Tablet

A graphics tablet is an input device that lets you hand-draw your drawings onto it but instead of hand drawing it with pencil to paper you will be drawing it out on a tablet computer screen with a stylist.

Scanner

There are different types of scanners.

An image scanner which scans different things such an image, printed text, hand-writing or even a drawing and will convert them into a digital image. (This is called digital imaging).

A barcode scanner which are used in shops and supermarkets to scan through items for sales and prices.