Input Devices

Games Controller

 

A games controller is very complex it has to send information from the player to the console that the game is being played on very quickly as the player does not want any lag in the game. The controller can either be wired or wireless so there is no leads to get tangled up in.





Touch Screen

A Touch Screen is a type of input device that uses gestures and finger movement to determine where the mouse needs to go. A Touch Screen works by using electrically-resistive layers separated by a thin space this is the most important layers in the Touch Screen, in front of this there is several other layers to protect the main screen.  




 

 

Microphone

 

A microphone is a piece of equipment that takes sound waves and uses a diaphragm to convert them into an electrical signal. Microphones are mostly used for video chat programs. There are many different types of microphones some are general and others are specialized.




Keyboard

A keyboard is a type of input device that lets you enter data. This sort of data is mainly characters, numbers and symbols. A keyboard has the characters and numbers printed on it. To enter the data you
must press one of the keys to enter the data.