Essential Peripherals

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1 Essential Peripherals ì A+

2 Supporting Common Ports ì The USB host controller, an integrated circuit that is built into the chipset, controls every USB device that connect to it. ì Inside the host controller is a USB root hub: the part of the controller that makes the physical connecaon to the USB ports

3 Supporting Common Ports ì Every USB root hub is really just a bus similar in may ways to an expansion bus.

4 Supporting Common Ports This table provides a quick reference to help you sort out USB names and numbers.

5 ì What is you do not have a motherboard with with built-in high speed or SuperSpeed USBs? Add a USB 2.2 or 3.0 adapter.

6 Supporting Common Ports ì Motherboards capable of both USB 1.1 and 2.0 share USB ports

7 Supporting Common Ports ì USB 3.0 and 3.1 are different from USB 2.2 so they use separate, clearly marked ports.

8 Supporting Common Ports ì To achieve SuperSpeed speeds with USB 3.0 you ll need a USB 3.0/3.1 cable. It only workd with 3.0/3.1 devices

9 Supporting Common Ports ì High-quality USB cables come with extra shielding and improved electrical performance.

10 USB HUBS ì You can add more host controllers by adding internal cards or you can get a USB hub.

11 Supporting Common Ports ì Use Device Manager to locate USB hubs. Right-click and select ProperAes, and then Power tab. This shows the current use for each connected devices.

12 Supporting Common Ports

13 Supporting Common Ports ì SomeAmes USB devices go to sleep and won t wake-up. To fix this go to device manager to inspect hubs properaes, open Power Management tab and uncheck the Allow computer to turn off this device to save power checkbox.

14 Supporting Common Ports ì FireWire has different speed and connectors than USB. It can be daisy chained.

15 Supporting Common Ports ì If you are not sure port is working, make sure port is turned on, reboot the system an find the device to see if it has been turned off, or use Windows Device Manager to disable most ports.

16 Keyboards ì The Keyboard Control applet enables you to change the repeat delay, the repeat rate and the default cursor blink rate.

17 Keyboards ì To use Windows keyboards with Mac OS X you need to go into the Keyboard preferences in System Preferences to map the modifier keys properly.

18 Keyboards ì Clean Keyboards using a damp cloth with a li^le water.

19 Pointing Devices ì In Windows you can adjust your mouse or touchpad se_ngs through the Mouse Control Applet.

20 Pointing Device ì For an opacal mouse, try using a cloth or damp co^on swab to clean bits of dirt that may block opacs.

21 Biometric Devices ì This USB device has a Any fingerprint scanner

22 Microsoft Fingerprint Scanner ì This is a scanner built inside a keyboard

23 Smart Card Reader ì Smart card readers enable employees to use a smart card reader to gain access.

24 Bar Code readers ì Bar code readers read standard Universal Product Code (UPC) bar codes. It is primarily use to track inventory.

25 Bar Code Readers

26 KVM Switches ì A keyboard, video, mouse (KVM) switch is a hardware device that enables mulaple computers to be viewed and controlled by a single mouse, keyboard and screen

27 Gamepad and Joysticks ì Once a required component, joysacks are only for the serious flight simulator fan.

28 Gamepad and Joysticks ì Modern games are most enjoyed by a gamepad.

29 Gamepad and Joysticks ì In Windows 7 or later, go to Devices and Printers and you ll be able to configure your gamepad or JoysAck.

30 Digitizers ì A digiazer or pen tablet enables users to paint, ink, pencil or draw on a computer.

31 Storage Media Digital Film ì The most common removable storage media used in modern digital cameras is the Secure Digital (SD) card.

32 Web Cameras ì Look into Control Panel or System Preferences to find a program that can make adjustments on your camera se_ng aher it is plugged in.

33 Sound Cards ì Most recording Program let you set values before you begin recording.

34 Playing Sounds ì Every Windows computer comes with Windows Media Player

35 Speaker Support ì Sound cards support two speakers or pair of headphones. Some support up to five for surround sound.

36 Speaker Support ì A subwoofer provides low frequency sounds that give an extra dimension to your movies, music and games.

37 Jacks ì Sound cards comes with at least three connecaon; one for stereo speaker, one for microphone and one for a line-in.

38 ì The sound of quality music is important to audiophiles. Speakers

39 Stereo Speakers ì Just as the name implies. For computers, the two speakers share a single jack.

40 2.1 Speaker System ì This consist of standard stereo speaker, called Satellites combined with a subwoofer

41 Digital Interface ì This connector enables you to connect your sound card directly to a 5.1 speaker system using a single interface.

42 Microphones ì Your microphone plugs into your sound card and gives you the ability to record.

43 MIDI ì MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) allows musical instruments to be connected to the computer.

44 MIDI ì A type of sohware called a digital audio worksta<on enables you t input MIDI informaaon using an external MIDI-enabled device.

45 MIDI ì MIDI Controllers come in several form factors, but most looks like a standard keyboard.

46 Hardware ì The Pinnacle Studio MovieBox offers two different dedicated video connecaons (S-Video in the middle and the Yellow RCA next to it) and stereo RCA audio jacks. A USB connect to the cable.

47 Software ì ApplicaAons such as Adobe Premier and Macs Final Cut Pro imports video and allow full ediang capabiliaes.

48 ì You can make storyboards and how to videos Editing

49 Formats ì SomeAmes when you receive a file, you have no way to know how they were compressed.

50 Codecs ì Video files use standard audio codecs for the audio tracks such as WAV or MP3, but vary widely in the type of video codes used. Video codecs take a video stream and compress it by using various algorithms.

51 Codecs

52 Wrappers

53 Tuner Hardware ì Television tuners ohen include components for video capture so you can get both devices on one card.

54 Tuner Hardware ì This figure shows a USB Hauppauge HDTV used to pick up a signal on a TV tuner.

55 Smart TV and Set Top Boxes ì A smart TV is a television with network capabiliaes, a set-top is an alternaave compuang device you can use if you have a dumb TV.

56 Storage Devices ì Flash Memory from USB thumb drives to flash memory cards ì OpAcal disc disc technology, from CD-ROMs to DVDs and Blu-ray disc

57 USB Thumb Drives ì USB thumb drives and flash drives make moving data from one computer to another very easy.

58 CompactFlash ì Is the oldest, largest and most complex of removable flash media.

59 CompactFlash ì The CF form factor was repurposed to create the microdrive. This is a true hard drive using pla^ers and read/write heads.

60 SmartMedia ì This was a compeator to CF cards and used to be popular. Replaced by SD media.

61 Secure Digital ì These cards are the most common flash media used today.

62 Memory Stick ì If you use Sony products, you are using a memory sack.

63 xd Picture Card ì The Extreme Digital Picture card is about half the size of an SD Card, Used by Olympus and Fuji film Digital Cameras.

64 Card Readers ì Whichever type of flash memory you use, your computer must have a card reader to access the data on the card.

65 Optical Drives ì Most CD-ROM drives support a number of older, less well-known formats. With a program like Nero, you ll see many formats.

66 CD-ROM Speeds

67 CD-R ì CD-R disc come in two varieaes; a 74 minute disc that holds 640MB and an 80 minute variety that hold approximately 700 MB.

68 CD-RW ì CD-RW disc allows you to burn over exisang data.

69 Windows CD Media ì All opacal drives plug into ATA controllers on the motherboard. You just plug it in and they appear in Windows.

70 DVD Media ì They look like CDs but.. ì The difference is capacity. The lowest capacity DVD disc hold 4.37 GB. Highest capacity is 16 GB. ì DVD uses smaller pits, they come in both Single and double sided, and they come in single and dual layers.

71 DVD Media

72 Blu-ray Media ì Blu-ray is the next generaaon of opacal disc. They come in two physical sizes, standard and mini. And are used for games and movies.

73 BD-ROM ì BD-ROM is a Blu-ray equivalent of the standard DVD ROM data format and can store much more data and produce excellent audio and video. They are played in disc drives such as the one below.

74 Installing Optical Drives ì All drives look alike (mostly). Pictured are CD, DVD and BD-R drives. Always look for the funcaon labled on the drive.

75 Essential Peripherals ì By ì Thomas Russell InformaAon Technology Teacher The End