Css-Grade 11 - Finals-Module - Lesson 4
Css-Grade 11 - Finals-Module - Lesson 4
Lesson Information 4
Keyboard Elements
1. Alphanumeric keys – the alphabet keys along with row numbers and
special characters. These keys match those on a typewriter.
Alphabet keys
Punctuation and special characters
Actions keys
Character selection keys
Command control keys
Enter key
White space keys
Number/special character keys
2. Cursor control key – located on the right side of the alphanumeric keys,
this group of keys has two smaller group of keys: the cursor function
keys and cursor arrow keys.
3. Function keys- located across the top of a keyboard.
4. Numeric keypad – the number pad, which is located on the extreme
right side of nearly all modern keyboards, contains keys for ten numbers,
as well as the four arithmetic functions. This can also be used as a
cursor control pad by toggling the NUM LOCK key.
5. Toggle and Lock keys
6. Special purpose keys
ESC key
Print Screen key
Pause/break key
7. Window keys
Windows key
Application/Context key
Keyboard Switch Types
1. Pure mechanical switches – a very simple switch in which two
metal contacts are brought into contact or metal plunger is pressed
against contacts on a circuit board when the switch is pressed.
2. Foam element switches – it is made up of a plunger that is
connected to a foam pad that has a piece of foil on its underside. A circuit
board with a pair of copper contacts for each keyswitch sits underneath
the keyswitches.
3. Rubber dome keyswitch – also known as carbon-contact
keyswitch, this design is very much like the foam and foil contact switch.
In each rubber dome switch is a small rounded dome of rubber that has
a pad of carbon material on its underside.
Membrane switches – similar to rubber-dome switches, except that the keytops
are all joined into a solid sheet that rest on top of the rubber domes
Keyboard Connectors
1. The 5 pin DIN connector - this is the oldest of the keyboard connectors,
also known as the AT form factor.
Pin Number Signal
1 Keyboard Clock
2 Keyboard Data
3 Unused
4 Ground
5 + 5v Power
2. The 6 pin Mini DIN Connector – it is designed to used six pins arranged
in a circular pattern around a plastic case, also known as PS /2
connector.
Pin Number Signal
1 Keyboard Data
2 Unused
3 Ground
4 + 5v Power
5 Keyboard Clock
6 Unused
3. The USB Connector – the universal serial bus is a multifunction
peripheral bus that is growing rapidly in popularity, and the keyboard is
one of many devices that can use it.
Pointing Devices
1. Traditional Mice/Mouse - a palm-sized plastic housing with a rubber
ball protruding from the bottom and a cord coming out the back.
Ergonomic mice
Optomechanical mice
Optical mouse
Intellimouse
2. Trackballs – it is an upside-down mouse with a larger than normal ball.
Instead of rolling the ball by moving the whole mouse across a surface,
you move the ball directly while the device itself remains stationary.
3. IBM /TrackPoint – also known as Glidepoint mouse. It is created by IBM
for its ThinkPad line of notebook computer to solve the pointing device
problems.
4. Touch Pads – it is a rectangular pad located below the spacebar on a
laptop keyboard. The pad senses the capacitance of your finger as you
move it across the surface.
5. Joystick – a type of pointing device that is used primarily with game
software on a PC.
6. Graphic Tablets – similar in conception with the touch pad, but it is
larger and used with a stylus instead of your finger.
REFERENCES:
https://www.slideshare.net/chrispaul8676/ports-and-connectors-14198079
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