Input devices

Input devices

​An input device is any hardware device that sends data to a computer, allowing you to interact with and control it. The picture shows a Logitech trackball mouse, which is an example of an input device.

​Types of input devices

• Audio conversion device

• Barcode reader

• Biometrics (e.g., fingerprint scanner).

• Business card reader

• Data collection device

• Digital camera and digital camcorder.

• EEG (electroencephalography)

• Finger (with touch screen or Windows Touch).

​Gamepad, balance board, dance pad, joystick, paddle, steering wheel, pedals, and Microsoft Kinect.

• Gesture recognition

• Graphics tablet

• Guitar, MIDI keyboard, or other musical instrument connected to the computer.

• Keyboard

• Light gun

• Light pen

• Magnetic ink (like the ink found on checks).

• Magnetic stripe reader

• Medical imaging devices (e.g., X-ray, CAT scan, and ultrasound images).

• Microphone (using voice speech recognition or biometric verification).

• MIDI keyboard

• MICR

​Motion-sensing mouse or game controller

• Mouse, touchpad, or other pointing devices.

• OMR (optical mark reader)

• Paddle

• Pen or stylus

• Punch card reader

• Remote

• RFID reader

• Scanner

• Sensors (e.g., heat and orientation sensors).

• Sonar imaging devices

• Stylus (with touch screen).

​Stylus (with touch screen).

• Touch-sensitive pad (like pad on early iPod)

• Touch screen

• Voice (using voice speech recognition or biometric verification).

• Video capture device

• Virtual device

• VR helmet and gloves

• Webcam

• Yoke