Joystick, Mouse and Keyboard are Input/Output devices for computers. Apart from games applications, joysticks are also used in Industrial Control panels, Medical equipment to smoothly and accurately control various system functions, for controlling machines such as elevators, cranes, trucks, powered wheelchairs and some zero turning radius lawn mowers. A gamepad, also called joypad or control pad, is a type of game controller held in the hand, where the fingers are used to provide input.
The most common mouse is a symmetrical oval/oblong design, with one to four buttons, whereas some also have a small wheel or ball. An optical mouse uses a light-emitting diode, an optical sensor, and digital signal processing in place of the traditional mouse ball and electromechanical transducer.
A computer keyboard has a base on which alphanumeric input keys supported by corresponding resilient biasing members. The keys on a computer keyboard may be divided into basic keys and functional keys which are generally fitted on a plate. There are several types of keyboards categorized by the switch technology employed in their operation. They are dome-switch keyboard, capacitive keyboard, mechanical-switch keyboard, buckling-spring keyboard, hall-effect keyboard, membrane keyboard, and roll-up keyboard. Wireless keyboards are becoming popular these days. The wireless keyboards currently available are either infrared based or RF based transmission systems.
Agilent Technologies Inc. announced three new LED-based optical mouse sensors, each offering industry-best features. One sensor offers the lowest power consumption, which enables the longest...
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Eleksen Group plc (AIM:ELG.L), the inventor and manufacturer of ElekTex® smart fabric touchpads for consumer electronics has announced that they are offering their innovative wireless fabric...
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Logitech (SWX: LOGN) (NASDAQ: LOGI), the world´s leading manufacturer of computer mice, today announced the end of discrimination against the left hand. Some of the smartest and most creative...
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HP announced revolutionary pen-based technology that allows the Kannada script to be recorded and stored directly on the computer. The gesture-based keyboard, developed by researchers at HP Labs...
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Prevalent Devices LLC announced the new Phraze-It® Keyboard 2.0 for Windows Mobile Pocket PCs and Pocket PC phones. The Phraze-It Keyboard 2.0 features a complete computer keyboard for typing...
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The NoHands Mouse eliminates wasteful, repetitive "keyboard-to-mouse" hand movements. With the NoHands Mouse, you can have complete contol of the cursor without having to take your hands off the...
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The VT5363, a complete solid-state tracking engine with no moving parts, supports 2-, 3-, or 5-button mouse designs with a scroll-wheel encoder. The device contains a dual USB/PS2 interface with...
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All USB devices must support Suspend mode. Suspend mode enables the devices to enter low-power mode if no bus activity is detected for more than 3.0 ms. Like USB keyboards and pointing devices, USB...
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The keyboard is a crucial component of a properly designed computer workstation. One of the main emphases in designing ergonomic keyboards has been to try to improve user posture during keyboard...
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The PS/2 interface has disappeared from the new generations of PCs to leave the place to the USB interface. This change has to be followed by the designers of pointing devices, who should integrate...
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The EASY INPUT chip is designed to allow the transfer of ASCII data into keyboard based PC programs such as word processors and spread sheets directly from external hardware devices. It does this...
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The Xilinx high-performance CPLD, FPGA, and configuration PROM families provide in-system programmability, reliable pin locking, and JTAG Boundary-Scan test capability. This powerful combination of...
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Cordless mice and keyboards – the cordless desktop – vastly improve the computing experience. They look great and eliminate desktop clutter. They even free people from their desks,...
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The Texas Instruments (TI) MSP430 is a family of microcontrollers typically used in many high-performance low-power human interface device (HID) applications, such as a wireless mouse or keyboard....
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Designed to simplify the development of high-resolution graphics and touch interface applications, the AF-EV850-TFT reference design provides a single-source solution to customers with combined NEC...
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Because of their compact and versatile design, trackball switches can be used not only in mobile phones, PDAs and GPSs, but in remote controls, keyboards, notebooks, PC mouse functions, cameras,...
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AMRI-2000 is an Integrated Circuit (IC) used in AMRT-1410 input device module to provide a mouse-like pointing solution for use in a variety of mobile devices. Typical applications include mobile...
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Our extensive line of large and miniature precision joysticks cover a broad range of applications. Large hand operated joysticks - with a wide range of hand grip designs - provide 1, 2, 3, or 4...
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The Model U97-A extension system passes signals from the video, keyboard, mouse, and stereo audio of a PC over a single Category-5 cable up to 500 ft, and provides local connections for video,...
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The DW-5K keyboard boasts a 30-foot RF range, while operating in continuous power conservation mode, for a 6-month average battery life. Because the DW-5K uses radio frequency signals, it is not...
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Wireless technology has made some progress in penetrating the PC human interface device (HID) market. It is estimated that one-fourth of the mouse devices shipped will be wireless.
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