Hardware used in a Health Centre

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Hardware used in a Health Centre
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Contents

• Hardware devices
• Input
• Output
• Dual purpose
• Computer basics

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Hardware Input devices

• Keyboards
• Normal
• Natural
• Keypads
• PDA - Bluetooth
• Pointing devices
• Mouse
• Tracker Ball
• Touchpad
• Joystick
• Touch screen
• Tablet

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Hardware Input devices

• Images
• Digital camera
• Web cam
• Scanner
• Automated reading devices
• OCR
• OMR
• Bar code reader
• Magnetic strip reader

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Hardware Input devices

• Audio
• Microphones
• Specialist devices
• Thermometer
• Blood pressure
• Internal probes!
• Data collection

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Hardware Output devices

• Monitors
• CRT
• TFT
• Printers
• Laser
• Ink jet
• Thermal
• Plotter
• Dot matrix (prescriptions)

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Hardware Output devices

• Images
• Projector
• Web cam
• TV screen
• Audio
• Speakers
• Head set

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Hardware dual purpose

• Storage
• Hard disk
• CD
• Floppy
• USB stick
• Tape

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Hardware - computers

• Motherboard
• CPU
• Memory
• Bytes and bits
• Kilo,
• Mega
• Giga
• Tera

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Servers and PCs

• Servers
• Client PCs

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Networks

• Networks
• LAN
• WAN
• Communication issues