Computer Interface Project

        An interface is where two independent systems can meet and interact with each other.  In this computer interface project, we focused on the hardware interface. We looked at how wires, plugs, and sockets are used to connect different hardware devices.  There are many different types of hardware interfaces for connecting external devices to a computer, the most common being the USB.  A USB can be used to connect printers, cameras, flash drives, music players, auxiliary cords, and optical drives.  Other common connectors include SATA cables and HDMI cables.

1. Molex connector

2. The connecter is named after the company who designed it, Molex.  

3. A molex connector ia a two-piece pin and socket interconnection, usually used as a disk drive connector.

4. Molex connectors are designed to carry a large current, up to 11A per pin

1. Sata cable

2. Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

3. A connector cable for connecting computers to outside storage devices

4. SATA cables can transfer data at a rate of 1.5 Gbit/s, 3 Gbit/s, or 6 Gbit/s

1. Gateway Support K

2. Gateway Support

3. Used for all IDE devices, mainly hard drives or cd drives

4. Up to 16MB/s

1. PSWD Jumper

2. Password override jumper

3. Remove the jumper and join the center pin to the opposite pin

4. No data transfer rate/other versions

1. Pin Fan

2. Called Pin Fan because it connects to the fan and it has pins

3. Connects to fan

4. There are two different versions, 3 pin fans and 4 pin fans.  The 4th pin in the 4 pin fan controls the speed

1. USB 3.0 b

2. Universal Serial Bus

3. It allows connection for things to go into computer or devices

4. 100 MBps

1. Jumper

2. It “jumps” over different pins

3. Conductor used to break in, open, or bypass part of an electrical circuit

4. Only one version

1. Sata Power

2. Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

3. Cable that transports a direct current of power into something

4. 3.0 Gbit/s

1. USB type A&B

2. Universal Serial Bus

3. It allows connection for things to go into computer or devices

4. 12 Mbps, 480 Mbps, or 10 Gbps

1. PATA Cable

2. Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment cable

3. Required for the connection of storage devices

4. 66/100/133 MBs/second

1. USB type C

2. Universal Serial Bus

3. It allows connection for things to go into computer or devices

4.100 Watts

1. PS2 port and Cable

2. Personal System 2

3. Connects mouse and keyboards into computers

4. 100kbps

1. USB 3.0 Pinout

2. Universal Serial Bus version 3

3. What USB devices plug into

4. 100 MBps

1. Firewire

2. High speed transfers, hence the “fire”

3. Used for high speed, real time data transferring

4. 400 Mbps or 800 Mbps

1. VGA port and plug

2. Video Graphics Array connector

3. standard monitor connection system

4. 31.469 kHz

1.HDMI Cables

2.High-Definition Multimedia Interface

3.Connection for HD video devices

4. Types A and C are faster than type D

1.Expansion Slots

2.Add more chips

3.Allows you to add more RAM cards and other things to a motherboard

4. Four different types, PCI express, PCI, AGP, ISA

1.Computer Display Port/Cable

2.Transfers whatever is being displayed onto a computer

3.Connects a video source to a display device

4. Only one type of Computer Display Port

1. Thunderbolt

2. Named after the logo found on the plug and next to the port

3. connects peripherals to a computer. Examples: keyboard, monitor, flash drives

4.20Gb/s Standard on every Mac

1.Ethernet Cable/Port

2.Ethernet instead of internet because it goes through the ground

3.Wired Internet Connection

4. 10 Mbps-1000 Mbps