1. Mother Board 2
Introduction to different type of mother boards, Single Board Based System, Block
diagram of motherboard. Installation of Computer System.
(08 hrs)
2. Buses and Ports
Different type of Buses PCI, SCSI and Serial and Parallel ports (COM ports) Ports COM
1, LPTI, USB. RS 232 C, use of computer for instrumentation.
(08 hrs)
3. Memory
Principle and construction of Hard Disk Drive (HDD). Floppy Disk Controller & Hard Disk
Controller. Pen Drives, common faults with hard disk drive and floppy disk drive, RAM
Module.
(10 hrs)
4. Keyboard and Mouse
Block Diagram of keyboard Controller, keyboard switches, keyboard faults, mouse,
common faults with mouse and optical mouse. Introduction to scanner, digitizer.
(08 hrs)
5. CRT Display Devices
Block Diagram, Principle of operation of Computer Monitor, Difference between TV and
Computer Monitor. Video display Adaptors (monochrome and Colour), introduction to
solid state displays
(08 hrs)
6. Printers
Printing Mechanism, Construction and working principles of Dot Matrix Printer, Inkjet
Printer, Laser Printer, Printer Controller, Centronics Interface, Signals from PC to Printer
and Printer to PC.
(08 hrs)
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7. Networking Devices
Introduction to networking devices. Idea about
a) LAN, WAN, Wi-Fi, WLAN
b) ROUTER, SWITCH, HUB
(08 hrs)
8. Modems
: Need and functions of modems
Laptop
: Their need, function and applications.