These days, if you need to connect two devices via wire, you'll most likely use HDMI. This display protocol supports all sorts of device pairings. It lets you use your iPhone with an external display, ...

In the “Say It with Me” series, we’ll take a commonly used concept out of electronics and explain it the best we can. If there’s something that’s been bugging you, or a certain term or concept that ...

Every peripheral device (keyboard, modem, monitor, etc.) requires a control circuit that interfaces with the computer's processor (CPU). These circuits are either built into the chips on the ...

Apple has been granted a patent for “Computer Systems With Handheld Controllers.” Basically, it involves controlling Macs, ...

Output devices: In the world of computers, output devices play a vital role in helping users receive information from the system. While input devices allow users to give commands and data to the ...

When it comes to ATmega8 basic I/O interfacing, we just learned how to connect a switch as an input device to control one LED connected as an output device. Now a simple tour through selected areas of ...

OS X has a neat feature you might not know about: it can create an aggregate set of audio devices so you can use multiple inputs and outputs in any application, allowing you to configure custom ...

In prior Java 101 articles, I referred to the concepts of redirection, standard input device, and standard output device. To demonstrate inputting data, several examples called System.in.read(). It ...