1. Introduction to Hardware

2. Hardware
What is hardware?

3. Hardware What is hardware?
The actual, physical electronic components that you can touch:

4. Hardware What is hardware?
The actual, physical electronic components that you can touch:
Video cards

5. Hardware What is hardware?
The actual, physical electronic components that you can touch:
Video cards
Sound cards

6. Hardware What is hardware?
The actual, physical electronic components that you can touch:
Video cards
Sound cards
Motherboard

7. Hardware What is hardware?
The actual, physical electronic components that you can touch:
Video cards
Sound cards
Motherboard
Monitor

8. Hardware What is hardware?
The actual, physical electronic components that you can touch:
Video cards
Sound cards
Motherboard
Monitor
Pentium processor (CPU)

9. Hardware What is hardware?
The actual, physical electronic components that you can touch:
Video cards
Sound cards
Motherboard
Monitor
Pentium processor (CPU)
Keyboard

10. Hardware What is hardware?
The actual, physical electronic components that you can touch:
Video cards
Sound cards
Motherboard
Monitor
Pentium processor (CPU)
Keyboard …

11. Computers
What is a computer?

12. Computers What is a computer?
A programmable machine that inputs, outputs, and manipulates data/information according to a list of instructions.

13. Computers What is a computer?
A programmable machine that inputs, outputs, and manipulates data/information according to a list of instructions.
A few examples:
“Normal” computers
PCs (IBMs … and yes, EVEN Macs)

14. Computers What is a computer?
A programmable machine that inputs, outputs, and manipulates data/information according to a list of instructions.
A few examples:
“Normal” computers
PCs (IBMs … and yes, EVEN Macs)
Super computers (Cray's, etc)

15. Computers What is a computer?
A programmable machine that inputs, outputs, and manipulates data/information according to a list of instructions.
A few examples:
“Normal” computers
Embedded computers
PCs (IBMs … and yes, EVEN Macs)
Super computers (Cray's, etc)

16. Computers What is a computer?
A programmable machine that inputs, outputs, and manipulates data/information according to a list of instructions.
A few examples:
“Normal” computers
Embedded computers
PCs (IBMs … and yes, EVEN Macs)
Super computers (Cray's, etc)
Computers inside other devices.

17. Computers What is a computer?
A programmable machine that inputs, outputs, and manipulates data/information according to a list of instructions.
A few examples:
“Normal” computers
Embedded computers
PCs (IBMs … and yes, EVEN Macs)
Super computers (Cray's, etc)
Computers inside other devices.
Most microwaves have them!

18. Computers What is a computer?
A programmable machine that inputs, outputs, and manipulates data/information according to a list of instructions.
A few examples:
“Normal” computers
Embedded computers
PCs (IBMs … and yes, EVEN Macs)
Super computers (Cray's, etc)
Computers inside other devices.
Most microwaves have them!
Your family car is full of them! ABS, etc.

19. Hardware

20. Hardware
Mercury Thermometer

21. Hardware

22. Hardware
Digital Thermometer

23. Hardware
Hardware
How are they different?

24. Measures all degrees of temperature
Hardware
Hardware
How are they different?
Measures all degrees of temperature

25. Hardware Hardware How are they different?
Measures all degrees of temperature
Measures temperature in 1/10º degree increments

26. Hardware Hardware How are they different?
Measures all degrees of temperature
*ANALOG*
Measures temperature in 1/10º degree increments

27. Hardware Hardware How are they different?
Measures all degrees of temperature
*ANALOG*
Measures temperature in 1/10º degree increments
*DIGITAL*

28. Hardware
Analog
Varies continuously in both time (wavelength) and amplitude
Sine wave graph

29. Hardware Analog Digital
Varies continuously in both time (wavelength) and amplitude
Sine wave graph
Digital
Varies in discrete steps
Saw-tooth graph

30. Hardware

31. Hardware
Real digital electronic signals are not that “pure”…

32. Hardware
Real digital electronic signals are not that “pure”…

33. History of Computers
First computer…

34. History of Computers
First computer…
The abacus

35. History of Computers First computer… The abacus Perhaps as old
as 2000 BC!

36. History of Computers First computer… The abacus Perhaps as old
as 2000 BC!
About the
time of
Abraham!

37. History of Computers
First real adding machines…

38. History of Computers
First real adding machines…
Blaise Pascal

39. History of Computers First real adding machines… Blaise Pascal
About 1642

40. History of Computers First real adding machines… Blaise Pascal
About 1642
Based on a design
from 2AD!

41. History of Computers
First real adding machines…

42. History of Computers
First real adding machines…

43. History of Computers
First real adding machines…
Charles Babbage

44. History of Computers First real adding machines… Charles Babbage
Early 1800’s

45. History of Computers First real adding machines… Charles Babbage
Early 1800’s
Just after American
Revolution

46. History of Computers
Who’s heard of a company called IBM?

47. History of Computers Who’s heard of a company called IBM?
Started by Herman Hollerith in 1890

48. History of Computers Who’s heard of a company called IBM?
Started by Herman Hollerith in 1890
The wild
west…

49. History of Computers
OK, but what about *REAL* computers???

50. History of Computers OK, but what about *REAL* computers???
ENIAC, USA, 1940’s

51. History of Computers OK, but what about *REAL* computers???
ENIAC, USA, 1940’s
*EXPENSIVE*

52. History of Computers OK, but what about *REAL* computers???
ENIAC, USA, 1940’s
*EXPENSIVE*…$500,000

53. History of Computers OK, but what about *REAL* computers???
ENIAC, USA, 1940’s
*EXPENSIVE*…$500,000
*HUGE*

54. History of Computers OK, but what about *REAL* computers???
ENIAC, USA, 1940’s
*EXPENSIVE*…$500,000
*HUGE* … filled a house

55. History of Computers OK, but what about *REAL* computers???
ENIAC, USA, 1940’s
*EXPENSIVE*…$500,000
*HUGE* … filled a house
Weight…

56. History of Computers OK, but what about *REAL* computers???
ENIAC, USA, 1940’s
*EXPENSIVE*…$500,000
*HUGE* … filled a house
Weight…

57. History of Computers OK, but what about *REAL* computers???
ENIAC, USA, 1940’s
*EXPENSIVE*…$500,000
*HUGE* … filled a house
Weight…

58. History of Computers OK, but what about *REAL* computers???
ENIAC, USA, 1940’s
*EXPENSIVE*…$500,000
*HUGE* … filled a house
Weight…

59. History of Computers OK, but what about *REAL* computers???
ENIAC, USA, 1940’s
*EXPENSIVE*…$500,000
*HUGE* … filled a house
Weight…

60. History of Computers OK, but what about *REAL* computers???
ENIAC, USA, 1940’s
*EXPENSIVE*…$500,000
*HUGE* … filled a house
Weight…

61. History of Computers OK, but what about *REAL* computers???
ENIAC, USA, 1940’s
*EXPENSIVE*…$500,000
*HUGE* … filled a house
Weight: about 5 elephants

62. History of Computers OK, but what about *REAL* computers???
ENIAC, USA, 1940’s
*EXPENSIVE*…$500,000
*HUGE* … filled a house
Weight: about 5 elephants
About the same computing power
as a …

63. History of Computers OK, but what about *REAL* computers???
ENIAC, USA, 1940’s
*EXPENSIVE*…$500,000
*HUGE* … filled a house
Weight: about 5 elephants
About the same computing power
as a *VERY* small, single chip today – too small for me to draw here!

64. History of Computers OK, but what about *REAL* computers???
ENIAC, USA, 1940’s
*EXPENSIVE*…$500,000
*HUGE* … filled a house
Weight: about 5 elephants
About the same computing power
as a *VERY* small, single chip today – too small for me to draw here!

65. Computer Hardware Architecture

66. Computer Hardware Architecture
Motherboard

67. Computer Hardware Architecture
Motherboard
CPU

68. Computer Hardware Architecture
Motherboard
Primary Storage:
RAM
CPU

69. Computer Hardware Architecture
Motherboard
Primary Storage:
RAM
CPU
Mass storage: Hard drive

70. Computer Hardware Architecture
Motherboard
Primary Storage:
RAM
CPU
Mass storage: Hard drive
Mass storage: CDROM

71. Computer Hardware Architecture
Motherboard
Peripherals: Video Card
Primary Storage:
RAM
CPU
Mass storage: Hard drive
Mass storage: CDROM

72. But My PC is Obsolete Already!

73. But My PC is Obsolete Already!
Moore’s Law

74. But My PC is Obsolete Already!
Moore’s Law
The capabilities of computer processing power will double every 18 – 24 months (Gordon Moore, 1965, co-founder of Intel)

75. But My PC is Obsolete Already!
Moore’s Law
The capabilities of computer processing power will double every 18 – 24 months (Gordon Moore, 1965, co-founder of Intel)
What does this mean?

76. But My PC is Obsolete Already!
Moore’s Law
The capabilities of computer processing power will double every 18 – 24 months (Gordon Moore, 1965, co-founder of Intel)
What does this mean?
Things change … really, really, really fast.

77. But My PC is Obsolete Already!
Moore’s Law
The capabilities of computer processing power will double every 18 – 24 months (Gordon Moore, 1965, co-founder of Intel)
What does this mean?
Things change … really, really, really fast.
Your uber-fast gaming PC will be a …

78. But My PC is Obsolete Already!
Moore’s Law
The capabilities of computer processing power will double every 18 – 24 months (Gordon Moore, 1965, co-founder of Intel)
What does this mean?
Things change … really, really, really fast.
Your uber-fast gaming PC will be a in less than 2 years.

79. Homework Assignment

80. Homework Assignment
Identify 3 computers at home or used by your family that you did not realize were computers before today.

81. Homework Assignment
Identify 3 computers at home or used by your family that you did not realize were computers before today.
Be sure to consider embedded computers – devices that have computers “hidden” in them.

82. Homework Assignment
Identify 3 computers at home or used by your family that you did not realize were computers before today.
Be sure to consider embedded computers – devices that have computers “hidden” in them.
Be prepared to share what you’ve discovered tomorrow in class.

83. Clear and Unclear Windows