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Infra-red touchscreens Flashcards

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What do Infra-red touchscreens use?

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a grid pattern of LEDs and photocells (light sensors)

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What do the LEDs do?

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they shine infra-red light infront of the screen

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What happens when the screen is touched by a finger?

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the infra-red beam is interrupted

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How does it calculate the coordinates of where the screen was touched?

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by using a microprocessor

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GCSE Computer Science (36 decks)

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