Motorola DS2208 Barcode Scanner

A barcode reader or barcode scanner is an optical scanner that can read printed barcodes, decode the data contained in the barcode to a computer.Barcode readers capture and translate barcodes into numbers and/or letters for translation by computer. Barcode scanners can be connected to a computer through a serial port, keyboard port or interface device called a wedge.A barcode, consisting of bars and spaces, is a machine-readable representation of numerals and characters. Today, stripes as shown below on packages of products sold at supermarkets, convenience stores and other stores are ubiquitous. These are barcodes.