VIPER Technical Manual

Appendix E – Acronyms and abbreviations

 

 

Appendix E – Acronyms and abbreviations

Amp

Amplifier

ATA

Advanced Technology Attachment

BTUART

Bluetooth Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitter

CAN

Control Area Network

CCCR

Core Clock Configuration Register

CF

Compact Flash

CFI

Common FLASH Interface

CODEC

Coder/Decoder

COM

Communication Port

CPLD

Complex Programmable Logic Device

CPU

Central Processing Unit (PXA255)

CMOS

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

CRT

Cathode Ray Tube

DAC

Digital to Analogue Converter

DMA

Direct Memory Access

DUART

Dual Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitter

EEPROM

Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read-Only Memory

EMC

Electromagnetic Compatibility

EPROM

Erasable and Programmable Read-Only Memory

EXT2

Linux's standard file system type

FFUART

Full Function Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitter

FIFO

First-In First-Out

FLASH

A non-volatile memory that is preserved even if the power is lost

FPIF1

Flat Panel Interface

GPIO

General Purpose Input/Output

I2C

(=IIC) Intra Integrated Circuit bus

ICE

In-Circuit-Emulator

ICR

Interrupt Control and Reset register

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IO

Input/Output

ISA

Industry Standard Architecture, Bus in the IBM-PC

JTAG

Joint Test Action Group of IEEE

LED

Light Emitting Diode

LCD

Liquid Crystal Display

LSB

Least Significant Bit

LVDS

Low Voltage Differential Signalling

NA

Not Applicable

NC

No Connect

NU

Not Used

OS

Operating System

PC/104

Offers full architecture, hardware and software compatibility with the

 

PC ISA bus, but in ultra-compact 96mm x 91mm (3.775" x 3.550")

 

stackable modules

PCB

Printed Circuit Board

PROM

Programmable Read-Only Memory

PWM

Pulse-Width Modulation

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