Glossary
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switchless device devicesthat do not require dip s witches or jumpers to configure resources
on the devices—alsocalled Plug and Play devices
synchronous (1) hardware—a property ofan event that is synchronized to a reference
clock (2) software—aproperty of a function th at beginsan operation and
returns only when the operation is complete
systemnoise a measure of the amount of noise seen by an analog circuit or an ADC when
the analog inputs are grounded
system RAM RAM installed on a personal computer and used by the operating system,
ascontrasted with onboard RAM
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T/H track-and-hold—acircuit thattracks an analog voltage and holds the value
oncommand
TC terminal count—the highest value of a counter
TDC time-to-digital converter
time constant ameasure of a system’s response time
transferrate the rate,measured in bytes/s, at which data is moved from source to
destinationafter software initialization and set up operations; the maximum
rateat which the hardware can operate
TRIG at rigger channel
trigger anyevent that causes or starts some form of data capture
trigger hold-off asi gnal processing technique that lets you specify a time from the trigger
eventto ignore additional triggers that fall within that time
TTL transistor-transistor logic