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UM10316_0
© NXP B.V. 2008. All rights reserved.
User manual
Rev. 00.06 — 17 December 2008
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NXP Semiconductors
UM10316
Chapter 32: LPC29xx Supplementary information
33. Glossary
ADC —
Analog to Digital Converter; converts an
analog input value to a discrete integer value.
Atomic action —
A number of software instructions
executed without the possibility to interrupt them. A
common solution is to disable the interrupts before
this instruction sequence, and to restore the interrupt
allowance afterwards.
Baud rate —
The number of symbols
transmitted/received per second. The size of the
symbol depends on the protocol. Often used to
indicate the number of bits per second.
Byte lane —
An 8-bit wide bus (or 8 bits of a bus)
used to pass individual data bytes.
CAN —
Controller Area Network
multicast shared serial bus standard for connecting
electronic control units.
CC —
Communication Controller.
CGU —
Clock Generation Unit; controls clock sources
and clock domains.
EmbeddedICE —
Embedded In-Circuit Emulator;
integrated unit to support debugging the ARM core via
the JTAG interface (in ARM debug mode), see
ER —
Event Router; routes wake-up events and
external interrupts (to CGU/VIC).
FIFO —
First In First Out queuing/buffering
mechanism.
Flash-word —
An element containing 128 bits (16
bytes). The flash memory is arranged to store and
access these elements.
FMC —
Flash Memory Controller; controller for the
internal flash memory.
GPIO —
General Purpose Input/Output; controller for
I/O pins.
Half word —
In the context of ARM processors, an
element containing 16 bits (2 bytes).
JTAG —
Standardized interface (
support boundary-scan. Also used to access device
peripherals, e.g. for debugging.
LIN —
Local Interconnect Network; low cost serial
communication system with single master and rate up
to 20 kb/s. Targeted for distributed electronic systems
in vehicles.
SCU —
System Control Unit; configures memory-map
and I/O functions.
SMC —
Static Memory Controller; controller for the
external memory banks.
SPI —
Serial Peripheral Interface; serial interface
supporting various industry standard protocols.
TMR —
Timer; generic timer providing match output
and capture inputs.
WD —
Watchdog; timer to guard (software) execution.
UART —
Universal Asynchronous
Receiver/Transmitter; standard 550 serial port.
VIC —
Vectored Interrupt Controller; controller for
vectored interrupt handling.
Word —
In the context of ARM processors, an
element containing 32 bits (4 bytes).