Document number
205065
Version
Rev. N
Issue date
2019-02-04
Sirius OBC and TCM User Manual
Page
173
of
174
13. Glossary
ADC
Analog Digital Converter
APID
Application Process ID
BSP
Board Support Package
CCSDS
The Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems
EDAC
Error Detection and Correction
EM
Engineering model
FIFO
First In First Out
FLASH
Flash memory is a non-volatile computer storage chip that can be electrically erased and
reprogrammed
FPGA
Field Programmable Gate Array
GCC
GNU Compiler Collection program (type of standard in Unix)
GPIO
General Purpose Input/Output
Gtkterm
Is a terminal emulator that drives serial ports
I
2
C
Inter-
Integrated Circuit, generally referred as “two
-
wire interface” is a multi
-master serial single-
ended computer bus invented by Philips.
JTAG
Joint Test Action Group, interface for debugging the PCBs
LVTTL
Low-Voltage TTL
Minicom
Is a text based modem control and terminal emulation program
NA
Not Applicable
NVRAM
Non Volatile Random Access Memory
OBC
On Board Computer
OS
Operating System
PCB
Printed Circuit Board
PCBA
Printed Circuit Board Assembly
POSIX
Portable Operating System Interface
PUS
Packet Utilization Standard
RAM
Random Access Memory, however modern DRAM has not random access. It is often associated
with volatile types of memory
ROM
Read Only Memory
RTEMS
Real-Time Executive for Multiprocessor Systems
SCET
SpaceCraft Elapsed Timer
SoC
System-on-Chip
SPI
Serial Peripheral Interface Bus is a synchronous serial data link which sometimes is called a 4-
wire serial bus.
TC
Telecommand
TCL
Tool Command Language, a script language
TCM
Mass memory
TM
Telemetry
TTL
Transistor Transistor Logic, digital signal levels used by IC components
UART
Universal Asynchonous Receiver Transmitter that translates data between parallel and serial
forms.
USB
Universal Serial Bus, bus connection for both power and data