2-4 Introduction
MN1957
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2.3 Units and abbreviations
The following units and abbreviations are used in this manual:
V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Volt (also VAC and VDC)
W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Watt
A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ampere
Ω
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ohm
μ
F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . microfarad
pF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . picofarad
mH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . millihenry
Φ
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . phase
ms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . millisecond
μ
s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . microsecond
ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nanosecond
mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . millimeter
m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . meter
in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . inch
ft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . feet
lbf-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . pound force inch (torque)
N·m . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newton meter (torque)
ADC . . . . . . . . . . . . . Analog to Digital Converter
ASCII . . . . . . . . . . . . American Standard Code for Information Interchange
AWG . . . . . . . . . . . . American Wire Gauge
CAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAN Application Layer
CAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controller Area Network
CDROM . . . . . . . . . . Compact Disc Read Only Memory
CiA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAN in Automation International Users and Manufacturers Group e.V.
CTRL+E . . . . . . . . . . on the PC keyboard, press Ctrl then E at the same time.
DAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . Digital to Analog Converter
DS301 . . . . . . . . . . . CiA CANopen Application Layer and Communication Profile
DS401 . . . . . . . . . . . CiA Device Profile for Generic I/O Devices
DS402 . . . . . . . . . . . CiA Device Profile for Drives and Motion Control
DS403 . . . . . . . . . . . CiA Device Profile for HMIs
EDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronic Data Sheet
EMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electromagnetic Compatibility
HMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . Human Machine Interface
ISO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . International Standards Organization
Kbaud. . . . . . . . . . . . kilobaud (the same as Kbit/s in most applications)
LCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liquid Crystal Display
Mbps . . . . . . . . . . . . megabits/s
MB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . megabytes
MMC . . . . . . . . . . . . Mint Machine Center
(NC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Connected
RF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Radio Frequency
SSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Synchronous Serial Interface
TCP/IP . . . . . . . . . . . Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
UDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . User Datagram Protocol
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