Annex
ADwin
A-8
ADwin-light-16
, manual version 2.2, December 2004
A-5 List of Abbreviations
A/D
Analog to Digital
ADC
Analog to Digital Converter
ADSP Analog Devices Signal Pro-
cessor
b
Binary number
CLK
CLocK
CLR
CLeaR
CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide
Semiconductor
CMRR Common Mode Rejection
Ratio
D/A
Digital to Analog
DAC
Digital to Analog Converter
DIL
Dual InLine
DIO
Digital Input / Output
DIR
DIRection
DMA
Direct Memory Access
DMM
Digital Multi-Meter
DNL
Differential Non-Linearity
DRAM Dynamic Random Access
Memory
DSP
Digital Signal Processor
EOC
End Of Conversion
EMC
Electro-Magnectic Compati-
bility
ESD
Electro-Static Discharge
FPGA Field Programmable Gate
Array
FSR
Full Scale Range
GND
GrouND
h / Hex Hexadecimal number
I/O
Input / Output
IC
Integrated Circuit
InAmp Instrumentation Amplifier
INL
Integral Non-Linearity
IRQ
Interrupt ReQuest
kB
kilo Byte (= 1024 Byte)
kByte
seekB
LED
Light Emitting Diode
LSB
Least Significant bit
MB
Mega-Byte (= 1024kB)
MByte seeMB
MSB
Most Significant bit
MUX
Multiplexer
OpAmp Operational Amplifier
PC
Personal Computer
PGA
Programmable Gain Ampli-
fier
S&H
Sample & Hold
SRAM Static Random Access Mem-
ory
TTL
Transistor-Transistor Logic
V
cc
Voltage collector-collector
V
ee
Voltage emitter-emitter
Manufacturer
AD
Analog Devices
BB
Burr-Brown
LT
Linear Technology
TI
Texas Instruments