Glossary
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I
INL
integral nonlinearity–For an ADC, deviation of codes of the actual
transfer function from a straight line.
I/O
input/output—the transfer of data to/from a computer system
involving communications channels, operator interface devices,
and/or data acquisition and control interfaces
I
OH
current, output high
I
OL
current, output low
K
kHz
kilohertz
L
LED
light emitting diode
LSB
least significant bit
M
m
meter
MB
megabytes of memory
MHz
megahertz
MIO
multifunction I/O
MITE
MXI Interface to Everything
MSB
most significant bit
mux
multiplexer—a switching device with multiple inputs that
sequentially connects each of its inputs to its output, typically
at high speeds, in order to measure several signals with a single
analog input channel
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