Terminology / Acronyms
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A
| Term |
Description |
| ACCEL |
Accelerometer |
| AN |
When talking about firmware, this could refer to application notes (e.g. AN1234, AN5286) |
B
| Term |
Description |
| BARO |
Barometer |
| BMS |
Battery Management System |
C
| Term |
Description |
| COTS |
Commercial off the Shelf |
D
| Term |
Description |
| DMA |
Direct Memory Access |
E
| Term |
Description |
| ESC |
Electronic Speed Controller |
| EXTI |
External Interrupt/Event Controller |
F
| Term |
Description |
| FC |
Flight controller |
| FDCAN |
Flexible Data-rate Controller Area Network |
G
| Term |
Description |
| GCS |
Ground control station |
| GNSS |
Global Navigation Satellite System |
| GPIO |
General Purpose Input/Output |
H
I
| Term |
Description |
| IMU |
Inertial measurement unit |
| I2C |
Inner-Integrated Circuit |
J
K
L
| Term |
Description |
| LC |
Launch Canada |
| LiDAR |
Light Detection and Ranging |
M
| Term |
Description |
| MAG |
Magnetometer |
| MCU |
Microcontroller Unit |
N
| Term |
Description |
| NVIC |
Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller |
O
P
| Term |
Description |
| PCB |
Printed Circuit Board |
| PWM |
Pulse-Width Modulation |
Q
R
| Term |
Description |
| RTK |
Real-Time Kinematic |
| RM |
When talking about firmware, this could refer to reference manuals (e.g. RM1234, RM0399) |
S
| Term |
Description |
| SPI |
Serial peripheral interface |
T
| Term |
Description |
| TIM |
Timer |
| TVR |
Thrust vectoring rocket |
U
| Term |
Description |
| UART |
Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter |
| UWB |
Ultra-Wide Band |
V
W
X
Y
Z
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