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Glossary

A

  • ADC: Analog to Digital Converter

C

  • CPU: Central Processing Unit
  • CSi: Camera Serial Interface

D

  • DAC: Digital to Analog Converter
  • DFU: Device Firmware Update
  • DMA: Direct Memory Access
  • DDR: Dual Data Rate
  • DRAM: Dynamic Random-Access Memory
  • DSi: Display Serial Interface

E

  • ERC: Electrical Rule Check
  • ESD: Electro-Static Discharge

F

  • FPU: Floating Point Unit

G

  • GPIO: General-Purpose Input/Output
  • GPU: Graphic Processing Unit

I

  • I/O: Input/Output
  • I2C: Inter-Integrated Circuit Bus
  • IPS: In-Plane Switching or Intelligent Power Select
  • IRQ: Interrupt ReQuest

L

  • LED: Ligh-Emitting Diode
  • LCD: Liquid-Crystal Display
  • LDO: Low Drop-Out
  • LiPo: Lithium Polymer

M

  • MMU: Memory Management Unit
  • MIPI: Mobile Industry Processor Interface

N

  • NTC: Negative Temperature Coefficient

O

  • OPK: Open Package
  • OTG: On-The-Go

P

  • PCBA: Printed Circuit Board Assembly
  • PCB: Printed Circuit Board
  • PIO: Peripheral I/O
  • PLL: Phase-Locked Loop
  • PMIC: Power Management Integrated Circuit
  • PMU: Power Managment Unit
  • PoP: Package on Package
  • PSRR: Power Supply Rejection Ratio
  • PWM: Pulse Width Modulation

R

  • RAM: Random-Access Memory
  • ROM: Read-Only Memory
  • RTC: Real-Time Clock

S

  • SD: Secure Digital
  • SIMD: Single Instruction Multiple Data
  • SiP: System in Package
  • SMPS: Switched-Mode Power Supply
  • SoC: System on Chip
  • SPI: Serial Peripheral Interface
  • SPL: Secondary Program Loader
  • SRAM: Static Random-Access Memory

T

  • TFT LCD: Thin-Film-Transistor Liquid-Crystal Display
  • TVS: Transcient Voltage Suppressor

U

  • UART: Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
  • USB: Universal Serial Bus