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Acronyms and notational conventions

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Acronyms and notational conventions

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List of terms

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Notational conventions

The following conventions and notations apply in this document unless otherwise stated.

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Binary number representation

Binary numbers are represented by strings of digits 0 and 1, with the Most Significant Bit

(MSB) on the left, the Least Significant Bit (LSB) on the right, and “0b” added at the

beginning.

For example: 0b11110101

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Hexadecimal number representation

Hexadecimal numbers are represented by numbers 0 to 9, characters A - F, and “0x” added

at the beginning. The Most Significant Byte (MSB) is shown on the left and the Least

Significant Byte (LSB) on the right.

For example: 0xF5

Table 1.

List of terms

Acronyms

Definitions

ADC

Analog to Digital Converter

CISC

Complex Instruction Set Computer

DAC

Digital to Analog Converter

EEPROM

Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory

IC

Integrated Circuit

IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

LED

Light Emitting Diode

LCD

Liquid Crystal Display

FIPS

Federal Information Processing Standard

MIPS

Million Instructions Per Second

NFC

Near Field Communication

RF

Radio Frequency

RFID

Radio Frequency Identification

SPI

Serial Peripheral Interface

USART

Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter