Glossary
Term | Description |
3A | Auto-focus, Auto-white-balance, Auto-exposure |
AC | Alternating Current |
API | Application Programming Interface |
BIOS | Basic Input Output System |
BSP | Board Support Package |
CC | Configuration Channel - relates to USB Type-C connectors |
CSE | Converged Security Engine - responsible for retrieving and validating all firmware |
CSI | Camera Serial Interface |
DC | Direct Current |
DPTF | Intel Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework |
DRI | Direct Rendering Infrastructure |
DSI | Display Serial Interface |
EEPROM | Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory |
EMI | Electromagnetic Interference |
eMMC | Embedded MultiMedia Card |
EFI | Extensible Firmware Interface |
ESD | Electrostatic Discharge |
FFC | Flexible Flat Cable |
FPC | Flexible Printed Circuit |
GDB | GNU Debugger |
GPIO | General Purpose Input/Output |
GPU | Graphics Processing Unit |
GRD | Ground |
HDMI | High Definition Multimedia Interface |
HPD | Hot Plug Detection |
HSUART | High Speed UART |
HW | Hardware |
I2C | Inter-Integrated Circuit - also known as "I-squared-C bus" |
I2S | Inter-IC Sound - also known as "I-squared-S bus" |
IC | Integrated Circuit |
IDE | Integrated Development Environment |
IoT | Internet of Things |
IPU | Image Processing Unit |
IS | Input System to IPU |
ISP | Image Signal Porecessing |
LCD | Liquid Crystal Display |
LED | Light Emitting Diode |
LPDDR | Low Power Double Data Rate |
LPSS | Low Power Subsystem |
LPS | Limited Power Source |
MFP | Multi Function Peripheral |
MIPI | MIPI Alliance (http://mipi.org/) |
NC | No Connect - signal is not used or is to be left floating |
Net names |
Signals on the printed circuit board are often referred to by their signal, or net name. The name of a signal often changes when passing through a device.
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OS | Operating System |
OSC | Oscillator |
OTG | On the Go - specifically related to the USB On-the-Go technology. OTG ports are required to provide a minimum power to devices. |
PCB | Printed Circuit Board |
PCM | Pulse Code Modulation |
pF | Picofarads - unit of electrical capacitance |
PHY | Physical Layer |
PMIC | Power Management Integrated Circuit |
PoP | Package on Package |
PS | Processing System to IPU |
PTC | Positive Temperature Coefficient - a kind of fuse |
PWA | Printed Wire Assembly |
PWM | Pulse Width Modulation |
ROS | Robot Operating System - http://wiki.ros.org |
RTC | Real Time Clock |
RTD3 | Run Time D3 - a device low power state (D3hot). Device is in lowest power state where it is still accessible by SW, unlike in D3cold where power is off completely. https://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/2010/ocw/system/presentations/279/original/PCI_runtime_PM.pdf https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/power/pci.txt |
RxD | Receive Data |
SCU | System Controller Unit |
SDCard | Secure Digital Card (https://www.sdcard.org/) |
SDIO | Secure Digital Input Output |
SoC | System on Chip |
SoM | System on Module |
SPI | Serial Peripheral Interface |
SW | Software |
TDP | Thermal Design Power |
TxD | Transmit Data |
TMDS | Transition Minimized Differential Signalling |
UART | Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitter |
UDC | USB Device Controller |
UEFI | Universal Extensible Firmware Interface |
USB | Universal Serial Bus - usb.org |
UVC | USB Video Class |
Wi-Fi* | |
XTAL | Crystal |