60 Acronyms and Abbreviations

The following table contains acronyms and abbreviations used in this document.

Table 60-1. Acronyms and Abbreviations
AbbreviationDescription
ACAnalog Comparator
ADCAnalog-to-Digital Converter
ADDRAddress
AESAdvanced Encryption Standard
AHBAdvanced High-performance Bus
AMBAAdvanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture
APBAMBA Advanced Peripheral Bus
AREFAnalog Reference Voltage
AVDDAnalog Supply Voltage
BODBrown-out Detector
CALCalibration
CCCompare/Capture
CCLConfigurable Custom Logic
CLKClock
CRCCyclic Redundancy Check
CTRLControl
DACDigital-to-Analog Converter
DAPDebug Access Port
DFLLDigital Frequency Locked Loop
DPLLDigital Phase Locked Loop
DMACDMA (Direct Memory Access) Controller
DSUDevice Service Unit
EEPROMElectrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EICExternal Interrupt Controller
EVSYSEvent System
FDPLLFractional Digital Phase Locked Loop, also DPLL
FREQMFrequency Meter
GCLKGeneric Clock Controller
GPIOGeneral Purpose Input/Output
I2CInter-Integrated Circuit
IFInterrupt Flag
INTInterrupt
MBISTMemory Built-In Self-Test
MEM-APMemory Access Port
MIBManagement Information Base
MIIMedia Independent Interface
MTBMicro Trace Buffer
NMINon-maskable Interrupt
NVICNested Vector Interrupt Controller
NVMNonvolatile Memory
NVMCTRLNonvolatile Memory Controller
OPAMPOperation Amplifier
OSCOscillator
PACPeripheral Access Controller
PCProgram Counter
PERPeriod
PMPower Manager
PORPower-on Reset
PORTI/O Pin Controller
PTCPeripheral Touch Controller
PWMPulse-Width Modulation
RAMRandom-Access Memory
REFReference
RMIIReduced Media Independent Interface
RTCReal-Time Counter
RXReceiver/Receive
SEESSmartEEPROM Sector
SEEPSmartEEPROM Page
SERCOMSerial Communication Interface
SLCDSegmented Liquid Crystal Display
SMBusSystem Management Bus
SNAPSub-Network Access Protocol
SPStack Pointer
SPISerial Peripheral Interface
SRAMStatic Random Access Memory
SUPCSupply Controller
SYSCTRLSystem Controller - not implemented in L21, 22 etc
SWDSerial Wire Debug
TCTimer/Counter
TRNGTrue Random Number Generator
TXTransmitter/Transmit
ULPUltra Low-Power
USARTUniversal Synchronous and Asynchronous Serial Receiver and Transmitter
USBUniversal Serial Bus
VDDDigital Supply Voltage
VREFVoltage Reference
VSS/AVSSGround
WDTWatchdog Timer
XOSCCrystal Oscillator