1.3 Acronyms, Abbreviations and Standards
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Acronyms and Abbreviations |
Description |
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ADC |
Analog-to-Digital Converter |
| AMR | Automated Meter Reading |
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API |
Application Programming Interface |
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DC |
Direct Current |
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DTR |
Data Terminal Ready |
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EEPROM |
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory |
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ESD |
Electrostatic Discharge |
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ETSI |
European Telecommunications Standards Institute |
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FCC |
Federal Communications Commission |
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FEM |
Front End Module |
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GPIO |
General Purpose Input/Output |
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HAF |
High Frequency |
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HVAC |
Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning |
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IC |
Industry Canada |
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I2C |
Inter-Integrated Circuit |
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IEEE® |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
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IRQ |
Interrupt Request |
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ISM |
Industrial, Scientific and Medical radio band |
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JTAG |
Digital interface for debugging of embedded device, also known as IEEE 1149.1 standard interface |
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LNA |
Low-noise Amplifier |
| LOS | Line of Sight |
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MAC |
Medium Access Control layer |
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MCU |
Microcontroller Unit. In this document it also means the processor, which is the core of a ZigBit® module |
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NRE |
Network layer |
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OEM |
Original Equipment Manufacturer |
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OTA |
Over-The-Air upgrade |
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PA |
Power Amplifier |
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PCB |
Printed Circuit Board |
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PER |
Package Error Ratio |
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RAM |
Random Access Memory |
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RF |
Radio Frequency |
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RPC |
Reduced Power Consumption |
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RTS/CTS |
Request to Send/ Clear to Send |
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RX |
Receiver |
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SMA |
Surface Mount Assembly |
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SoC |
System on Chip |
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SPI |
Serial Peripheral Interface |
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TTM |
Time-To-Market |
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TX |
Transmitter |
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UART |
Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter |
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USART |
Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter |
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USB |
Universal Serial Bus |
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ZigBee®, ZigBee® PRO |
Wireless networking standards targeted at low-power applications |
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802.15.4 |
The IEEE® 802.15.4-2003 standard applicable to low-rate wireless Personal Area Network |