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The terms listed here are common microcontroller terms. This page provides a brief definition of these terms and how they relate to products designed for microcontroller applications.

Microcontroller Nomenclature Dictionary
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  • Bit - A single binary value, 1 or 0.
  • BOR - Brown Out Reset
  • Byte - 8 bits
  • CAN - Controller Area Network
  • D/A or DAC - Digital to Analog Converter
  • DMA - Direct Memory Access
  • EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read Only memory
  • Ethernet - Family of frame-based computer networking technologies that operates at many speeds for local area networks (LANs) and has been standardized as IEEE 802.3
  • EUSART - Enhanced Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
  • Flash - Non-volatile computer memory that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed
  • IrDA - Infrared Serial Port
  • I²C - Inter-Integrated Circuit Bus
  • JTAG - Joint Test Action Group
  • LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
  • LIN - Local Interconnection Network
  • LVD - Low Voltage Detect
  • MAC - Media Access Control address
  • MCU - Microcontroller
  • MIPS - Million Instructions Per Second
  • MPU - Microprocessor
  • OTP - One Time Programmable
  • PHY - Physical Layer
  • PLL - Phase Lock Loop
  • POR - Power On Reset
  • PWM - Pulse Width Module
  • RAM - Random Access Memory
  • ROM-less - External ROM necessary
  • RTC - Real Time Clock
  • RTCC - Real Time Clock with Calendar
  • RX - Receive
  • SMBus - System Management Bus
  • SPI - Serial Peripheral Interface
  • SSU - Synchronous Serial Communication unit
  • TWI - Two Wire Interface
  • TX - Transmit
  • USART - Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus
  • Vref - Voltage Reference
  • WDT - Watch Dog Timer




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