Acronym and Package Glossary


The following acronyms are listed in alphabetical order.
The package suffix listings are at the end.




DEFINITIONS:

A/D : Digital to Analog Converter

CAN : Controller Area Network

CCTV : Closed Caption Television

CGM : Clock Generator Module

COP : Computer Operating Properly (Watch Dog Timer)

CPU : Central Processing Unit

D/A : Digital to Analog Converter

DMA : Direct Memory Access

DTMF : Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency

EBI : External Bus Interface

EEPROM : Electrically Eraseable Programmable Read Only Memory

EPROM : Eraseable Programmable Read Only Memory

IC : Input Capture (Timer Function)

I2C : Inter-Integrated Circuit

i/o : Bi-directional Input and Output Port Pins

i : Input Only Port Pins

KBI : Key Board Interrupt

LCD : Liquid Crystal Display

LVI : Low-Voltage Interrupt

LVPI : Low Voltage Program Inhibit

LVR : Low Voltage Reset

MCU : Microcontroller Unit

MDLC : Message Data Link Controller (J1850 Multiplex)

MFT : Multi Function Timer

PEP : Personality EPROM

PEEP : Personality EEPROM

o : Output Only Port Pins

OC : Output Compare (Timer Function)

OSD : On-Screen Display

OTPROM : One Time Programmable Read Only Memory

PLL : Phase-Lock Loop

PWM : Pulse-Width Modulation

ROM : Read Only Memory

RTC : Real-Time Clock

RTI : Real-Time Interrupt

SCI : Serial Communications Interface (Asynchronous)

SCI+ : Serial Communications Interface (Asynchronous and Synchronous)

SIM : System Interface Module

SIOP : Simple Serial I/O Port (Synchronous)

SPI : Serial Peripheral Interface (Synchronous)

USB : Universal Serial Bus

VFD : Vacuum Fluorescent Display

WDOG : Watch Dog Timer



PACKAGE OPTIONS:

B : Plastic Shrink DIP (70 mil spacing)

DW : Small Outline Integrated Circuit (Wide-Body SOIC)

FA : 7 x 7 mm Quad Flat Pack (QFP)

FB : 10 x 10 mm Quad Flat Pack (QFP)

FE : Windowed Ceramic Quad Flat Pack (CQFP) - Samples Only

FN : Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)

FS : Windowed Ceramic Leaded Chip Carrier (CLCC) - Samples Only

FT : 28 x 28 mm Quad Flat Pack (QFP)

FU : 14 x 14 mm Quad Flat Pack (QFP)

FZ : Windowed Ceramic Quad Flat Pack (CQFP) - Samples Only

K : Windowed Ceramic Shrink DIP (cersdip) - Samples Only

L : Ceramic Sidebraze DIP

P : Plastic DIP (100 mil spacing)

PU : 14 x 14 mm Thin Quad Flat Pack (TQFP)

PV : 20 x 20 mm Thin Quad Flat Pack (TQFP)

S : Windowed Ceramic DIP (Cerdip) - Samples Only