Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
LED
Light-emitting diode
mA
Milliamperes, a measure of current flow
MCU
Microcontroller unit
MMC
MultiMedia Card
MISO
Master in, slave out
MOSI
Master out, slave in
MTD
Memory technology device
mutex
Mutually exclusive
NTSC
National Television System Committee (analog TV signal standard)
PAL
Phase Alternating Line (analog TV signal standard)
PC
Personal computer
PCB
Printed circuit board
PLL
Phase-locked loop
PoE
Power over Ethernet (supplying power over an Ethernet cable)
POSIX
Portable Operating System Interface (for Unix)
pthreads
POSIX threads
PWM
Pulse-width modulation
Pxe
Preboot execution environment, usually referencing booting by network
RAM
Random-access memory
