GE DPS 5000 Series User Manual page 4

Abbreviations
The following abbreviations are used in this manual.
Note: Abbreviations are the same in the singular and plural
ADC Analogue to digital converter
Addr Address
ASCII American standard code for information interchange
atm atmosphere
ESD Electro-static discharge
ftH O Feet of water
2
hPa HectoPascal
Hz Hertz
I 2 C Inter-integrated circuit
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
inHg Inch of Mercury
inH O Inch of water
2
kbit/s Kilobits per second
kbyte Kilobytes (1024 bytes)
kgf/cm 2 Kilogram-force per square centimetre
kPa KiloPascal
LSB Least significant bit/byte
mbar Millibar
mH O Metre of water
2
mmHg Millimetre of Mercury
mmH O Millimetre of water
2
MPa MegaPascal
ms Millisecond
MSB Most significant bit/byte
PCB Printed circuit board
psi Pound per square inch
s Second
SNR Signal to noise ratio
Degrees Celsius
°C
Nomenclature
The following number notations are used in this document.
0bn..n Binary number notation, e.g. 0b10
0xn..n Hexadecimal number notation, e.g. 0x3BF0
The following data types are used in this document.
Type Bits
Unsigned byte 8
Unsigned integer 16
Unsigned word 32
Float 32
Extended ASCII 8
NOTE 1: Data type float to IEEE 754.
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Range
0x00 (0) to 0xFF (255)
0x0000 (0) to 0xFFFF (65535)
0x00000000 (0) to 0xFFFFFFFF (4294967295)
0xFF7FFFFF (-3.4028E-38) to 0x7F7FFFFF (+3.4028E+38)
0x00 (NULL) to 0xFF (ÿ)
NOTE 2
NOTE 2: Data type Extended ASCII to ISO 8859-1
May 2015
NOTE 1
K0582 Revision B