Abbreviations And Acronyms - Atmel ATZB-EVB-24-SMA User Manual

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Abbreviations and Acronyms

AC/DC Alternating Current / Direct Current converter
ADC Analog-to-Digital Converter
API Application Programming Interface
Channel Mask Channel mask is a number that defines the set of working channels
Coordinator Within ZigBee networks, the ZigBee coordinator is responsible for
starting the network and for choosing certain key network
parameters. The network may be extended through the use of
ZigBee router.
DIP Dual In-line Package
EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
End device In ZigBee networks, the ZigBee end device provides sensor data
sent to a router. End device is often subject to power management
restrictions, so it may be in sleeping mode most of the time.
ESD Electrostatic Discharge
GPIO General Purpose Input/Output
GUI Graphical User Interface
HAL Hardware Abstraction Layer
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I C Inter-Integrated Circuit
IDE Integrated Development Environment
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IRQ Interrupt Request
JTAG Digital interface for debugging of embedded devices, also known as
IEEE 1149.1 standard interface
LED Light Emitting Diode
LQI Link Quality Indicator
MAC Medium Access Control layer
MCU Microcontroller Unit. In this document, it also means the processor,
which is the core of ZigBit Amp module
MIPS Million Instructions per Second
NWK Network layer
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