Glossary - Hyp-ed/hyped-2024 GitHub Wiki

Alphabetically sorted collection of terms and abbreviations used in the Software team. Please insert new entries in the appropriate place.

• ADC: analog-to-digital converter
• BMS: battery management system, fetches and monitors battery data
• CAN: controller area network, hardware communication protocol used by Sensors
• CFRP: carbon-fibre-reinforced polymers
• GPIO: general purpose input/output, hardware communication protocol used by Sensors
• I2C: inter-integrated curicuit, hardware communication interface used by Sensors
• IMD: isolation monitoring device
• IMU: inertial measurement unit, sensor to measure force and thereby acceleration
• IO (I/O): input/output, generally speaking refers to any form of hardware interface
• Keyence: optical sensor that is used to detect trackside stripes for displacement calculations
• LIM: Linear induction motor
• M900: Ubiquiti Networks M900 Wireless Access Point, type of rocket we use
• MGT: management, used to mark commit messages for example
• NAV: navigation, subsystem and project
• Nucleo board: cf. STN board below
• Rocket: industrial wireless access point used to connect pod and base station, see cf. M900
• SNS: sensors, subsystem and project
• SPI: serial peripheral interface, hardware communication protocol used by Sensors
• SSH: secure shell, cryptographic network protocol for operating services securely over an unsecure network; used to control computers (e.g. the Pis) remotely
• STM: state machine, subsystem and project
• STN (board): Nucleo board, assorted ST Nucleoboards used for the motor controller, leviation, and interfacing with the above and other CAN devices
• TLM: telemetry, subsystem and project