Glossary

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
• BBB: BeagleBone Black, computer that controls the pod
• BMS: battery management system, fetches and monitors battery data
• CAN: controller area network, hardware communication protocol used by Sensors
• CFRP: carbon-fibre-reinforced polymers
• DLIM/DSLIM: Double-sided LIM
• 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 was used to detect stripes on the tunnel wall during SpaceX competitions
• 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
• QA: quality assurance, project
• R&D: research and development, project
• 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 BBB) remotely
• SLIM: Single-sided LIM
• SSR: emergency shut off switch controlled by GPIO pins to (de-)activate high power. (used here)
• STM: state machine, subsystem and project
• STN (board): STM32F207 Nucleo-144 board containing the STM32F207ZGT6 micro controller; used for the Motor Controllers project where it is supposed to fake data like it's coming from Hall Effect sensors
• TCP: transmission control protocol, one of the main protocols used for point-to-point connection between computers
• TLM: telemetry, subsystem and project