Glossary

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
• GPIO: general purpose input/output, hardware communication protocol used by Sensors
• I2C: inter-integrated curicuit, hardware communication interface used by Sensors
• 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
• 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
• 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
• STM: state machine, subsystem and project
• TCP: transmission control protocol, one of the main protocols used for point-to-point connection between computers
• TLM: telemetry, subsystem and project
• QA: quality assurance, project