| Accelerometer |
Accelerometer measures the acceleration it experiences |
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| AHRS |
Attitude Heading Reference System. 3-axis sensors that provide
heading, attitude and yaw information for aircraft. Replaces
traditional mechanical gyroscopic flight instruments |
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| Anodic wafer bonding |
Silicon and glass substrates are bonded at elevated temperature
and with a high DC potential creating an electrical field. Sodium
ions between the substrate surfaces are forming a solid chemical
bond. |
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| BiCMOS |
Bipolar junction transistors and Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor
technology into a single device |
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| Epitaxial layer |
Method of depositing a monocrystalline film on a
monocrystalline substrate |
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| Failure rate |
The frequency with which a component fails |
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| Field failure |
Failure occurred during normal operation by end user |
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| FOG |
Fiber Optic Gyroscope. Uses the interference of light to detect
mechanical rotation |
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| Gimbal |
Pivoted support that allows the rotation of an object about a
single axis |
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| GPS |
Global Positioning System is a navigation satellite system |
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also |
| Gyro |
Device for measuring or maintaining orientation, based on the
principles of angular momentum |
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| IMU |
Inertial Measurement Unit. The main component of inertial
guidance systems |
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| Inertia |
The resistance of mass, i.e. any physical object, to a change
in its state of motion |
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| INS |
Inertial Navigation System. Navigation aid that uses a computer
and motion sensors to continuously calculate the position,
orientation, and velocity of vehicles |
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| LCC |
Leadless Chip Carrier. Type of packaging for integrated
circuits that has no "leads", but instead rounded pins through the
edges of the ceramic package |
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| LF wireless |
Wireless transmission at Low Frequency in the range of
30kHz-300kHz |
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| MEMS |
MicroElectroMechanical System |
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also |
| Microcontroller |
Small computer on a single integrated circuit designed for
small applications |
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| Q factor |
Quality factor. Describes how under-damped an oscillator is. In
electronic engineering, as a measure of the 'quality' in a well
tuned circuit or resonator |
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| RISC |
Reduced Instruction Set Computer. ARM RISC - Advanced RISC
Machine |
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also |
| ROV |
Remotely Operated Vehicle. Underwater robot common in deepwater
industries such as offshore hydrocarbon extraction. |
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| RLG |
Ring Laser Gyroscope. Uses interference of laser light within
an optical ring to detect changes in orientation and spin |
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| RS422 protocol |
Technical standard defining Electrical Characteristics of
Balanced Voltage Differential Interface Circuits |
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| SOIC package |
Small-Outline Integrated Circuit. Surface-mounted integrated
circuit (IC) package |
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| SPI communication |
Serial Peripheral Interface bus. Synchronous serial data link
standard that operates in full duplex mode |
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Thermal imaging
|
Produce images of radiation in the infrared range of the
electromagnetic spectrum. |
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| UAV |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Remotely piloted aircraft commonly
referred to as a drone. |
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Venturi effect
|
Reduction in fluid pressure when a fluid flows through a
constricted section of pipe. |
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