ALU Arithmetic Logic Unit
ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
AVR Bezeichnung für die MCU. Bedeutet laut Atmel garnichts.
(nach den Entwicklern ,,Alf (Egil Bogen) and Vegard (Wollan) 's Risc processor``)
BGA Ball Grid Array
CABGA Chip Array BGA
CISC Complex Instruction Set Computing (Sammelbezeichnung für nichtRISC CPUs)
CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CPU Central Processing Unit
DRAM Dynamic RAM
DSP Digitaler Signal Prozessor
FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
FPSLIC Field Programmable System Level IC
HDL Hardware Description Language
IC Integrated Circuit / Integrierter Schaltkreis
JTAG Joint Test Action Group
MIPS Million Instructions Per Second
MCU Micro Control Unit
PLCC Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier
RAM Random Access Memory
RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computing
SMT Surface Mount Technology
SRAM Static Random Access Memory
UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter
VHDL VHSIC HDL
VHSIC Very High Speed Integrated Circuits