Kontron COMe Starterkit Eval T2 - Manual (Page 11)

Preface
1.8. Acronyms, Abbreviations and Definitions Used
Table 1: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Definitions Used
Term Description
AC ‘97 / HDA Audio CODEC '97/High Definition Audio
ACPI Advanced Configuration Power Interface – standard to implement power saving modes in PCAT
systems
ADD2 Advanced Digital Display, 2 nd Generation
ADD2/MEC Advanced Digital Display, 2 nd Generation, Media Expansion Card
Basic Module COM Express® 125mm x 95mm Module form factor.
BIOS Basic Input Output System – firmware in PC-AT system that is used to initialize system
components before handing control over to the operating system.
CAN Controller-area network (CAN or CAN-bus) is a vehicle bus standard designed to allow
microcontrollers to communicate with each other within a vehicle without a host computer.
Carrier Board An application specific circuit board that accepts a COM Express® Module.
Compact Module COM Express® 95mm x 95mm Module form factor
CRT Cathode Ray Tube
DAC Digital Analog Converter
DDC Display Data Control – VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association) standard to allow
identification of the capabilities of a VGA monitor
DDI Digital Display Interface– containing DisplayPort, HDMI/DVI and SDVO
DNI Do Not Install
DP DisplayPort is a digital display interface standard put forth by the Video Electronics Standards
Association (VESA). It defines a new license free, royalty free, digital audio/video
interconnect, intended to be used primarily between a computer and its display monitor.
DVI Digital Visual Interface - a Digital Display Working Group (DDWG) standard that defines a
standard video interface supporting both digital and analog video signals. The digital signals
use TMDS.
EAPI Embedded Application Programming Interface
Software interface for COM Express® specific industrial functions
• System information
• Watchdog timer
• I2C Bus
• Flat Panel brightness control
• User storage area
• GPIO
EDID Extended Display Identification Data
EDP Embedded DisplayPort (eDP) is a digital display interface standard produced by the Video
Electronics Standards Association (VESA) for digital interconnect of Audio and Video.
EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EFT Electrical Fast Transient
EMI Electromagnetic Interference
ESD Electrostatic Discharge
ExpressCard A PCMCIA standard built on the latest USB 2.0 and PCI Express buses.
Extended Module COM Express® 155mm x 110mm Module form factor.
FR4 A type of fiber-glass laminate commonly used for printed circuit boards.
Gb Gigabit
GbE Gigabit Ethernet
GPI General Purpose Input
GPIO General Purpose Input Output
GPO General Purpose Output
HDA Intel High Definition Audio (HD Audio) refers to the specification released by Intel in 2004 for
delivering high definition audio that is capable of playing back more channels at higher quality
than AC97.
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