[amsat-bb] Help For Abbreviations Etc.
Tommy Owens
tjowens at gmail.com
Mon Oct 19 02:23:12 UTC 2020
MPPT (Maximum Power Point Tracker) was used a few times.
Tommy N3TJO
On Sun, Oct 18, 2020, 21:35 Glenn Little WB4UIV via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> Something to add to the list:
>
> MHz Mega Hertz
> mHz milli Hertz
>
> These are often used interchangeably, where in some cases it is obvious
> what is meant, in other case you are left guessing.
> The SI system works well when properly used.
>
> You see someone stating that they are on 432.00 mHz when they really
> mean 432.00 MHz.
> A very big difference.
>
> 73
> Glenn
> WB4UIV
>
>
> On 10/18/2020 8:38 PM, Eric Skoog via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> > GREAT IDEA..................I'll wager I get accused of using more
> acronyms
> > than anyone! In my Symposium Paper, I attempted to spell out all the
> > acronyms I did use, but I'm not sure I did in my presentation and if so,
> > the slides probably went by too fast for those to be "digested!." So I
> > went back and resurrected the acronyms I used for the GOLF system design
> > introduction and have included those in this message as my 'contribution'
> > to the cause............
> >
> > ACM Adaptive Coding and Modulation
> >
> > ADAC Attitude Determination And Control
> >
> > ADC Analog – Digital Converter
> >
> > AGC Automatic Gain Control
> >
> > AO-xx AMSAT Oscar (satellite number) xx
> >
> > APIC Auxiliary Payload Integration Contractor
> >
> > ASCENT Advanced Satellite Communications and Exploration of New
> > Technology ("skunk works")
> >
> > Az Azimuth
> >
> > BPF Band Pass Filter
> >
> > BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying
> >
> > C&DH Control and Data Handling
> >
> > CAD Computer Aided Design
> >
> > CAN Controller Area Network
> >
> > CDR Critical Design Review
> >
> > CIU Control Interface Unit
> >
> > CMD Command
> >
> > CONOPS Concept of Operations
> >
> > COTS Commercial Off The Shelf
> >
> > CSLI CubeSat Launch Initiative
> >
> > CSS Coarse Sun Sensor
> >
> > CW Continuous Wave
> >
> > DCT Digital Communications Transceiver
> >
> > DSP Digital Signal Processing
> >
> > EAR Export Administration Regulation
> >
> > El Elevation
> >
> > ELaNa Educational Launch of Nanosatellites
> >
> > EM Engineering Model
> >
> > EOL End Of Life
> >
> > EPS Electric Power Subsystem
> >
> > FC Flight Computer (an OBC)
> >
> > FDM Frequency Division Multiplex
> >
> > FDX Full Duplex
> >
> > FEA Finite Element Analysis; also Failure Effects Analysis
> >
> > FEC Forward Error Correction
> >
> > FEM Finite Element Model
> >
> > FM Flight Model; also Frequency Modulation
> >
> > FoV Field of View
> >
> > FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
> >
> > FPS Functional Performance Specification
> >
> > GBT GOLF Battery Tender
> >
> > GEO Geosynchronous Earth Orbit
> >
> > GEVS General Environmental Vibration Specification (NASA)
> >
> > GNC Guidance, Navigation, & Control
> >
> > GND Ground
> >
> > GOLF Greater Orbit Larger Footprint
> >
> > GPS Global Positioning System
> >
> > HEO High Earth Orbit
> >
> > I2C Inter-Integrated Circuit
> >
> > ICR Improved Command Receiver (part of the LTM)
> >
> > ID Identification
> >
> > IF Intermediate Frequency
> >
> > IHU Internal Housekeeping Unit (an OBC!)
> >
> > IMU Inertial Measurement Unit
> >
> > ISDE Institute for Space and Defense Electronics (Vanderbilt
> > University)
> >
> > ITAR International Traffic in Arms Regulations
> >
> > LDPC Low Density Parity Check (FEC code)
> >
> > LEO Low Earth Orbit
> >
> > LEPF Low Energy Proton FinFET
> >
> > LIHU Legacy Internal Housekeeping Unit (an OBC)
> >
> > LNA Low Noise Amplifier
> >
> > L.O. Local Oscillator
> >
> > LT Linear Transponder
> >
> > LTM Linear Transponder Module
> >
> > LV Launch Vehicle
> >
> > MEO Medium Earth Orbit
> >
> > MRR Mission Readiness Review
> >
> > MT Magnetorquer
> >
> > MTTF Mean Time To Fail
> >
> > NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
> >
> > OAP Orbit Average Power
> >
> > OBC On Board Computer
> >
> > OPS Operations
> >
> > PCB Printed Circuit Board
> >
> > PCU Power Conditioning Unit
> >
> > PDR Preliminary Design Review
> >
> > PDU Power Distribution Unit
> >
> > PMAD Power Management And Distribution
> >
> > PPT Power Point Tracker
> >
> > RAD Radiation
> >
> > RBF Remove Before Flight
> >
> > RF Radio Frequency
> >
> > RFNOC RF Network On Chip (ETTUS)
> >
> > RT/IHU Radiation Tolerant/Internal Housekeeping Unit
> >
> > RW Reaction Wheel
> >
> > RX/TX Receiver/Transmitter (part of the LTM)
> >
> > S/N Signal to Noise (ratio)
> >
> > SAA South Atlantic Anomaly
> >
> > SAW Solar Array Wing
> >
> > SDR Software Defined Radio
> >
> > SEE Single Event Effects
> >
> > SEU Single Event Upset
> >
> > SoC System on Chip
> >
> > SP Solar Panel
> >
> > SPI Serial Peripheral Interface
> >
> > SRAM Static Random Access Memory
> >
> > SRS System Requirements Specification
> >
> > SSB Single Side Band
> >
> > SSPA Solid State Power Amplifier
> >
> > ST Star Tracker
> >
> > STEM Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
> >
> > TDM Time Division Multiplex
> >
> > TLE Two Line Element
> >
> > TLM Telemetry
> >
> > TRL Technology Readiness Level (scale of 1 to 9)
> >
> > TT&C Telemetry, Tracking and Command
> >
> > UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter
> >
> > UHF Ultra High Frequency
> >
> > USB Universal Serial Bus
> >
> > UTC Universal Time
> >
> > uW MicroWave
> >
> > VHF Very High Frequency
> >
> > VR Voltage Regulator
> >
> > VUC Vanderbilt University Controller
> >
> > WB Wide Band
> >
> > XCVR Transceiver
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > enjoy,
> > Eric Skoog (K1TVV)
> > GOLF System Engineer
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 2:12 PM Burns Fisher via AMSAT-BB <
> > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >
> >> It's a good idea, Gerald--I don't remember such a list, but it could
> have
> >> been. Could you start the ball rolling by sending out the list of terms
> >> that you already wrote down which you did not know? Sometimes it's hard
> >> for those of us steeped in them to realize what is unknown.
> >>
> >> On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 1:56 PM Gerald Payton via AMSAT-BB <
> >> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Abbreviations and acronyms are a real headache for me from time to
> time.
> >>> I was told that in the past the AMSAT Journal sometimes printed a table
> >> of
> >>> abbreviations used frequently. I have some Journals from Sept/Oct 2019
> >> to
> >>> current issue, but do not include such table.
> >>>
> >>> Is there such table available and where may I find it, please?
> >>>
> >>> I listen to Saturday's Symposium and was overwhelmed with the terms
> used.
> >>> I wrote down and looked up later a few of the terms. I realize that it
> >>> probably take time to learn, but a list or table would help!
> >>>
> >>> Thanks, and 73 to all.
> >>>
> >>> Gerald "Jerry" Payton AB5R
> >>> EM12kh
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> --
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Glenn Little ARRL Technical Specialist QCWA LM 28417
> Amateur Callsign: WB4UIV wb4uiv at arrl.net AMSAT LM 2178
> QTH: Goose Creek, SC USA (EM92xx) USSVI LM NRA LM SBE ARRL TAPR
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> of the Amateur that holds the license"
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