[amsat-bb] Help For Abbreviations Etc.
Brian Wilkins KO4AQF
bwilkins at gmail.com
Mon Oct 19 02:09:12 UTC 2020
Do we have an AMSAT wiki or Confluence page somewhere ? Seems like
something for a wiki page
On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 9:16 PM Eric Skoog via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
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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