1.8 Terminology and definitions
API Application Program Interface, a set of commands and functions that can be used by programmers for writing software for specific Operating
Systems
CAN Bus Controller Area network, a protocol designed for in-vehicle communication
CEC Consumer Electronics Control, an HDMI feature which allows controlling more devices connected together by using only one remote control
CSI2 MIPI Camera Serial Interface, 2nd generation standard regulating communication between a peripheral device (camera) and a host processor
DDC Display Data Channel, a kind of I2C interface for digital communication between displays and graphics processing units (GPU)
DDR Double Data Rate, a typology of memory devices which transfer data both on the rising and on the falling edge of the clock
eDP embedded Display Port
GbE Gigabit Ethernet
Gbps Gigabits per second
GND Ground
GPI/O General purpose Input/Output
GPU Graphics Processing Unit
HDMI®High Definition Multimedia Interface, a digital audio and video interface
I2C Bus Inter-Integrated Circuit Bus, a simple serial bus consisting only of data and clock line, with multi-master capability
I2S Inter-Integrated Circuit Sound, an audio serial bus protocol interface developed by Philips (now NXP) in 1986
LVDS Low Voltage Differential Signaling, a standard for transferring data at very high speed using inexpensive twisted pairs copper cables, usually used
for video applications
LPDDR4 Low-Power Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory, 4th generation
MAC Medium Access Controller, the hardware implementing the Data Link Layer of ISO/OSI-7 model for communication systems
Mbps Megabits per second
MMC/eMMC MultiMedia Card / embedded MMC, a type of memory card, having the same interface of SD. The eMMC are the embedded version of the MMC.
They are devices that incorporate both the memory controller and the flash memories on a single BGA chip
N.A. Not Applicable
N.C. Not Connected
OpenGL Open Graphics Library, an Open Source API dedicated to 2D and 3D graphics
OpenVG Open Vector Graphics, an Open Source API dedicated to hardware accelerated 2D vector graphics
OS Operating System
