Acronyms In This Talk

• ACPI: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

• ARM: Advanced RISC Machine

• BIOS: Basic I/O System

• CF: CompactFlash

• FPGA: Field Programmable Gate Array

• I2C: Inter-Integrated Circuit

• ISA: Industry Standard Architecture

• IRIG: Inter Range Instrumentation Group

• PITA: Pain in the Ass

• RISC: Reduced Instruction Set Computer

• RTOS: Real Time Operating System

• SBC: Single Board Computer

• SoC: System on a Chip

• SPI: Serial Peripheral Interface

• SSC: Serial Synchronous Control

• UART: Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter

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