National Instruments PCI-4452 - Manual (Page 102)

Glossary
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peak to peak a measure of signal amplitude; the difference between the highest and
lowest excursions of the signal
PFI programmable function input
Plug and Play devices devices that do not require DIP switches or jumpers to configure resources
on the devices—also called switchless devices
port (1) a communications connection on a computer or a remote controller
(2) a digital port, consisting of four or eight lines of digital input and/or
output
posttriggering the technique used on a DAQ board to acquire a programmed number of
samples after trigger conditions are met
potentiometer an electrical device the resistance of which can be manually adjusted; used
for manual adjustment of electrical circuits and as a transducer for linear or
rotary position
ppm parts per million
pretriggering the technique used on a DAQ board to keep a continuous buffer filled with
data, so that when the trigger conditions are met, the sample includes the
data leading up to the trigger condition
propagation the transmission of a signal through a computer system
propagation delay the amount of time required for a signal to pass through a circuit
pts points
pulse trains multiple pulses
pulsed output a form of counter signal generation by which a pulse is outputted when a
counter reaches a certain value
Q
quantization error the inherent uncertainty in digitizing an analog value due to the finite
resolution of the conversion process
quantizer a device that maps a variable from a continuous distribution to a discrete
distribution
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