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| Device for measuring acceleration - usually based on piezoelecric materials |
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| Mechanism for applying a force or displacement to a system, and typically used as a word when talking about computer control. |
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| Digital-Analog converter: takes a digital signal and converts it to a control-signal-level voltage or amperage. |
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| Continuous, having to do with the 'Real World' |
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| Used to describe a computer connection that can 'stand and wait' or is interrupt-driven |
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| Electronic filter that only lets electrical signals of a given frequency 'passband' through. |
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| A DC motor that performs commutation through electronic means, as opposed to traditional mechanical means. |
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| Electrical charge storage device. |
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| Device for reversing the direction of current. |
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| Control system that adjusts its control signal dependent on some aspect of the physical state of the system. |
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| Electrical device that converts an electric charge into a voltage. |
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| Motor driven by DC power. |
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| Motor driven by AC power, that uses the function of alternating current for commutation. |
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| An optical-based counter that delivers a digital signal as a control output. |
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| An electrical device that will only allow current to pass through in one direction. |
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| The act of returning part of an electrical or mechanical system back to the system that generated it. |
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| Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor: a low-energy requirement technology for making transistors. |
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| A dagram that shows the process path of a system. |
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| An approximation of a periodic signal in terms of sines and cosines. |
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| A functional domain where signals are represented in terms of sines and cosines of different frequencies. |
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| The response of a given electrical or mechanical system to excitation of an infinite range of frequencies. |
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| An electrical filter designed to let only frequencies higher than a given setpoint through. |
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| Systems that use the displacement of fluids to create mechanical work. |
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| Unit of frequency (1/sec) |
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| An electrical device that resists change in current, and creates a magnetic field proportional to the current. |
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| Liquid Crystal Display: run by a material that changes its color when a voltage is applied across it. |
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| Light-Emitting Diode: a diode that glows when current crosses it in a specific direction. |
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| The field of integrating both mechanical, electrical, and electronic design into a complete, coherent device. |
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| Equipment that allows the transmission of multiple signals on the same line. |
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| A light-sensitive semiconductor diode. |
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| A material possessing the properties of an electrical charge sponge. |
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| Measures an electrical potential by comparison with a known voltage. |
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| A pump, used for viscous fluids, that uses gears to move fluid. |
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| A pump that moves fluids through the work of a piston in a cylinder. |
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| Positive Displacement Pump |
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| Pump that moves fluid by trapping it in a closed space, and then moving it out through a valve. |
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| Pump that moves fluid through a rotating vane. |
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| Vibration of a system at its natural frequency. |
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| The process of taking an analog signal and taking samples at a given frequency to create a digital representation. |
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| The temporal rate sampling occurs-governed by the Nyquist frequency. |
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| Moving an electrical amplification or other system to the point where nonlinear behavior starts governing the system. |
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| Used in computers to designate a single signal communication port. |
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| Used in computers to indicate that one can transfer at least one byte of information at a time. |
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| A plot/representation of the frequency content of a signal. |
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| An electrical motor characterized by rotating in small increments. |
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| An electrical motor characterized by its ability to be infinitely rotationally positioned. |
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| Device with resistance that varies by temperature. |
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| Device that creates a voltage subject to a given temperature. |
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| Mathematical description of a linear system that defines the input/output relationship. |
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| Electrical device, usually made of semiconducting material, that (among other things) can serve as the core of an amplifier or a digital switch. |
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| Fluid system equivalent of a diode. |
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| Valve that controls fluid flow through the function of solenoids. |
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| Safety valve that pops if an over-pressure condition is reached. |
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| Rotational Variable Differential Transformer: gives a different voltage for different angular positions of the sensor. |
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| Linear Variable Differential Transformer: gives a different voltage for different linear positions of a slider inside a larger magnetic coil. |
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