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  • 1Watchdog timer — A watchdog timer (or computer operating properly (COP) timer) is a computer hardware or software timer that triggers a system reset or other corrective action if the main program, due to some fault condition, such as a hang, neglects to regularly …

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  • 2Time Processor Unit — The time processor unit has some of the characteristics of a processor. It is used specifically for tasks involving high rate input signals or generating such. All channel events are created or captured with respect to a timer. Only available in… …

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  • 3Saturn Custom Sound Processor — The Saturn Custom Sound Processor (SCSP) is manufactured by Yamaha and consists of several components.The SCSP is a multi function game sound generator LSI that consists of a PCM sound generator and DAC (Digital to Analog Converter). The SCSP… …

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  • 4watchdog timer —    A timer set by a program to interrupt the processor after a given period of time. Ensures that a system does not lose track of buffers and communication lines because of a hardware error …

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  • 5Power Good Signal — In addition to the voltages and currents that a computer needs to operate, power supplies also provide a signal called the Power Good signal, sometimes written as Power OK or Power Good. Its purpose is to tell the computer all is well with the… …

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  • 6PTU — Parent & Teen Universities, Inc. (Community » Non Profit Organizations) * Police Tactical Unit (Community » Law) * Portable Test Unit (Governmental » Military) * Performer Terrain Utilities (Computing » File Extensions) * Participating Test Unit… …

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  • 7List of Intel microprocessors — For a list of Intel s microcontrollers, see List of common microcontrollers#Intel. This generational and chronological list of Intel microprocessors attempts to present all of Intel s processors from the pioneering 4 bit 4004 (1971) to the… …

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  • 8Microcontroller — The die from an Intel 8742, an 8 bit microcontroller that includes a CPU running at 12 MHz, 128 bytes of RAM, 2048 bytes of EPROM, and I/O in the same chip. A microcontroller (sometimes abbreviated µC, uC or MCU) is a small computer on a single… …

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  • 9Radiation hardening — is a method of designing and testing electronic components and systems to make them resistant to damage or malfunctions caused by ionizing radiation (particle radiation and high energy electromagnetic radiation),[1] such as would be encountered… …

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  • 10Motorola 6800 — Motorola MC6800 Microprocessor. The 6800 was an 8 bit microprocessor designed and first manufactured by Motorola in 1974. The MC6800 microprocessor was part of the M6800 Microcomputer System that also included serial and parallel interface ICs,… …

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