Industrial automation

Industrial automation

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Feedback element (feedback device)

Automation; Industrial automation

In a control system, an element (transducer) that converts motion, position, pressure, flow, or temperature to an electrical signal for comparison to the command signal.

Communication control character

Automation; Industrial automation

A function character intended to control or facilitate transmission over data networks.

Acknowledgment (ACK)

Automation; Industrial automation

An ASCII control character used to acknowledge the reception and acceptance of a transmission block.

Frequency

Automation; Industrial automation

The number of periodic cycles per unit of time.

Digital circuit

Automation; Industrial automation

1) A switching circuit that has only two states: on and off. 2) A circuit that provides a step function. 3) Contrasted with analogue circuit

Echo

Automation; Industrial automation

A portion of the transmitted signal returned to the source with sufficient magnitude and delay to cause interference.

Wrap around

Automation; Industrial automation

In a display, when data is moved in one direction through the display, or a cursor is moved though the data, as the data displayed or the cursor position reaches one extreme end, it jumps to the ...