Campbell CR850 - Page 440

Section 11. Glossary
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printdevice
Anydevicecapableofreceivingoutputoverpin6(thePEline)ina
receive‐onlymode.Printers,"dumb"terminals,andcomputersina
terminalmodefallinthiscategory.
printperipheral
Seeprintdevice
(p.439).
processinginstructions
Theseinstructionsallowtheusertofurtherprocessinputdatavalues
andreturntheresulttoavariablewhereitcanbeaccessedforoutput
processing.Arithmeticandtranscendentalfunctionsareincludedin
theseinstructions.
programcontrolinstructions
Usedtomodifytheexecutionsequenceofinstructionscontainedin
programtables;alsousedtosetorclearflags.
Public
ACRBasiccommandfordeclaringanddimensioningvariables.Variables
declaredwithPubliccanbemonitoredduringdataloggeroperation.
pulse
Anelectricalsignalcharacterizedbyasuddenincreaseinvoltagefollow
byashortplateauandasuddenvoltagedecrease.
regulator
Arecordisacompletelineofdatainadatatableordatafile.Alldata
onthelineshareacommontimestamp.
regulator
Adeviceforconditioninganelectricalpowersource.CampbellScientific
regulatorstypicallyconditionacordcvoltagesgreaterthan16Vdcto
about14Vdc.
resistance
Afeatureofanelectroniccircuitthatimpedesorredirectstheflowof
electronsthroughthecircuit.