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Baud rate
Speed of serial communications. The number of bits per second transmitted. For example, RS-232 is normally used with a baud rate of 9600. This would be about 9600 bits per second. It takes about 10 bits in serial to send an ASCII character so that a baud rate of 9600 would transmit about 960 characters per second.
BEUG (BITBUS European Users Group)
BEUG is a nonprofit organization devoted to spreading the BITBUS technology and organizing a basic platform where people using BITBUS can share application experiences.
Binary
Base two number system. Binary is a system in which ones and zeros are used to represent numbers.
Binary-coded decimal (BCD)
A number system. Each decimal number is represented by four binary bits. For example, the decimal number 967 would be represented by 1001 0110 0111 in BCD.
BITBUS
It is one of the most widely used fieldbuses. It was promoted as a standard in 1990 by a special committee of the IEEE (standard IEEE-1118 1990).
Brushless Servomotor
A class of servomotors which operates using electronic commutation of phase currents rather than electromechanical (brushes) commutation. Commutation is a function of rotor position. These motors typically have a permanent magnet rotor and wound stator.
Bridge
A bridge is a device that connects two similar networks together. All messages are passed automatically. It is mainly used to increase the distance or number of devices a given type of network can handle.
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