Glossary

Project Management

Term	Definition
Concept	The overall structure of the product, including Business & Use Cases as well as the High-Level Architecture (defined in CONCEPT.md).
Design	The detailed design of the solution, including the architecture, used tech stack for development, production and testing, etc. (defined in DESIGN.md).
Roadmap	The list of accomplished and planned steps of the project (defined in ROADMAP.md).
TESTCASES.md	The list of implemented and planned test cases of the project.
Technical Debt	Log of outdated components, security flaws, old patterns, etc. that should be tracked in TECHNICAL_DEBTS.md.
CI/CD	Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment; the practice of automating code integration and delivery.
/src/	The source code of the project.
/test/	All tools, configurations & test cases.
/build/	Only temporary place for compilation, may be cached by GitHub.

Technical Documentation

Term	Definition
RP2040	A low-cost, high-performance microcontroller chip designed by Raspberry Pi, featuring dual ARM Cortex-M0+ cores.
Renode	An open-source simulation framework for multi-node hardware systems (embedded, IoT, etc.), developed by Antmicro.
PlatformIO	An open-source ecosystem for IoT development, including a cross-platform build system and library manager.
Robot Framework	A generic open-source automation framework for acceptance testing, acceptance test-driven development (ATDD), and robotic process automation (RPA).
UART	Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter; a hardware device for asynchronous serial communication.
ADC	Analog-to-Digital Converter; a system that converts an analog signal into a digital signal.
PWM	Pulse Width Modulation; a technique for getting analog results with digital means, often used for controlling motors or LEDs.
PIO	Programmable I/O; a versatile hardware subsystem on the RP2040 that can support a wide range of I/O standards.
bEMF	Back Electromotive Force; the voltage that pushes back against the current which created it in an electric motor.
.repl	Renode Platform; a file format used by Renode to describe the hardware platform, including peripherals and their memory mapping.
.resc	Renode Script; a file format used by Renode to automate simulation setup, such as loading firmware and starting the execution.
Pico SDK	The C/C++ Software Development Kit for the RP2040 microcontroller.
Arduino Framework	A high-level abstraction layer that allows writing code using the Arduino API, often implemented on top of the Pico SDK for RP2040.
/specification/	External Know-How as datasheet, standards, etc. Should be converted to Markdown if PDF, etc.