What is BS EN 60469 - Transitions pulses and related waveforms vocabulary about?
BS EN 60469 provides definitions of terms pertaining to transitions, pulses, and related waveforms and provides definitions and descriptions of techniques and procedures for measuring their parameters. The waveforms considered in BS EN 60469 are those that make a number of transitions and that remains relatively constant in the time intervals between transitions.
The object of BS EN 60469 is to facilitate accurate and precise communication concerning parameters of transitions, pulses, and related waveforms and the techniques and procedures for measuring them. BS EN 60469 does not apply to sinusoid ally-varying or other continuously-varying signals and their waveforms.
Who is BS EN 60469 - Transitions pulses and related waveforms vocabulary for?
BS EN 60469 on transitions pulses and related waveforms vocabulary is useful for:
- The telecommunications industry
- The test instrumentation industry
- The electronics industry
- Digital communications
- Data communications
- Computing purposes
- Scientifically studies: transient biology and cosmological
- Industrial and commercial consumer applications
Why should you use BS EN 60469 - Transitions pulses and related waveforms vocabulary?
The purpose of BS EN 60469 is to facilitate accurate and precise communication concerning parameters of transition, pulse, and related waveforms and to establish the techniques and procedures for measuring them. Because of the broad applicability of electrical pulse technology in the electronics industries (such as computer, telecommunication, and test instrumentation industries), the development of unambiguous definitions for pulse terms and the presentation of methods and/or algorithms for their calculation is important for communication between manufacturers and consumers within the electronics industry. The availability of standard terms, definitions, and methods for their computation helps improve the quality of products and helps the consumer better compare the performance of different products. Improvements to digital waveform recorders (including oscilloscopes) have facilitated the capture, sharing, and processing of waveforms. Frequently these waveform recorders have the ability to process the waveform internally and provide pulse parameters. This process is done automatically and without operator intervention. BS EN 60469 can be applied in many more scientific and engineering applications than mentioned above, such as optics, cosmology, seismology, medicine, etc., and ranging from single events to highly repetitive signals and from signals with bandwidths less than 1 Hz to those exceeding 1 THz.
Consequently, BS EN 60469 ensures that the definitions and methods of computation for pulse parameters is consistent. IEC 60469-1 dealt with terms and definitions for describing waveform parameters and IEC 60469-2 described the waveform measurement process. The purpose of BS EN 60469 is to combine the contents of IEC 60469-1 and IEC 60469-2, update terminology, correct errors, add algorithms for computing values of pulse parameters, and add a newly-developed method for computing state levels. BS EN 60469 reflects two major changes compared to IEC 60469-1 and IEC 60469-2, which are the parameter definitions and algorithms. Changes to the definitions included adding new terms and definitions, deleting unused terms and definitions, expanding the list of deprecated terms, and updating and modifying existing definitions. BS EN 60469 contains definitions for approximately 100 terms commonly used to describe the waveform measurement and analysis process and waveform parameters. BS EN 60469 resulted in the development of algorithms for computing the values of certain waveform parameters in all cases where these algorithms could be useful or instructive to the user of BS EN 60469. BS EN 60469 also contains methods to estimate the accuracy of the standard deviation and correct its value.
