| ADC | analog-to-digital converter |
| BLDC | brushless direct-current motor |
| CYCCNT | Data Watchpoint and Trace Cycle Count Register |
| (D)FOPDT | (discrete) first-order plus dead time |
| (D)NIOPDT | (discrete) non-integer-order plus dead time |
| (D)SOPDT | (discrete) second-order plus dead time |
| FIR | finite impulse response |
| FO | fractional-order |
| FOC | fractional-order calculus |
| FOTF | fractional-order transfer function |
| FPU | floating-point unit |
| GL | Grünwald-Letnikov |
| IAE | integral absolute error |
| IIR | infinite impulse response |
| IO | integer-order |
| ISE | integral square error |
| ISR | interrupt service routine |
| MaxAPE | maximum absolute percentage error |
| MCU | microcontroller unit |
| ORA | Oustaloup Recursive Approximation |
| SIMD | Single Instruction Multiple Data |
| SMP | Short Memory Principle |
| UAV | unmanned aerial vehicle |
| (V)FOPID | (variable) fractional-order proportional-integral-derivative controller |