syöttötilan

Syöttötilan is the genitive form of the Finnish noun syöttötila and is used in technical Finnish to refer to the state of input signals in a system. The term is common in electronics, digital logic, control engineering, and software interfaces that interact with hardware. It describes the current configuration or values of inputs that drive a device, circuit, or process.

Because tila means state or condition and syöttö means input or feed, syöttötilan refers to the “input state.” The genitive form appears in phrases such as syöttötilan muutos (change of the input state) and syöttötilan tarkastelu (inspection of the input state). The notion is widely used to denote what inputs are present at a given moment.

In digital and control systems, syöttötila is typically represented as an input vector. For a circuit with n inputs, there are 2^n possible syöttötilat, each corresponding to a specific combination of input values. Engineers specify or measure the current syöttötila during simulation, testing, or diagnosis to predict or analyze system behavior.

Context matters for meaning. In some hardware-oriented writings, syöttötila can also refer to the status of the power supply input or feed line rather than logical input signals, so the surrounding terms (for example, voltage or power supply) help clarify the intended sense. The exact interpretation is therefore context-dependent.

See also: syöttötila, tila, digitaalinen logiikka, tilamalli, logiikka, järjestelmän syöttötilan monitorointi.