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News Release from: National Instruments | Subject: NI PXI-8464 and NI PXI-8463
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 06 November 2003
CAN hardware speeds automotive testing
National Instruments has expanded its family of CAN hardware to include the NI PXI-8464 software-selectable interface for multiple transceiver access and the NI PXI-8463 single-wire CAN interface.
National Instruments has expanded its family of CAN hardware to include the NI PXI-8464 software-selectable interface for multiple transceiver access and the NI PXI-8463 single-wire CAN interface To increase efficiency of automotive design, automotive test and machine control, enhancements to the entire CAN line include the addition of the SJA1000 CAN controller and synchronisation capabilities to the PCMCIA-CAN card
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 22 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The PXI-8464 software-selectable interface is a universal CAN board that communicates to high-speed, low-speed/fault-tolerant and single-wire networks through a single port.
With this capability, engineers can use a single interface for several types of tests, which reduces development costs and speeds time to market.
In addition to the universal interface, NI now offers connectivity to single-wire CAN networks through the PXI-8463 single-wire CAN board.
Additionally, all NI CAN hardware now includes expanded synchronisation, increased functionality and improved performance.
The PCMCIA-CAN card now shares timing and triggering signals, which makes the entire family capable of CAN/data acquisition (DAQ) synchronisation for CAN device validation and data logging.
Furthermore, the addition of the Philips SJA1000 CAN controller and new physical layers brings enhancements to the NI CAN line support functions such as sleep mode, wake-up mode, listen-only mode and echo mode.
The NI CAN line also improves CANbus performance by allowing up to 100% busload at up to 1Mbit/s.
NI CAN interfaces ship with the new NI-CAN 2.1 driver software.
This includes configuration tools that provide access to vector database files so engineers can easily convert raw CAN data to engineering units.
NI-CAN 2.1 integrates seamlessly with NI LabView 7 Express with an easy-to-use application programming interface (API), bus monitor utility and more than 40 example programs. Request a free brochure from National Instruments ...
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