The USB-CANmodul is a cost-efficient device for coupling the CAN-bus to the PC using the standard USB interface. Nowadays the interface is present in every new PC and is supported by the MS-Windows 98, Me, 2000 and XP operating systems. If you establish the connection between the USB-CANmodul and the PC during the runtime of the computer, the PC automatically loads the relevant device driver (hot plug & play).

All CAN messages are transparently tunneled via the USB bus. Here, the maximum CAN-bus baud rate of 1 Mbit/s is supported. The CAN messages are temporarily buffered by the USB-CANmodul. Transfer peaks are picked up.

The USB-CANmodul supports CAN specification 2.0A and 2.0B. Along with the standard CAN 82C251 transceiver low speed CAN transceivers are also available such as TJA1041, TJA1054, AU5790, for example. Optionally, transceiver types that are compatible with these can also be used. Additional transceivers can be easily connected using the extra on-board socket on PCB. The transceivers can be utilized regardless of the software; in other words, different transceivers can be operated using one application.

Furthermore, 8 digital I/O ports are provided (TTL level). Drivers, tools and demo software for Windows operating systems are included in the supply package.
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