Hardware
- Compliant with PCI 2.2
- Dimensions 140 x 100 mm (approx. 5.5 x 4 in.)
- I/O mapped
- Quick and easy plug-and-play installation (even under Windows NT 4.0!)
- CAN Controllers: SJA1000 from Philips, with 64-byte receive FIFO
- Supports CAN 2.0 A and 2.0 B (active)
- High-speed ISO 11898 compliant driver circuits
- Interfaces the CAN bus with DSUB CAN connector
- CAN oscillator frequency: 16 MHz
- Optoisolated driver circuits with fast optocouplers
PCIcan 4xHS only:
- The CAN controllers can individually be connected to a common CAN bus on the card
- The common CAN bus has a built-in optional termination
PCIcan HS/HS and HS only:
- The PCIcan HS/HS and PCIcan HS can optionally be delivered with exchangeable CAN drivers, supporting e.g. single-wire CAN.
Software
The following software is available for PCIcan 4xHS, PCIcan HS/HS and PCIcan HS:
- Driver support for Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista and Windows NT 4.0 and Linux
- Driver for Win CE under development
- Kvaser CanKing for Windows, a general-purpose interactive CAN bus monitor/analyzer.
- Kvaser CANLIB SDK, which includes everything you need to develop software for the Kvaser CAN boards. Includes full documentation and many program samples, written in C, C++, Delphi, Visual Basic, and C#. All Kvaser CAN interface boards share a common software API. Programs written for one board type will run without modifications on the other board types!
- J2534 Application Programming Interface
- RP1210A Application Programming Interface
- Documentation, software and drivers can be downloaded for free from www.kvaser.com, or they can be purchased on CD if preferred. Updates of the software are regularly posted on the web.
- Download the User's Guide in PDF format.
Supported Environments
The environments currently supported are:
- 32-bit programs under Windows 95/98/ME
- 32-bit programs under Windows 2000/XP/NT 4.0
- All Kvaser hardware products share a common software API. Programs written for one board type will run without modifications on the other board types!
- Kvaser CanKing™
- National Instruments LabView™
- Xtm
- Windows Vista,
- Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003
- Windows 95/98/ME
- Windows NT4.0
- Linux