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PCAN-miniPCIe 

CAN Interface for PCI Express Mini 

User Manual 

Document version 1.2.1 (2014-04-30) 

Summary of Contents for IPEH-003048

Page 1: ...PCAN miniPCIe CAN Interface for PCI Express Mini User Manual Document version 1 2 1 2014 04 30 ...

Page 2: ...The Single Channel model has an identical form factor but varies in equipment CANopen and CiA are registered community trade marks of CAN in Automation e V All other product names mentioned in this document may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies They are not explicitly marked by or 2014 PEAK System Technik GmbH PEAK System Technik GmbH Otto Roehm Strasse 69 64...

Page 3: ...2 Example of a Connection 11 3 2 3 Maximum Bus Length 12 4 Using the Software 13 4 1 CAN Monitor PCAN View for Windows 13 4 1 1 Receive Transmit Tab 15 4 1 2 Trace Tab 17 4 1 3 Status Bar 18 4 2 Linking Own Programs with PCAN Basic 19 4 2 1 Features of PCAN Basic 20 4 2 2 Principle Description of the API 21 4 2 3 Notes about the License 22 5 Technical Specifications 23 Appendix A CE Certificate 25...

Page 4: ...ief information about the installation and operation of the PCAN miniPCIe card 1 1 Properties at a Glance CAN interface for the PCI Express Mini slot CAN bus connection via connection cable and D Sub 9 pin in accordance with CiA 102 Bit rates from 5 kbit s up to 1 Mbit s Compliant with CAN specifications 2 0A 11 bit ID and 2 0B 29 bit ID CAN controller FPGA implementation SJA1000 compatible NXP PC...

Page 5: ...x 1 2 System Requirements A vacant PCI Express Mini slot in the computer Operating system Windows 8 7 Vista 32 64 bit or Linux 32 64 bit 1 3 Scope of Supply PCAN miniPCIe card Connection cable including D Sub plug for each channel Device drivers for Windows 8 7 Vista and Linux 32 64 bit PCAN View CAN monitor for Windows 8 7 Vista 32 64 bit PCAN Basic programming interface consisting of an interfac...

Page 6: ...navigation program appears a few moments later If not start the file Intro exe from the root directory of the DVD 3 On the page English Drivers activate the entry PCAN PCI 4 Click on Install now The setup program for the driver is executed 5 Follow the instructions of the setup program Tip If you do not want to install the CAN monitor PCAN View for Windows onto the hard disk together with the driv...

Page 7: ...mentation of the computer 5 For each CAN channel mount a D Sub connector with connection circuit board into a respective hole of the computer casing 6 For each CAN channel interconnect a D Sub connector and the corresponding port on the PCAN miniPCIe card Figure 1 Positions of the CAN ports on the PCAN miniPCIe card 7 Close the computer s casing 8 Reconnect the power supply of the computer CAN 1 C...

Page 8: ...d in as user with administrator privileges Windows notifies that new hardware has been detected 2 The drivers are found and installed by Windows 3 Afterwards you can work as user with restricted rights again After the driver has been successfully set up you can find the PCAN miniPCIe entry in the CAN Hardware branch of the Windows Device Manager ...

Page 9: ...nnector A High speed CAN bus ISO 11898 2 is connected to a 9 pin D Sub connector The pin assignment for CAN corresponds to the specification CiA 102 Figure 2 Pin assignment High speed CAN view onto a D Sub connector Figure 3 PCAN miniPCIe card with connection cables ...

Page 10: ...u can connect a CAN bus to the D sub socket The pin assignment between the D Sub port and the 4 pin connector1 on the PCAN miniPCIe card is as follows Figure 4 Front view of a CAN connector SUR on the PCAN miniPCIe card CAN 1 CAN 2 Pin SUR Function Pin D Sub 1 Not used 1 2 GND 3 6 3 CAN_H 7 4 CAN_L 2 1 Connector type SUR from JST www jst mfg com name of the matching plug 04SUR 32S ...

Page 11: ... reflec tions and the transceivers of the connected CAN nodes CAN interface control unit do not work The PCAN miniPCIe card does not have an internal termination Use the adapter on a terminated CAN bus 3 2 2 Example of a Connection Figure 5 Simple CAN connection In this example the PCAN miniPCIe card is connected with a control unit by a cable that is terminated at both ends ...

Page 12: ...pending on the bit rate The following table shows the maximum CAN bus length at different bit rates Bit rate Bus length 1 Mbit s 40 m 500 kbit s 110 m 250 kbit s 240 m 125 kbit s 500 m 50 kbit s 1 3 km 20 kbit s 3 3 km 10 kbit s 6 6 km 5 kbit s 13 0 km The listed values have been calculated on the basis of an idealized system and can differ from reality ...

Page 13: ...N Monitor PCAN View for Windows PCAN View for Windows is a simple CAN monitor for viewing transmitting and logging CAN messages Figure 6 PCAN View for Windows Do the following to start and initialize PCAN View 1 If PCAN View is already installed on the hard disk open the Windows Start menu go to Programs PCAN Hardware and select the entry PCAN View ...

Page 14: ... hardware and for setting the CAN parameters appears Figure 7 Selection of the CAN specific hardware and parameters 2 From the list Available CAN hardware select the CAN channel to be used 3 Select the Bit rate that is used by all nodes on the CAN bus 4 Under Filter settings you can limit the range of CAN IDs to be received either for standard frames 11 bit IDs or for extended frames 29 bit IDs 5 ...

Page 15: ...element of PCAN View It contains two lists one for received messages and one for the transmit messages Representation of CAN data is in hexadecimal format Do the following to transmit a CAN message with PCAN View 1 Select the menu command Transmit New Message alternatively or Ins The dialog box New Transmit Message is shown ...

Page 16: ...a value greater than 0 For a manual only transmission enter 0 4 Confirm the entries with OK The created transmit message appears on the Receive Transmit tab 5 You trigger selected transmit messages manually with the menu command Transmit Send alternatively Space bar The manual transmission for CAN messages being trans mitted periodically is carried out additionally Tip Using the menu command File ...

Page 17: ...CAN bus During this process the CAN messages are cached in the working memory of the PC Afterwards they can be saved to a file The tracer can be configured to run in linear or in ring buffer mode In linear buffer mode the logging is stopped as soon as the buffer is filled completely In ring buffer mode the oldest messages are overwritten by incoming ones ...

Page 18: ...us bar The status bar shows information about the current CAN connec tion about error counters Overruns QXmtFull and error messages You can find further information about the use of PCAN View in the help which you can invoke in the program via the Help menu or with the F1 key ...

Page 19: ...nctions for linking own programs to CAN interfaces by PEAK System and can be used for the following operating systems Windows 8 7 Vista 32 64 bit Windows CE 6 x x86 ARMv4 Linux 32 64 bit The API is designed for cross platform use Therefore software pro jects can easily ported between platforms with low efforts PEAK System has created examples for the following programming languages C C C CLR Visua...

Page 20: ...internal buffer for 32768 messages per CAN channel Precision of time stamps on received messages up to 1 μs depending on the PEAK CAN interface used Access to specific hardware parameters such as listen only mode Notification of the application through Windows events when a message is received Extended system for debugging operations Multilingual debugging output Output language depends on operati...

Page 21: ...AN channels can be opened at the same time After a successful initialization the CAN channel is ready for communication with the CAN hardware and the CAN bus No further configuration steps are required Interaction For receiving and transmitting CAN messages the functions CAN_Read and CAN_Write are available Additional settings can be made e g setting up message filters to confine to specific CAN I...

Page 22: ...e DLL and further files needed for linking are property of the PEAK System Technik GmbH and may be used only in connection with a hardware component purchased from PEAK System or one of its partners If a CAN hardware component of third party suppliers should be compatible to one of PEAK System then you are not allowed to use or to pass on the driver software of PEAK System If a third party supplie...

Page 23: ...N 2 0A Standard format and 2 0B Extended format Bit rates 5 kbit s 1 Mbit s Controller FPGA implementation SJA1000 compatible Transceiver NXP PCA82C251 Galvanic isolation up to 300 V separate for each CAN connector Termination none Power supply Supply voltage 1 5 V and 3 3 V Current consumption 1 5 V max 180 mA 3 3 V max 330 mA Measures Size 30 x 51 x 4 mm W x L x H See also dimension drawing in A...

Page 24: ... Manual 24 Environment Operating temperature 40 85 C 40 185 F Temperature for storage and transport 40 100 C 40 212 F Relative humidity 15 90 not condensing EMC EN 55024 2011 09 EN 55022 2011 12 EC directive 2004 108 EG ...

Page 25: ...PCAN miniPCIe User Manual 25 Appendix A CE Certificate ...

Page 26: ...PCAN miniPCIe User Manual 26 Appendix B Dimension Drawing Figure 13 View PCAN miniPCIe The figure does not show the actual size of the product ...

Page 27: ... off de energized computer At the next start of Windows the PCAN miniPCIe card is recognized by Windows and the driver is initialized After the driver has been successfully installed you can find the PCAN miniPCIe entry in the CAN Hardware branch of the Windows Device Manager Getting Started under Windows Run the CAN monitor PCAN View from the Windows Start menu as a sample application for accessi...

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