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PCAN-miniPCIe – User Manual 
 

 

Galvanic isolation on the CAN connection up to 300 V, separate 
for each CAN channel 

 

Space-saving dimensions thanks to SMD technology 

 

Extended operating temperature range of -40 to 85 °C 
(-40 to 185 °F) 

Note:

 This manual describes the use of the PCAN-miniPCIe card 

with 

Windows

. You can find device drivers for 

Linux

 and the 

corresponding application information on the provided DVD in 
the 

Develop

 directory branch and on our website under 

www.peak-system.com/linux. 

1.2

 

System Requirements 

 

A vacant PCI Express Mini slot in the computer (specification 1.x) 

 

Operating system Windows 10, 8.1, 7 (32/64-bit)  
or Linux (32/64-bit) 

1.3

 

Scope of Supply 

 

Plug-in card PCAN-miniPCIe 

 

Connection cable including D-Sub plug for each channel 

 

Device drivers for Windows 10, 8.1, 7 and Linux (32/64-bit) 

 

CAN monitor PCAN-View for Windows 

 

Programming interface PCAN-Basic for developing applications 
with CAN connection 

 

Programming interfaces for standardized protocols from the 
automotive sector 

 

Manual in PDF format 

Summary of Contents for PCAN-miniPCIe

Page 1: ...PCAN miniPCIe CAN Interface for PCI Express Mini User Manual Document version 1 4 3 2017 07 31...

Page 2: ...r product names mentioned in this document may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies They are not explicitly marked by or Copyright 2017 PEAK System Technik GmbH Dup...

Page 3: ...Example of a Connection 10 3 2 3 Maximum Bus Length 11 4 Software and API 12 4 1 Monitor Software PCAN View 12 4 1 1 Receive Transmit Tab 14 4 1 2 Trace Tab 16 4 1 3 PCAN miniPCIe Tab 17 4 1 4 Status...

Page 4: ...erent operating systems so programs can easily access a connected CAN bus Tip At the end of this manual Appendix C you can find a Quick Reference with brief information about the installation and oper...

Page 5: ...the Develop directory branch and on our website under www peak system com linux 1 2 System Requirements A vacant PCI Express Mini slot in the computer specification 1 x Operating system Windows 10 8...

Page 6: ...k on Install now 3 Confirm the message of the User Account Control related to Installer database of PEAK Drivers The driver setup starts 4 Follow the program instructions Do the following to install t...

Page 7: ...power supply of the computer 9 Turn on the computer and start Windows Windows detects the new hardware and completes the driver installation Do the following to check the operational readiness 1 Open...

Page 8: ...r A High speed CAN bus ISO 11898 2 is connected to the 9 pin D Sub connector The pin assignment for CAN corresponds to the specification CiA 303 1 Figure 1 Positions of the CAN ports on the PCAN miniP...

Page 9: ...le on the card you 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 con...

Page 10: ...nd 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...

Page 11: ...it rate The following table shows different maximum possible CAN bus length with 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...

Page 12: ...ogramming interface PCAN Basic 4 1 Monitor Software PCAN View PCAN View is simple Windows software for viewing transmitting and logging CAN and CAN FD messages Note This chapter describes the use of P...

Page 13: ...custom bit rates by using the arrow button 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 Activate...

Page 14: ...ew It contains two lists one for received messages and one for the transmit messages The CAN data format is hexadecimal by default Do the following to transmit a CAN message with PCAN View 1 Select th...

Page 15: ...than 0 to transmit periodically Enter the value 0 to transmit only manually 4 Confirm the entries with OK The created transmit message appears on the Receive Transmit tab 5 Trigger selected transmit...

Page 16: ...cation on a CAN bus During this process the messages are cached in the working memory of the PC Afterwards they can be saved to a file The Tracer runs either in linear or in ring buffer mode The linea...

Page 17: ...e hardware and driver 4 1 4 Status Bar Figure 12 Example of the status bar The status bar shows information about the current CAN connection about error counters Overruns QXmtFull and shows error mess...

Page 18: ...ou can find files of the PCAN Basic programming interface in the directory branch Develop This API provides basic functions for linking own programs to CAN and CAN FD interfaces by PEAK System and can...

Page 19: ...operating systems Windows 10 8 1 7 32 64 bit Windows CE 6 x and Linux 32 64 bit Multiple PEAK System applications and your own can be operated on a physical channel at the same time Use of a single DL...

Page 20: ...Basic API is the interface between the user application and device driver In Windows operating systems this is a DLL Dynamic Link Library The sequence of accessing the CAN interface is divided into t...

Page 21: ...lease the reserved resources for the CAN channel among others In addition the CAN channel is marked as Free and is available to other applications 4 2 3 Notes about the License Device drivers the inte...

Page 22: ...ended 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 Internal termination...

Page 23: ...nual 23 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 Directive 2014 30 EU DIN EN 55024 2016 05...

Page 24: ...PCAN miniPCIe User Manual 24 Appendix A CE Certificate...

Page 25: ...PCAN miniPCIe User Manual 25 Appendix B Dimension Drawing Figure 14 View PCAN miniPCIe The figure does not show the actual size of the product...

Page 26: ...ws start and the driver is initialized Check the operational readiness Open the Windows Start menu Type peakcpl and press Enter An information window for PEAK Hardware opens The plug in card must be d...

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