The National Instruments USB-8473s module is a 1-port high-speed CAN interface for connecting PCs to CAN networks and devices. The NI USB-8473s includes NI-CAN driver software, which provides a powerful, frame-based API for rapid application development.
Advanced Synchronization The USB-8473s features a 3-pin COMBICON synchronization connector for synchronizing the internal hardware time base with other devices, including USB CAN and LIN interfaces, as well as NI data acquisition, motion, and vision devices, with 1, 10, or 20 MHz clocks. Synchronization eliminates clock drift between devices and you can trigger between devices for correlating CAN data with data from other devices.
All-in-One Design The convenient all-in-one design features a captive 2 m USB cable and built-in transceiver, requiring no extra cables or accessories to get applications running quickly. The USB-8473s is bus-powered and features standard electrical isolation up to 500 VDC (withstand, 2 s max) channel-to-bus.
Hardware Time-Stamping With hardware time-stamping, you can log messages with microsecond-accurate time stamps for reconstructing network events. The NI USB-8473s interface uses a 9-pin male D-Sub (DB9) connector to interface to CAN.
Advanced Functionality The USB-8473s uses the Philips SJA1000, which provides advanced functionality, such as listen-only mode, sleep/wakeup mode, error counter access, and self-reception (echo) mode.
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