The National Instruments USB-8472s module is a 1-port low-speed/fault-tolerant CAN interface for connecting PCs to CAN networks and devices. The NI USB-8472s includes NI-CAN driver software, which provides a powerful, frame-based API for rapid application development.
Advanced Synchronization The USB-8472s features a 3-pin COMBICON synchronization connector for synchronizing the internal hardware time base with other devices, including NI 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 triggering between devices for correlating CAN data with data from other devices.
Fault-Tolerant The Philips TJA1054A fault-tolerant CAN transceiver provides reliable communication in harsh electrical environments. In addition to bus-failure tolerance, the TJA1054a features a variety of additional protections, including:
•Bus short-circuit to battery and ground •Thermal •Transient voltage (-150 to 100 V, ISO 7637 part 1)
All-in-One Design The convenient all-in-one design features an integrated 2 m USB cable and built-in transceiver, requiring no extra cables or accessories to get applications running quickly. The NI USB-8472s 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 USB-8472s uses a 9-pin male D-Sub (DB9) connector to interface to CAN.
Advanced Functionality The USB-8472s uses the Philips SJA1000 CAN controller, which provides advanced functionality such as listen-only mode, sleep/wakeup mode, error-counter access, and self-reception (echo) mode.
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