Kvaser PCIcan II User Manual - page 4
Document Number
P028-PCIcan II
Document Title
PCIcan II User's Guide
Revision
6
Project
P028-Doc
Responsible
P028
Approved
P028
Status
Released
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1.2 General description
Kvaser PCIcan IIis an interface board that connects up to two CAN networks to a PC using the PCI
bus. You can with benefit use several Kvaser PCIcan II boards on the same PC.
It contains the powerful M16C micro-controller from Renesas with two built-in CAN controllers. It
handles CAN messages with 11 bit (CAN 2.0A) as well as 29 bit (CAN 2.0B) identifiers. Remote
frames can be sent and received without restrictions. PCIcan II can detect and generate error frames on
the CAN bus. PCIcan II provides one or two completely independent CAN channels with separate
connectors. The CAN bus transceivers are integrated into the device. The Kvaser PCIcan II is an
improved version of the Kvaser PCIcan family of boards. It is fully compatible with the Kvaser PCIcan
boards but features:
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Improved performance
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High performance on-board microcontroller
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Large on-board RAM buffer for CAN messages
Kvaser offers excellent software support. All Kvaser products utilize the common and user friendly
Application Programming Interface, Kvaser CANlib API. It enables you to run any applications using
Kvaser CANlib API on any Kvaser products, without the need of editing the code and recompile it.
Example of supported PCI, PC/104-Plus, USB and PCMCIA interfaces:
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Kvaser PCIcanx II
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Kvaser PCIcanx
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Kvaser PC104+
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Kvaser PCIcan II
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Kvaser PCIcan
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Kvaser PCcan
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Kvaser Leaf Professional / SemiPro / Light
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Kvaser Memorator II
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Kvaser Memorator
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Kvaser LAPcan II
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Kvaser LAPcan
1.3 PCIcan II features
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Compliant with PCI revision 2.2
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High performance on-board microcontroller
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Communicates with the PC through a fast DPRAM
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Large on-board RAM buffer to off load the PC
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Supports CAN 2.0 A and 2.0 B (active)
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Supports “Silent Mode”
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ISO 11898-2 compliant High Speed CAN transceivers
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Supports bit rates from 5kbit/s up to 1 Mbit/s
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CAN oscillator frequency: 16MHz
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DC/DC power supply to galvanically isolated bus drivers – no need for extra external power
supply
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High-speed isolator circuits between CAN circuits and CAN drivers
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Quick and easy plug and play installation
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Interfaces the CAN bus with industry standard DSUB connector(s)