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Embedded World 2021

USB-to-I/O device supports CAN, CAN FD, and CANopen

2021-03-05 At the digital exhibition Embedded World 2021, DAB-Embedded shows its USB2IO interface explorer. The device connects USB to various I/O interfaces for prototyping and enabling functional tests of electronic devices using CAN, CAN FD, and CANopen.

Evaluation board

Two CAN XL ports and one CAN FD interface

2021-01-28 The CAN XL evaluation board by C&S Group has been developed jointly with Bosch, NXP, and Volkswagen (VW). The DE1-SoC (Terasic) board includes the latest Bosch CAN XL core.

CES 2021

Development platform for automotive computing with CAN FD

2021-01-15 At the CES 2021 (Consumer Electronics Show) digital exhibition, NXP announced the Bluebox 3.0. It is an expanded version of the company’s flagship Automotive High-Performance Compute (AHPC) development platform. The Bluebox 3.0 supports CAN FD.

For cars up to 5 t

Brake testing system

2021-01-14 Maha Maschinenbau Haldenwang (Germany) developed the Connect digital brake tester series. It offers unlimited visualization and displaying possibilities, said the manufacturer.

Data acquisition system

Cloud-based electric vehicle development

2020-12-16 Vector and CSM launched the E-Mobility measurement system for development of electric mobility applications. CSM also introduced the UniCAN 3 ETH data-logger.

CAN Newsletter magazine

Diagnostic solutions for mobile machines

2020-12-08 Use of diagnostic tools allows for a product testing and targeted monitoring over the mobile machine's life cycle. Failures can be detected before actual faults in the communication occur. This helps to avoid costly downtimes.

For e-vehicles

Charging communication conformance testing with CAN

2020-11-05 Vector has expanded its e-mobility testing solution to include the CANoe Test Package EV. This provides users with a toolchain for the automated conformance and interoperability testing of e-vehicles based on CANoe for the first time.

CiA 1311 compliant

Design tool can read XDD files

2020-10-28 With the CANopen tool by Emotas, the user can design and configure CANopen and CANopen FD devices. Now, it supports CiA 1311, the XML device description (XDD) file format.

Data acquisition system

Capturing 15 million samples per second

2020-10-05 Dewesoft released the Sirius XHS data acquisition system (DAQ) with Classical CAN and CAN FD interfaces. It is built with the company’s hybrid ADC technology.

Mixed-signal oscilloscope

Providing 50 billion samples per second

2020-09-28 Tektronix announced the availability of the 10-GHz 6 Series B MSO oscilloscopes with CAN FD decode and trigger options. The devices offer up to eight Flexchannel inputs.

Data measurement

Computing platform with Classical CAN and CAN FD

2020-09-25 B-Plus developed the Brick2 recording and computing platform. The system enables time-synchronized data recording, computing and storage solutions, and an open platform architecture.

Configure tool

Improved support for CANopen units

2020-09-02 Epec has released the SDK 3.8 Multitool 6.6. The product has several added features including, a CANopen “slave” support, added sheet for address claiming, library parameter manager, and the possibility to clone a unit in Multitool.

Debugger

Developing automotive ECUs

2020-08-10 The UDE by PLS (Germany) provides debugging and analysis functions for NXP’s S32S247 and i.MX RT MCUs with up to eight CAN FD interfaces.

Car racing

Developing race strategy using CAN data analysis

2020-06-04 The Finnish rally team Vuotari Racing is using detailed CAN analysis to provide post-test evaluations of the car’s performance and detailed driver feedback. TKE, Kvaser, and Zuragon help with their CAN tools.

Industrial communication creator

Unifying separate tools into one for all

2020-06-02 Port is launching an industrial communication creator tool. It unifies the company's supported technologies CANopen, Profinet, Ethernet/IP (DLR), Ethercat, and CC-Link IE TSN in one Eclipse-based runtime.

For gateways

MCU implements CAN FD and 2,4-GHz Bluetooth

2020-05-25 NXP has released the KW38 micro-controller, which provides a data stream buffer for gateway designs.

For fleet management

Enhances driver safety by observation

2020-03-10 VIA Mobile360 D700 AI Dash Cam by VIA Technologies (Taiwan) combines front dash and interior cameras with integrated 4G LTE wireless connectivity and CAN support.

Location-independent

Flashing ECUs from a distance

2020-02-07 Vflash Remote is a diagnostics solution from Vector Informatik. It gives users the option of flashing and reprogramming ECUs remotely e.g. on vehicle test drives or in off-shore production plants.

Embedded World 2020

HIL test for fuel cell controller

2020-02-06 Micronova developed the Novacarts Fuel Cell simulation platform. It is a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulator for testing of fuel cell control units used e.g. in alternative vehicles.

CES 2020

Data-loggers for Classical CAN and CAN FD

2020-01-02 Intrepid (USA) shows on the CES 2020 its NeoVI Fire and NeoVI Red data loggers. They provide multiple CAN and LIN interfaces.