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Page 1: User Manual
PCAN-miniPCIe CAN Interface for PCI Express Mini User Manual Document version 1.4.3 (2017-07-31) - Page 2 Two CAN channels, galvanic IPEH-003049 isolation for CAN connections The cover picture shows the product PCAN-miniPCIe Dual Channel. The Single Channel model has an identical form factor but varies in equipment. PCAN® is a registered trademark of PEAK-System Technik GmbH. CANopen® and CiA®...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
PCAN-miniPCIe – User Manual Contents Introduction Properties at a Glance System Requirements Scope of Supply Installing the Software and the Card Connecting the CAN Bus Connection over D-Sub Connector Cabling 3.2.1 Termination 3.2.2 Example of a Connection 3.2.3 Maximum Bus Length... -
Page 4: Introduction
PCAN-miniPCIe – User Manual Introduction The PCAN-miniPCIe card enables the connection of embedded PCs and laptops with PCI Express Mini slots to CAN networks. There is galvanic isolation of up to 300 Volts between the computer and CAN sides. The card is available as a single or dual channel version. -
Page 5: System Requirements
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. -
Page 6: Installing The Software And The Card
PCAN-miniPCIe – User Manual Installing the Software and the Card This chapter covers the software setup for the PCAN-miniPCIe card in Windows and the installation of the card in the computer. Setup the driver before installing the PCAN-miniPCIe card. Do the following to install the driver: Start Intro.exe from the supplied DVD. - Page 7 Do the following to check the operational readiness: Open the Windows Start menu. Type peakcpl and press Enter . The information window for PEAK hardware appears. The plug-in card must be displayed in the table on the CAN Hardware tab.
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Page 8: Connecting The Can Bus
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. CAN 1 CAN 2 Figure 1: Positions of the CAN ports on the PCAN-miniPCIe card Figure 2: Pin assignment High-speed CAN (view onto a D-Sub connector) - Page 9 PCAN-miniPCIe – User Manual Figure 3: PCAN-miniPCIe card with connection cables To connect a CAN bus to the PCAN-miniPCIe card, use the supplied special connection cables. After you've plugged in the cable on the card, you can connect a CAN bus to the D-sub socket.
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Page 10: Cabling
120 Ohms. Otherwise, there are interfering signal reflec- tions and 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... -
Page 11: Maximum Bus Length
PCAN-miniPCIe – User Manual 3.2.3 Maximum Bus Length High-speed CAN networks have bit rates up to 1 Mbit/s. The maximum bus length primarily depends on the bit rate. The following table shows different maximum possible CAN bus length with different bit rates:... -
Page 12: Software And Api
PCAN-miniPCIe – User Manual Software and API This chapter covers the provided software PCAN-View and the programming interface PCAN-Basic. 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 PCAN-View with a CAN adapter. - Page 13 PCAN-miniPCIe – User Manual Open the Windows Start menu and select PCAN-View. The Connect dialog box appears. Figure 7: Selection of the specific hardware and parameters Select an interface from the list. From the drop-down list, select the Bit rate that is used by all nodes on the CAN bus.
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Page 14: Receive/Transmit Tab
PCAN-miniPCIe – User Manual 4.1.1 Receive/Transmit Tab Figure 8: Receive/Transmit tab The Receive/Transmit tab is the main element of PCAN-View. It contains two lists, one for received messages and one for the transmit messages. The CAN data format is hexadecimal by default. - Page 15 PCAN-miniPCIe – User Manual Enter the ID, the data Length, and the CAN message Data. Note: With the program version 4 of PCAN-View, the DLC field was renamed to Length. Latter reflects the actual data length. Enter a value into the Cycle Time field to choose manually or periodically message transmission.
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Page 16: Trace Tab
PCAN-miniPCIe – User Manual 4.1.2 Trace Tab Figure 10: Trace tab On the Trace tab, the data tracer (data logger) of PCAN-View is used for logging the communication on a CAN bus. During this process the messages are cached in the working memory of the PC. -
Page 17: Pcan-Minipcie Tab
PCAN-miniPCIe – User Manual 4.1.3 PCAN-miniPCIe Tab Figure 11: PCAN-PCI tab (example) The PCAN-miniPCIe tab contains some detailed information about the 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 messages. -
Page 18: Linking Own Programs With Pcan-Basic
On the provided DVD, you 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 be used for the following operating systems: Windows 10, 8.1, 7 (32/64-bit) Windows CE 6.x (x86/ARMv4) -
Page 19: Features Of Pcan-Basic
Use of up to 16 channels for each hardware unit (depending on the PEAK CAN interface used) Simple switching between channels of a PEAK CAN interface Driver-internal buffer for 32,768 messages per CAN channel Precision of time stamps on received messages up to 1 μs (depending on the PEAK CAN interface used) Supports PEAK-System‘s trace formats version 1.1 and 2.0 (for... -
Page 20: Principle Description Of The Api
PCAN-miniPCIe – User Manual Extended system for debugging operations Multilingual debugging output Output language depends on operating system Debugging information can be defined individually Thread-safe AP Tip: An overview of the API functions is located in the header files. You can find detailed information about the PCAN-Basic API on the provided DVD in the text and help files (file name extensions .txt and .chm). -
Page 21: Notes About The License
Notes about the License Device drivers, the interface DLL, and further files needed for linking are property of the PEAK-System Technik GmbH and may be used only in connection with a hardware component purchased from PEAK-System or one of its partners. If a CAN hardware component... -
Page 22: Technical Specifications
PCAN-miniPCIe – User Manual Technical Specifications Connectors Computer PCI Express Mini (uses PCIe lane, not USB), 52-pin; electromechanical specifications 1.1 and 1.2 CAN (via cable) D-Sub (m), 9-pin, assignment according to specification CiA® 303-1 CAN (on card) Connector type SUR from JST (www.jst-mfg.com),... - Page 23 PCAN-miniPCIe – User Manual Environment Operating -40 - 85 °C (-40 - 185 °F) temperature Temperature for -40 - 100 °C (-40 - 212 °F) storage and transport Relative humidity 15 - 90 %, not condensing Directive 2014/30/EU DIN EN 55024:2016-05...
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Page 24: Appendix Ace Certificate
PCAN-miniPCIe – User Manual Appendix A CE Certificate... -
Page 25: Appendix B Dimension Drawing
PCAN-miniPCIe – User Manual Appendix B Dimension Drawing Figure 14: View PCAN-miniPCIe The figure does not show the actual size of the product. -
Page 26: Appendix C Quick Reference
Software/Hardware Installation under Windows Install the driver from the supplied DVD, before you insert the plug- in card. Turn off the computer and insert the PCAN-miniPCIe into an available PCI Express Mini slot. The new hardware is detected at the next Windows start and the driver is initialized.
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