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- Page 1 PCAN-miniPCI CAN Interface for Mini PCI User Manual Document version 2.6.0 (2019-03-19)
- Page 2 Other product models have an identical form factor but vary in equipment. PCAN® is a registered trademark of PEAK-System Technik GmbH. CANopen® and CiA® are registered community trade marks of CAN in Automation e.V. All other product names mentioned in this document may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
PCAN-miniPCI – 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 Voltage Supply of External Devices Cabling 3.3.1 Termination 3.3.2 Example of a Connection 3.3.3 Maximum Bus Length Software and API... - Page 4 PCAN-miniPCI – User Manual Appendix C Quick Reference...
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Page 5: Introduction
PCAN-miniPCI – User Manual Introduction The PCAN-miniPCI card enables the connection of embedded PCs and laptops with Mini PCI slots to CAN networks. The card is avai- lable as a single or dual-channel version. The opto-decoupled versions also guarantee galvanic isolation of up to 300 Volts be- tween the PC and the CAN sides. -
Page 6: System Requirements
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. System Requirements A vacant Mini PCI slot in the computer Operating system Windows 10, 8.1, 7 (32/64-bit), or Windows CE 6.x (x86 and ARMv4 processor support), or... - Page 7 PCAN-miniPCI – User Manual Programming interfaces for standardized protocols from the automotive sector Manual in PDF format...
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Page 8: Installing The Software And The Card
The navigation program starts. In the main menu, select Drivers and click on Install now. Confirm the message of the User Account Control related to "Installer database of PEAK Drivers". The driver setup starts. Follow the program instructions. Do the following to install the card: Attention! Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage or destroy components on the card. - Page 9 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 10: Connecting The Can Bus
PCAN-miniPCI – User Manual Connecting the CAN Bus Connection over D-Sub Connector 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 2 CAN 1 Figure 1: Positions of the CAN ports on the PCAN-miniPCI card Figure 2: Pin assignment High-speed CAN (view onto a D-Sub connector) - Page 11 For more information see the next section 3.2. Tip: Connect a CAN bus with a different transmission standard via a bus converter. PEAK-System offers different bus converter modules like the PCAN-TJA1054 for a Low-speed CAN bus according to ISO 11898-3.
- Page 12 PCAN-miniPCI – User Manual The pin assignment between the D-Sub port and the 4-pin connector on the PCAN-miniPCI card is as follows: Figure 4: Front view of a CAN connector (SUR) on the PCAN-miniPCI card (J2, J3) Pin SUR Function Pin D-Sub +5 V (optional) 1 3, 6...
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Page 13: Voltage Supply Of External Devices
PCAN-miniPCI – User Manual Voltage Supply of External Devices External devices with low power consumption (e.g. bus converters) can be directly supplied via the CAN connector. With a solder bridge per CAN channel on the PCAN-miniPCI board, a 5-Volt supply can optionally be routed to pin 1 of the D-Sub connector (independently for each connector on the Dual Channel models). - Page 14 PCAN-miniPCI – User Manual CAN 1 CAN 2 Figure 5: Positions of the solder fields on the PCAN-miniPCI card 5-Volt supply D-Sub connector Solder field Without With (standard) (Pin 1) CAN1 near J2 CAN2 near J3 Risk of short circuit! The 5-Volt supply is not protected separately.
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Page 15: Cabling
PCAN-miniPCI – User Manual Cabling 3.3.1 Termination A High-speed CAN bus (ISO 11898-2) must be terminated with 120 ohms at both ends. The termination prevents interfering signal reflections and ensures the proper operation of the transceivers of the connected CAN nodes (CAN interfaces, control devices). The PCAN-miniPCI card does not have an internal termination. -
Page 16: Maximum Bus Length
PCAN-miniPCI – User Manual 3.3.3 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: Bit rate Bus length 1 Mbit/s... -
Page 17: Software And Api
PCAN-miniPCI – 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 18 PCAN-miniPCI – User Manual Do the following to start and initialize PCAN-View: Open the Windows Start menu and select PCAN-View. The Connect dialog box appears. Figure 8: 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 19: Receive/Transmit Tab
PCAN-miniPCI – User Manual 4.1.1 Receive/Transmit Tab Figure 9: 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. Do the following to transmit a CAN message with PCAN-View: Select the menu command Transmit >... - Page 20 PCAN-miniPCI – 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 21: Trace Tab
PCAN-miniPCI – User Manual 4.1.2 Trace Tab Figure 11: 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. Afterwards they can be saved to a file. -
Page 22: Pcan-Minipci Tab
PCAN-miniPCI – User Manual 4.1.3 PCAN-miniPCI Tab Figure 12: PCAN-PCI tab (example) The PCAN-miniPCI tab contains some detailed information about the hardware and driver. 4.1.4 Status Bar Figure 13: 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 23: 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 24: 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 buffering of 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 25: Principle Description Of The Api
PCAN-miniPCI – User Manual Output language depends on operating system Debugging information can be defined individually Thread-safe API 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 26: 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 27: Technical Specifications
PCAN-miniPCI – User Manual Technical Specifications Connectors Computer Mini PCI, type 3A (124-pin) 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), name of the matching plug: 04SUR-32S Specification ISO 11898-2, High-speed CAN 2.0A (Standard format) and 2.0B (Extended format) - Page 28 PCAN-miniPCI – User Manual Measures Size 59.6 x 51 x 4 mm (W x L x H) See also dimension drawing in Appendix B on page 30. Weight Card Cable + D-Sub PCAN-miniPCI Single Ch.: 10 g PCAN-miniPCI Dual Ch.: 11 g 16 g PCAN-miniPCI Single Ch.
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Page 29: Appendix Ace Certificate
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Page 30: Appendix B Dimension Drawing
PCAN-miniPCI – User Manual Appendix B Dimension Drawing Figure 15: View PCAN-miniPCI; the figure does not show the actual size of the product. - Page 31 Check the operational readiness. Open the Windows Start menu. Type peakcpl and press Enter . An information window for PEAK Hardware opens. The plug-in card must be displayed in the table on the CAN Hardware tab. Getting Started under Windows Run the CAN monitor PCAN-View from the Windows Start menu as a sample application for accessing the card.
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