Last updated Wednesday, 05 September 2012 We believe that the information contained herein was accurate in all respects at the time of printing. Kvaser AB cannot, however, assume any responsibility for errors or omissions in this text. Also note that the information in this document is subject to change without notice and...
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Kvaser USBcan II User's Guide 2(19) (This page is intentionally left blank.) Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...
Kvaser USBcan II User's Guide 3(19) 1 Table Of Contents Kvaser USBcan II User's Guide ......................1 Table Of Contents ........................... 3 Introduction ............................ 4 Scope of this Document ......................4 General Description ........................5 Kvaser USBcan II features ....................... 5 Kvaser USBcan II Installation .......................
USBcan II. Please note the product names have been changed from USBcan II -S, -D to USBcan II -HS, -HS/HS, -HS/LS, etc due the new product variants with support for Low-Speed and Single Wire CAN.
Kvaser USBcan II provides a dual channel CAN bus interface with a standard USB interface - one device for desktop and laptop. The Kvaser USBcan II device is a USB 1.1 device. It also works with USB 2.0 in full-speed mode, i.e. 12 Mbit/s. It contains the powerful M16C micro-controller from Mitsubishi with two built-in CAN controllers.
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Kvaser USBcan II User's Guide 6(19) USBcan II The Kvaser USBcan Rugged differs from the USBcan II proper in the following respects: Rugged zinc housing IP54 classed Fault tolerant electrical CAN interface Very good EMI performance ...
5 meters (as specified by the USB standard.) For USBcan II proper (all units in plastic housing) you need a USB cable with a type “B” plug in one end and a type “A” plug in the other end.
CAN connector. If you power the USBcan II through the CAN connector, you must supply 9 – 30 V DC. If you power the USBcan II through the USB connector, you must supply 5 V DC, as per the USB specification.
Kvaser USBcan II User's Guide 9(19) 4.3 The CAN Channels The standard USBcan II has two independent I/O ports (CAN channels) depicted in Figure 1. The first channel, Channel 1, is marked with ‘1’; the second, Channel 2, is not marked. See Figure 2.
All USBcan II Slow flash: Waiting for USB connection with the PC. (firmware version 2.4 and newer) Table 2. The USBcan II LED configuration (see Figure 3.) Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...
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Kvaser USBcan II User's Guide 11(19) Figure 4. USBcan Rugged. LED configuration. LED 1 (Red, denoted LED 2 (Red, denoted ‘PWR’) Device ‘CAN’) USBcan HS/HS Power ON (The device is connected to CAN traffic on either channel. Rugged the computer).
Microcontroller Mitsubishi M16C/6N, 256 kB Flash and 10 kB RAM. 50 kbit/s to 1 Mbit/s (all high-speed channels) Bit rate, CAN bus 20 kbit/s to 125 kbit/s (low-speed channel on USBcan II HS/LS) 10 μs Timestamp resolution Error Frame Detection...
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Storage temperature -40 ºC ... +85 ºC Relative Humidity 0% ... 85% (non condensing.) Table 5. Additional technical specifications for USBcan II. 4.5.3 Additional technical specifications for USBcan Rugged Dimensions (W*L*H) 70 mm * 130 mm * 30 mm Housing Cast zinc.
14(19) 4.6 CAN Channel Transceivers The standard USBcan II has two high-speed (HS) channels with TJA 1050 drivers. As an option the second CAN channel can be shipped with a Low-Speed or Single Wire CAN transceiver, i.e. with a TJA 1054 or AU5790, respectively. The two CAN channels have 9-pin male D-SUB connectors.
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Kvaser USBcan II User's Guide 15(19) The optional LS CAN channel (TJA 1054) has the following pin configuration: (Pins 2, 3, 7 and 9 are protected by auto reset fuses.) D-SUB pin number Color code Function Not connected. Green CAN_L...
Don’t go below 50 kbit/s on the high-speed CAN bus – the TJA 1050 transceiver will not handle that. If you are using USBcan II HS/LS, don’t go above 125 kbit/s on the low-speed channel. In case of trouble, do verify that you have at least one terminator on the CAN bus...
17(19) 5 Disposal and Recycling Information When this product reaches its end of life, please dispose of it according to your local environmental laws and guidelines. For information about Kvaser's recycling programs, visit: www.kvaser.com/en/kvaser/environment/recycling Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...
Contravention will be prosecuted. We believe that the information contained herein was accurate in all respects at the time of printing. Kvaser AB cannot, however, assume any responsibility for errors or omissions in this text. Also note that the information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by Kvaser AB.
Kvaser USBcan II User's Guide 19(19) 7 Document Revision History Date Version Changes 2002-10-16 No major 2003-04-07 No major 2003-07-02 No major 2003-11-14 No major 2004-06-07 No major 2006-03-28 Layout changes 2006-11-10 Layout changes Revised chapter 5 “Legal information”. Added max...
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