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5 Creating Own Firmware With the help of the PEAK-DevPack development package, you can program your own application-specific firmware for PEAK-System programmable hardware products. For each supported product, examples are included. On delivery the PCAN-Router DR is supplied with the standard firmware which forwards CAN messages 1:1 between both CAN channels.
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Creating your own firmware: 1. Create a folder on your computer. We recommend using a local drive. 2. Unzip the development package PEAK-DevPack.zip completely into the folder. No installation is required. 3. Run the script SetPath_for_VSCode.vbs. This script will modify the example directories for the Visual Studio Code IDE.
8. Use the PEAK-Flash tool to upload your firmware to the PCAN-Router DR via CAN. The tool is either started via the menu Terminal > Run Task > Flash Device or from the subdirectory of the development package. Chapter 6.2 Preparing the Hardware describes the process.
6 Firmware Upload The PCAN-Router DR is equipped with new firmware via CAN and the Windows program PEAK-Flash. For this, the bootloader must be activated via the rotary switch on the front of the PCAN-Router DR. 6.1 System Requirements CAN interface of the PCAN series for the computer, for example PCAN-USB CAN cabling between the CAN interface and the PCAN-Router DR with correct...
6.3 Firmware Transfer The firmware is uploaded via a CAN bus using the Windows software PEAK-Flash and is only possible with the CAN 1 connector. This must be connected to the computer alone. Transfer firmware with PEAK-Flash: The software PEAK-Flash is included in the development package, which can be downloaded via the following link: www.peak-system.com/quick/DLP-DevPack...
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