Table of Contents Introduction ....................... 3 Scope of this document ....................3 General description....................4 PCIcan II features......................4 Kvaser PCIcan II Hardware ................5 Technical Specifications ....................5 Schematics ........................6 The Isolated CAN Drivers..................7 Kvaser PCIcan II Installation ................8 Install hardware ......................8 Updated drivers and device firmware..............8...
The complete line of PCIcan II products are discontinued, due the release of the new PCIcanx II boards, see Table 2 . PCIcanx II is fully software compatible with PCIcan II for easy integration in existing systems.
Released 1.2 General description Kvaser PCIcan II is an interface board that connects up to two CAN networks to a PC using the PCI bus. You can with benefit use several Kvaser PCIcan II boards on the same PC. It contains the powerful M16C micro-controller from Renesas with two built-in CAN controllers. It handles CAN messages with 11 bit (CAN 2.0A) as well as 29 bit (CAN 2.0B) identifiers.
Required PCI voltages 5V and 3.3V (If a PCI slot has 5V, it also has 3.3V if the computer is compliant to the PCI standard.) Table 5. Technical specifications common to all variants of the Kvaser PCIcan II PCI Revision CAN channels 2 (CAN 2.0A and 2.0B active)
P028 Released 2.2 Schematics This chapter describes the three product variants of Kvaser PCIcan II. 2.2.1 PCIcan HS/HS - a two-channel full-height PCI board This board has been manufactured in two versions: A version that can be used in PCI slots with 5V signaling. This version was manufactured •...
P028 Released 2.2.3 PCIcan II LP HS – a one-channel low-profile PCI board This is low-profile (about half the height) version of the above card. Note that it requires a low-profile PCI slot! It can accept both 5V and 3.3V PCI slots.
This is done by the computer’s BIOS at startup time. Interrupt assignment and I/O space usage can normally not be adjusted. Note: It is perfectly normal for PCI devices to share a single interrupt in the PC. Kvaser PCIcan II will work without problems when sharing the interrupt with other PCI devices.
P028 Released 3.5 The CAN Channels The standard PCIcan II has two independent I/O ports (CAN channels) as seen in Figure 3. The first channel, Channel 1, is the one closest to the PCI connector. See Figure 4. CAN channel...
3.6 CAN bus termination There are no on-board CAN bus terminators on the PCIcan II board. You must terminate the CAN bus yourself by placing a 120 Ohms resistor between CAN_H and CAN_L at each end of the CAN bus.
The on-board LEDs, shown in Figure 6 from the CAN connector side, indicate the status of the card according to Table 7. Figure 6. Position of the LEDs on a PCIcan II board. Table 7. Meaning of the LED activity on the PCIcan II boards. LED Activity Meaning of LED Activity Both LEDs (or the single LED on the one- The built-in self-test failed.
P028 Released 4 Software Support The Kvaser PCIcan II boards are supported by drivers routines and program examples for Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT/2000/XP, Linux, etc . The software and its documentation are available from our web site, and not further documented here.
Added data for new board revision (universal cards) July 2004 Corrected data for the universal cards – all cards require that the motherboard provides 5V and 3.3V. 10-DEC-2004 Revised part numbers for PCIcan II HS/HS 21-APR-2005 Minor edits to the pictures 27-March-2006 No major changes of contents - www.kvaser.com -...
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.
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