Boost for CAN data acquisition: News from National Instruments

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National Instruments has expanded the functionality of its controller area network (CAN) product line to provide access to more than 50 I/O modules. The company has also simplified CAN configuration with the release of the FP-1300 FieldPoint CAN interface module, and the NI-CAN 2.0 driver software. With the FP-1300 CAN interface module, engineers now can expand the capabilities of CAN-based measurement systems to include reliable distributed input/output (I/O).

FieldPoint provides high-accuracy isolated analogue and digital I/O modules, adding direct CAN connectivity to virtually any sensor or actuator.

With this new CAN interface module users can easily add CAN nodes, containing up to nine I/O modules (144 points) each, to existing CAN networks.

The FieldPoint CAN interface module is fully configurable with NI-CAN 2.0 software so engineers can specify arbitration ID and customise I/O data configuration.

The new NI-CAN 2.0 software features a programming interface with high-level functions that dramatically reduce the programming time to synchronise CAN frames with data acquisition readings and overall programming by two-thirds.

NI-CAN 2.0 includes new configuration tools, providing access to vector database files so users can convert raw CAN data to engineering units.

Engineers now can benefit from easy system debugging with additional tools used for monitoring frames on the CAN network or function calls to the driver.

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News Release from: National Instruments Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 31 January 2003

Boost for CAN data acquisition

National Instruments has expanded the functionality of its controller area network (CAN) product line to provide access to more than 50 I/O modules.

Note: A free brochure or catalogue is available from National Instruments on the products in this news release. Click here to request a copy.

News Release from: National Instruments
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 31 January 2003