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Product category: Sensors and Data Acquisition
News Release from: National Instruments | Subject: USB-847x interfaces
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 15 January 2007

USB modules acquire from CAN and LIN

Engineers now have an easy, cost-effective and portable solution for connecting their PCs to CAN and LIN devices and networks.

National Instruments has released its first USB modules for high-speed and low-speed/fault-tolerant Controller Area Network (CAN) and Local Interconnect Network (LIN) monitoring, logging and testing, combining the quality and performance of NI CAN software and hardware with the benefits of High-Speed USB With a low price point and a synchronisation option, engineers now have an easy, cost-effective and portable solution for connecting their PCs to CAN and LIN devices and networks for device validation, test and in-vehicle data logging

The USB-847x interfaces do not only make it easy to link PCs and laptops to automotive networks; each interface is available with a unique synchronisation option that allows it to share start triggers and timestamps with other USB CAN a