CAN_BUS to USB Converter

The VScom USB-CAN is an adapter from USB to CAN. It connects a PC via the USB interface to the CAN bus. Since current computers all have several USB ports, the installation is simple. Even the previous standard of USB 1.1 with 12 Mbit/s max. speed is sufficient to connect the VScom USB-CAN to a computer.
CAN bus is widely used in industrial applications as well as in automotive monitoring and control. The VScom USB-CAN can be used to monitor the data traffic in such installations, as well as sending control information. The performance of VScom USB-CAN is among the best available in the market of CAN-on-USB products.
Since hardware-based automatic flow control is implemented at the interface between the CAN controller and the PC, the data reliability is very high.
• The ASCII conversion protocol is useful in developing and testing any configuration. Users just open the serial port via a Terminal Program, and have a simple way to talk to the CAN controller. The same way they can also transmit and receive CAN frames.
• Applications programmed by users load the library (DLL), which transparently handles the ASCII conversion. Programmers handle only the CAN frames and status, they do not have to care about the ASCII conversion in their applications.
• USB-CAN also supports CANFestival, an Open Source CANopen Framework. CANopen is a CAN-based higher layer protocol that is used in various application fields, such as medical equipment, offroad vehicles, maritime electronics, railway applications or building automation. CANopen unburdens the developer from dealing with CAN-specific details such as bit-timing and implementation-specific functions. It provides standardized communication objects for real-time data, configuration data as well as network management data.
• CANHacker, a tool for analyzing and transmitting frames on the CAN BUS, is included in the product package.

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Industrial / Factory / Laboratory automation

SCADA system

Wafer fabrication system

Automotive test equipment

Speed

CAN High Speed (up to 1Mbit/s) for transmit/receive

Signals

CAN_H, CAN_L, CAN_GND, CAN_V+, GND

Controller

SJA1000 (Philips)

Transceiver

TJA1050 (Philips)

LED

CAN Activity (Data)
CAN Error

Connector

DB9 male

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Interface

USB 2.0 Full Speed

Power

USB bus powered, max. 200 mA

Driver

Emulated serial port, 3 Mbit/s

Operating Systems

Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista,
Linux kernel 2.4.32+
Mac OS X support available

LED

USB Power

Connector

USB Type B socket

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Library

Functions for simple access on all VScom CAN products, supporting Windows and Linux

CANFestival

CANopen examples showing Master/slave communication

Speed

CAN Speed selectable up to 1 Mbit/s

Transfer

ASCII coding mode

CAN Listen mode

Passive receive of CAN Frames, neither ACK bits nor Error Frames

Monitoring Tool

VScom USB-CAN is supported by CANHacker

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Power

max. 1W

Power supply

max. 200mA via USB port

Dimensions

50×58×23 mm³ (W×L×H)

Operating Temp.

0°C - 60°C

Storage Temp.

-20°C - 85°C

Case

SECC sheet metal (1mm)

Weight

50 g

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Art. No.

420

Name

VScom USB-CAN

Packing list

VScom USB-CAN
High-Speed USB cable
English Documentation

Speed

Signals

Controller

Transceiver

LED

Connector

Interface

Power

Driver

Operating Systems

LED

Connector

Library

CANFestival

Speed

Transfer

CAN Listen mode

Monitoring Tool

Power

Power supply

Dimensions

Operating Temp.

Storage Temp.

Case

Weight

Art. No.

Name

Packing list

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