isCAN PCI

The isCAN PCI interface provides a cost sensitive solution for the stationary access to a CAN/CANopen network. Therefore the board is the ideal supplement to the isCAN USB dongle which aims at applications for portable computers. The interface was designed as an active component, meaning that it contains its own microprocessor. This microprocessor handles all the time-critical tasks on the CAN bus. Regardless of the performance of the host PC a maximum of security against the loss of date due to PC overload is guaranteed. The data exchange between host PC and interface takes places via a 2 KByte DP-RAM.

The isCAN PCI interface supports the CAN specification 2.0A (11 bit ID) and 2.0B (29 bit ID). It is connected with a 9 pin D-Sub connector according to the CiA specification DS-102. The interface can be upgraded to run as CANopen device by downloading the respective firmware. This firmware is available as an optional extra from ifak system.

The isCAN PCI board employs the same application interface as the USB interface. Applications developed for one interface can be used with the other at once without any modifications. With the included driver DLL user-specific applications can be integrated easily. The isCAN PCI interface is available with galvanic decoupling only. It supports a transmission speed of up to 1 MBit/s. Optionally an OPC server software (isCAN Server) is available.