PCAN-Developer 5

Professional CAN and CAN FD Development Package for Windows® PEAK's new PCAN-Developer 4 Software Package is a flexible system for planning, developing, and operating CAN FD and CAN networks on a Windows host computer. At the core of this system are Windows® Kernel drivers as they managed the communication between PCs and external hardware over a Controller Area Network. The professional programming interface PCAN-API of the PCAN-Developer package makes it possible to create complex Windows ® applications with CAN and CAN FD support. The API (Application Programming Interface) provides an extensive function library using interface DLLs for 32-bit and 64-bit systems. Unlike PCAN-Basic, the CAN communication is handled by Clients and offers significant advantages. Thus, not only a single but multiple applications can access a physical CAN channel. Furthermore, it works even without hardware: Via virtual connections, Clients establish a simulated CAN communication among Windows ® applications. Beginning with PCAN-Developer version 4, the PCAN-API and the included tools support the new CAN FD standard (CAN with Flexible Data rate) which is primarily characterized by a higher bandwidth for data transfer. The API can be used with different programming languages. The scope of supply includes examples and header files for the languages C/C++ and Delphi. CAN Connection via Clients Applications that are based on the PCAN-API use so-called Clients in order to access Nets. A Net includes the connection to an external CAN bus via suitable hardware and the interconnection of several applications. The following possibilities apply to CAN connections via Clients: One or multiple Clients can be connected with a Net A Client can be connected with multiple Nets A Net is connected to no or exactly one active hardware Multiple connections to different Nets can be defined for a hardware A maximum of one defined connection to a Net can be activated for a hardware When a Client transmits, the message is passed to all other Clients connected to the Net and via the hardware to the external CAN bus If a message is received by the hardware, it is received by all Clients connected to the Net Features Tech Specs Documents Downloads Professional API for developing applications with CAN and CAN FD connections Complies with CAN specifications 2.0 A/B and FD CAN FD support for ISO and Non-ISO standards switchable Supports the operating systems Windows® 10, 8.1, 7 (32/64-bit) Up to 64 applications can be operated per physical CAN channel at the same time Use of a Windows® DLL for 32-bit or 64-bit as programming interface (API) for all supported hardware types Use of up to 64 channels for each hardware type Simple switching between channels of a PCAN PC hardware using Nets Access to the CAN channels of a PCAN-Gateway via the new PCAN-LAN hardware type Driver-internal buffering of up to 32,768 CAN messages per Client Buffer size can be configured via the API Precision of time stamps on received messages up to 1 µs (depending on the PEAK CAN interface used) Access to all available hardware parameters such as listen-only mode Notification of the application through Windows® events when a message is received Notification of the application through driver events, e.g. altered hardware parameters, plug-in/plug-out of PCAN PC hardware, or bus load information Interrupt-triggered reception of CAN messages by the driver. Storage in a FIFO buffer with the time stamp Control of the transmission timing by specifying time stamps when transmitting messages Configuration of single-shot and self-receive-request transmissions Support of CAN error frames Simulated CAN communication between applications via Clients Free definition of a message filter per Client Hardware reset during an active connection Hardware configuration using the control panel or application Detailed documentation in PDF format as well as executable sample source code Collection of tools for CAN system configuration, parameterization, and visualization Thread-safe API Delivery Contents PCAN-API 4 Interface DLLs (32/64-bit) PCAN-Developer 4 license package Software: PCAN-View, PCAN-Nets Configuration, and PCAN-Status Display Examples and header files for various programming languages Documentation in PDF format PCAN-Developer 4 includes a single user license for the development package and a distribution license for the PCAN-Developer redistributable. This package includes the API DLLs as well as the software products PCAN-View, PCAN-Nets Configuration, and PCAN-Status Display. For the API and the software you will receive all updates and free support for the duration of two years. PCAN-Developer 4 version history Information regarding PCAN-Developer 4 and its history PCAN-API 4 version history Information regarding PCAN-API 4 and its history A comparison of our APIs Comparison for the development of CAN FD and CAN applications The new standard CAN FD The new standard CAN FD support and compatible products PEAK-System Forum Section for the PCAN-Developer 4 for questions and support