Kvaser USBcan Pro 4xCAN Silent

The Kvaser USBcan Pro 4xCAN Silent, a compact, multichannel four-channel CAN/CAN FD to USB real-time interface that is always silent on the CAN bus (‘listen only’). This CAN interface is made silent through hardware and thus, cannot transmit on bus.

Standard CAN interfaces receive and transmit CAN messages, enabling them to be used to configure the system to which they are connected. However, certain customers, particularly those developing highly sensitive autonomous or safety-critical systems, require CAN interfaces capable of listening only, so that the interface has no impact on the bus or surrounding systems. Listen-only interfaces are also used to prevent any application or third-party, such as a hacker, from impacting the CANbus and its related systems through the Kvaser device.

Datasheet

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Major Features

  • USB CAN interface with Kvaser t-script.
  • Always silent – listens to the bus without interfering it.
  • Supports CAN FD, up to 8 Mbit/s.
  • Quick and easy plug-and-play installation.
  • Supports both 11-bit (CAN 2.0A) and 29-bit (CAN 2.0B active) identifiers.
  • Power is taken from the USB port.
  • 100% compatible with applications written for other Kvaser CAN hardware with Kvaser CANlib.
  • High-speed CAN connection (compliant with ISO 11898-2), up to 1 Mbit/s.
  • Fully compatible with J1939, CANopen, NMEA 2000® and DeviceNet.
  • Kvaser MagiSync – automatic time synchronization (see Section 4.7, Kvaser MagiSync, on Page 19 for more details).
  • Supports simultaneous usage of multiple Kvaser interfaces.

Technical Parameters

  • Bit Rate (kbps) 20 – 1000 kbps
  • Height 20 mm
  • Length 170 mm
  • Width 50 mm
  • Weight 144 g
  • Interfaces PC USB
  • Connectors 26-pin HD D-SUB
  • Temp range -40 °C to 85 °C

Software

  • Documentation, software and drivers can be downloaded for free at www.kvaser.com/downloads.
  • Kvaser CANLIB SDK is a free resource that includes everything you need to develop software for the Kvaser CAN interfaces. Includes full documentation and many program samples, written in C, C++, C#, Delphi, and Visual Basic.
  • All Kvaser CAN interface boards share a common software API. Programs written for one interface type will run without modifications on the other interface types!
  • J2534 Application Programming Interface available.
  • RP1210A Application Programming Interface available.
  • On-line documentation in Windows HTML-Help and Adobe Acrobat format.