This is obviously a big story here in my hometown of Ann Arbor. The Ann Arbor News in a fit of hyperbole went so far as to say, “City could become epicenter of automotive communications.”—Dan
The Center for Automotive Research and the Connected Vehicle Trade Association will open a research center in Ann Arbor, MI next […]

The Goepel Electronic CAN module USB 3052 is a plug-in card and comes with a stand-alone tool named basicCAN/USB. The intelligent module for automotive applications can connect to up to four ports. The user can also exchange information between all four CAN interfaces via an internal board network. The storage capacity is 2Mbyte RAM per […]

The TTTech Automotive TTX-Optical Link is a compact device for electrical decoupling of FlexRay bus signals during EMC testing. It converts FlexRay-signals to optical signals via fiber cable and vice versa. With its shielded housing and built-in accumulator it fulfills all the requirements to run EMC tests for FlexRay based systems. Therefore it allows full […]

LeCroy now offers FlexRay trigger and decode capabilities for the company’s WaveRunner Xi series of oscilloscopes. The feature correlates physical layer signals with protocol layer data in one display, and the FlexRay trigger hardware is completely integrated inside the oscilloscope. This not only provides a unique look into data on the bus but greatly simplifies […]

CAN in Automation (CiA) nonprofit organization has released several new and updated CANopen specifications. Most important is the CiA 311 XML electronic data sheet (EDS) specification. It defines the XML scheme to be used for the electronic description of CANopen devices. The specification is based on the ISO 15745 standard. In the future, XML electronic […]

TTAutomotive announces its second generation TTX-Disturbance Node, a device that helps engineers validate FlexRay networks and FlexRay-based applications in the lab and in the vehicle. With the new TTX-Disturbance Node, network designers and test engineers can achieve unprecedented test coverage for vehicle systems that are based on FlexRay. TTX-Disturbance Node is used for testing the […]

Grant Instruments’ CANgate is a CAN-to-ASCII gateway that converts CAN (Controller Area Network) and GPS (Global Positioning System) data to serial data. This allows users to capture the real-time data available on CAN and GPS networks (e.g. temperatures, RPM, brake and throttle positions, latitude, longitude, speed, etc.) with a data logger or computer system.
CANgate features […]

These all arrived in my inbox this morning, so it seemed like a good opportunity to revive this blog…….Dan
Mentor Graphics, Agilent Partner on Auto Net Design and Test Tools
Mentor Graphics will license certain products in the Mentor Graphics Volcano product line to Agilent Technologies. The Agilent LIN Tester, derived from Mentor’s Volcano LIN Spector product, […]

The NI 9852 module provides direct connectivity to low-speed/fault-tolerant CAN networks, and is a powerful addition to the high-speed CAN connectivity that CompactRIO already offers, further establishing CompactRIO as an ideal platform for in-vehicle measurement and control applications.
The CompactRIO programmable automation controller (PAC) is a rugged, reconfigurable control and acquisition system designed for applications […]

Special-purpose vehicles such as taxis and police cars often require add-on equipment such as taximeters, printers, and sirens. The increasing functionality of these devices requires digital communication interfaces.
Because CAN (Controller Area Network) is used in several applications inside of cars, it was the obvious candidate for networking the add-on equipment. CAN in Automation (CiA) […]