Software tools used to develop, simulate, test and maintain distributed systems require powerful and flexible hardware interfaces.

Vector offers interfaces for CAN, LIN, J1708, Flexray, MOST as well as driver software and programming interfaces for use with Vector software tools and in customer-specific solutions.

Highlights

• Higher data throughput (up to 80 000 messages per second)
• Precise time stamps
• Highly flexible with large selection of interchangeable bus transceivers
• Message preprocessing on the card reduces PC loading
• No data losses, even with 1 Mbit burst loading
• FPGA update possible
• Time synchronization with other Vector interfaces is possible via external connection (party line)
• ExpressCard interface CANcardXLe and TWINcabs make up to 4 channels available
• The VN8900 interface is a high-performance real-time platform when used in combination with the CANoe or CANalyzer tool. Its many uses range from MiniHIL applications to system simulations with Simulink, rest-of-bus simulations as well as gateway implementations and test runs.

Special LIN functions

• Conformity tests per LIN 2.1 specification (CANcardXLe)
• Detect and generate sending errors, synchronization errors, checksum errors and other protocol violations
• Send and receive headers and entire messages
• Measure bit-rate in header and response
• Measure frame length
• Detect the checksum model
• Disturb the header and slave response

Special Flexray functions

• Detailed analysis of the Flexray communication by an FPGA-based communication controller
• Extensive networks can be simulated thanks to 2 MiB TX memory (simultaneous configuration of over 1 000 TX messages)
• Cold start of the Flexray cluster without additional network nodes
• Analysis of network startup by independent monitoring unit
• 2 Flexray channels (Channel A and B)

Bus transceiver

Choose from a steadily growing number of Vector bus transceivers known as CAN-/LINcabs, CAN-/LINpiggies and the new, innovative TWINcabs. Operation of the two channels can be done with the XL-Interfaces in any combination of the available transceivers.