CAN/CANopen/DeviceNet Interface Boards

Product Information Active Interface Boards for Every Application

Your Requirement

You need to quickly and easily connect your PCs to CAN, CANopenor DeviceNet. And you want to support the latest standards – while achieving the highest performance at the best price.

Our Solution

Softing offers CAN, CANopen and DeviceNet interface boards for a wide range of applications - from fast and compact controls, to analysis tools, parameterization tools and visualization PCs,through to customized specialty applications.

The Right Board for You

The CAN API included with the product provides access to anyCAN data - either sequentially buffered or as a current processimage. Firmware is available for CANopen and DeviceNet whichprocesses the protocol in real-time directly on the card and independent of the PC. For less time-critical applications, Lean- CANopen provides a free, fully operational CANopen interface.Whichever protocol version you need: choose the ideal optionfrom a variety of hardware formats, operating system drivers,protocols and application interfaces.

Application Your applicationStandard application

Your Benefits

Common programming interface for all hardware formats Top performance through onboard microcontrollers

Standard interface

Local buffering and preprocessing to ease the workload of the PC

OPCServer

Fast integration thanks to a simple user interface that is customized to fit the protocol

Programming interface

Software drivers for a wide range of operating systems Numerous sample applications for various development environments and programming languages

LeanCANopenCAN CANopen DeviceNet

Customer-specific adaptations for optimal integration in your target system

Protocol CAN Message Layer CANopen DeviceNet

Engineering services to assist during integration

Operating system driver

Our Experience

Vista XP 2000 NT 9x CE.NET Linux RTX QNX DOS …

Benefit from our extensive experience with fieldbus systems andour large install-base. Softing is an independent company and aleader in providing key technology components to manufactur-ers of fieldbus devices. We actively participate in all major field- bus standard working groups and take pride in continually im- proving our offer to meet new requirements. At the same timewe ensure backwards compatibility so your investment with usincludes the opportunity to enhance your existing product with the latest technology.

Hardware format PCI PC Card PC/104(+) USB
Flexible integration of interface boards in your application