NI-CAN PCMCIA Cable Overview
Hardware: Industrial Communications>>CAN>>PCMCIA-CAN
Problem: I noticed that there are two types of PCMCIA-CAN cables: Series 1 and Series 2. What's the difference? Are they both compatible with my existing PCMCIA-CAN hardware?
Solution: The Series 2 PCMCIA-CAN cards were introduced before there were new CAN dongles/cables. Thus, the Series 2 PCMCIA-CAN cards shipped with the existing (Series 1) CAN dongles/cables. Later when the Series 2 PCMCIA-CAN dongles/cables were ready, Series 2 PCMCIA-CAN cards started shipping with the new cables, thus introducing new functionality.
Series 1 cables:
| Type |
Part
Number |
Philips'
Transceiver1 |
Requires
bus power?2 |
PCMCIA-CAN
Series 1 card
compatible? |
PCMCIA-CAN
Series 2 card
compatible? |
NI-DNET
compatible? |
| HS3 |
183907-01 |
A82C250 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| HS3/HS3 |
183908-01 |
A82C250
A82C250 |
Yes
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes
No |
| HS |
184354-01 |
A82C250 |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes4 |
| HS/HS |
184402-01 |
A82C250
A82C250 |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes4
No |
| LS |
186854-01 |
TJA1053T |
|
Yes |
Yes |
|
| LS/LS |
186855-01 |
TJA1053T
TJA1053T |
|
Yes |
Yes |
|
| DS (HS/LS) |
187447-01 |
A82C250
TJA1053T |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes4
No |
HS: High-Speed, LS: Low-Speed/Fault-Tolerant, DS: Dual-Speed
Series 2 cables:The Series 2 PCMCIA-CAN cables introduce the same transceivers to the PCMCIA-CAN cards that are already used on the PCI/PXI Series 2 CAN cards. Thus, the Series 2 PCMCIA-CAN cables support advanced power management through a low-power sleep mode.
Initially, Series 2 PCMCIA-CAN cards shipped with Series 1 CAN cables. Now Series 2 PCMCIA-CAN cards ship with the new Series 2 cables.
Please take a look at the following table for an overview of the Series 2 cables:
| Type |
Part
Number |
Philips'
Transceiver1 |
Requires
bus power? |
PCMCIA-CAN
Series 1 card
compatible?5 |
PCMCIA-CAN
Series 2 card
compatible? |
NI-DNET
compatible? |
| HS |
191010-01 |
TJA 1041 |
|
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| HS/HS |
191006-01 |
TJA 1041
TJA 1041 |
|
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| LS |
1191011-01 |
TJA 1054A |
|
Yes |
Yes |
|
| LS/LS |
191008-01 |
TJA 1054A
TJA 1054A |
|
Yes |
Yes |
|
| HS/LS |
191007-01 |
TJA 1041
TJA 1054A |
|
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| HS/SW |
191009-01 |
TJA 1041
AU5790D |
No
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| SW |
191012-01 |
AU5790D |
Yes |
Yes6 |
Yes |
|
HS: High-Speed, LS: Low-Speed/Fault-Tolerant, SW: Single-Wire
Notes:
- The A82C250 high-speed transceiver supports baud rates from 5 kBaud ... 1 MBaud. The TJA 1041 high-speed transceiver supports baud rates from 40 kBaud ... 1 MBaud.
- In order to comply with the DeviceNet specification, the A82C250 transceiver needs to be powered by the CAN bus.
- Label indicates: "DeviceNet(Bus Pwr), ..."
- Communication is possible, however an internally powered A82C250 transceiver does not comply with the DeviceNet specification.
- Limited to Series 1 PCMCIA cable functionality (e.g. sleep or wakeup modes are not supported)
- Single-Wire port detected as High-Speed. Therefore Single-Wire features (sleep, wakeup, high-speed) are not supported. Maximum baud rate: 33.33 kBaud.
Related Links: PCMCIA CAN
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Report Date: 04/21/2005
Last Updated: 03/31/2007
Document ID: 3KKAC7HR
