General Information:

CANUSB is a very small dongle that plugs into any PC USB Port and gives an instant CAN connectivity. This means it can be treated by software as a standard COM Port (serial RS232 port) which eliminates the need for any extra drivers or by installing a direct driver DLL for faster communications and higher CAN bus loads. Sending and receiving can be done in standard ASCII format.

Specifications:

Can handle up to 1Mbit/s CAN bitrate
USB 2.0 Full Speed
Philips SJA1000 CAN Controller running at 16Mhz
Philips 82C251 CAN Tranceiver (Fully Compatible with ISO 11898-24V)
Compliant to CAN 2.0A (11bit ID's) and CAN 2.0B (29bit ID's)
Supports RTR frames
32 CAN frames deep FIFO buffer for incomming frames in CANUSB firmware
Time Stamp option in mS for incomming frames
CANbus connection according to CiA DS102-1 standard
Power supplied via USB
Free Interface DLL and ActiveX controller or low level Ascii Commands via USB driver
Free Linux driver availible
Green LED for CAN activity
Red LED for CAN error activity
Firmware updatable via USB

Features:

The module plugs directly into a standard USB port and provides a standard DB9 male output to CAN systems according to CiA (CAN in Automation) DS102-1 recommendations. It is self powered from USB. It consumes max 100mA, but normally not more than 60mA (this depends on BUS load and eventual CAN cable errors etc.). Use your own RS232 LIB/drivers (in e.g. Visual Basic, Deplhi, C++ etc.) together with the free Virtual COM port driver or use the free Direct driver DLL. Works on Windows and Linux platforms. Easy to migrate from CAN232 to CANUSB with some small software changes. Free Windows Threaded CANUSB API DLL or use the ActiveX controller, write applications in a snap.