The CAN bus is indeed a serial bus, but it cannot easily be reconciled with the serial port of a PC. This USB-CAN adapter is a simple and workable solution. The associated software transmits data at high speed. With this software also filtering and editing of the transferred data is possible.
Characteristics
• Electrically isolated
• External power supply of 9 to 48 V
• Protection circuitry for CAN and external supply, especially for automotive applications
• Hardware based transmit buffer using an interval timer, with a capacity for up to 16 CAN
messages
• Microcontroller supervised by ‘Hardware Watchdog’
• Firmware for the module can be updated via the USB bus.