API enables Windows users to access CAN & CAN FD busses

Enabling 32- and 64-bit Windows programmes to access CAN and CAN FD busses, PEAK-System has released version 4 of the programming interface PCAN-Basic for the company’s CAN and CAN FD interfaces. Based on devices of the PCAN-Gateway series, it is also possible to communicate with remote CAN busses via IP networks.

Changes are primarily seen in the added possibility to initialise a CAN FD communication and to read and transmit CAN FD messages afterwards. The handling remains the same (CAN_InitializeFD, CAN_ReadFD, CAN_WriteFD).

The development of this API version was focused on broad compatibility. Programmes that have been created with the previous API will work with the new DLL. Vice versa, new applications can be used with an older DLL, provided that no new features are involved. Regarding the device drivers for CAN interfaces, the interaction is ensured with the new FD-enabled driver (4.x) as well as with its predecessor (3.x).

In addition to the DLLs, the API package contains detailed documentation and programming examples for different languages. It is available free of charge via download from PEAK-System.

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