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Dual Isolated CAN FD Interface Board For Raspberry Pi, Arduino, And Other Embedded Systems

The 2-Channel CAN Bus interface board by Copperhill Technologies was primarily designed with the Raspberry Pi in mind but is, nevertheless, also suitable for other embedded systems such as the Arduino family of CPU boards. The board supports two CAN FD (CAN with Flexible Data-Rate) ports with a data rate of up to 8Mbps. It features [...]

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Industrial IoT 4G LTE Router & Gateway With Ethernet, RS232, RS485 Serial Ports Plus Digital I/O

The ICR-3200 LTE gateway by Advantech represents an excellent solution to connect IP or serial devices to a cellular network, allowing industrial M2M and IoT applications that comprise of kiosks, industrial PCs, HMIs, traffic controllers, meters, UPS systems, and more.Supporting LTE Cat.4 upload speeds of up to 50 Mbps and download speeds of up to 150 Mbps, the [...]

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CAN Bus And SAE J1939 Prototyping With The Arduino Due ARM Cortex M3 Processor

Whenever it comes to building rapid prototypes for new CAN Bus or SAE J1939 applications, my first choice is regularly the Arduino Due, a microcontroller board based on the Atmel SAM3X8E ARM Cortex-M3 CPU.In general, the Arduino platform couples an easy-to-use programming environment (IDE) with a vast number of hardware extensions (shields). While I do appreciate programming [...]

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Industrial IoT Gateway With CAN Bus Port Compatible With Windows 10 IoT And Linux Operating Systems

Axiomtek, a design and manufacturing company in the industrial computer and embedded field, announced its ICO320-83C, a fanless DIN-rail embedded system with four RJ-45 Gigabit PoE ports for facility monitoring systems, IP video surveillance, Access Point, and intercoms.It represents an industrial IoT gateway that comes with IP40-rated heavy-duty aluminum extrusion and steel enclosure for application [...]

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Raspberry Pi PICAN2 Functionality Test With Two PICAN2 HATs

The following is yet another post on testing the PICAN2 - CAN Bus Interface for the Raspberry Pi, however, with a different approach. In this case, we utilize two identical PICAN2 boards and connect them per the CAN Bus (CAN_H to CAN_H, CAN_L to CAN_L) as shown in the image above.In the past, we have [...]

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SAE J1939 to Bluetooth Gateway - Android Code (Java) Sample Code

Just as a fair warning upfront, the code that I am referring to in this post is not a finished sample code, but it demonstrates how to receive and decode SAE J1939 message frames (PGNs) from our JCOM Bluetooth device.  Please be aware that we provide this code as a courtesy to experienced Android programmers (which [...]

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SAE J1939 Data Logger Produces Excel-Compatible Files For Further Processing

Our free-of-charge JCOM1939 Monitor Software for Windows is a complete tool to monitor, analyze, record, and simulate SAE J1939 data traffic. It works in combination with our SAE J1939-USB gateways.  The monitor software represents a comprehensive and easy-to-use, easy-to-understand tool that displays not only SAE J1939 data traffic; it also allows scanning the network, simulating an [...]

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Low-Cost Cloud IoT Development Kit Supports Microsoft Visual Studio And Azure

The MXChip AZ3166 IoT Development Kit, as its name implies, is made for building cloud-enabled IoT apps in a productive and entertaining way.The development kit provides a smart hardware solution. It is compatible with the Arduino platform with abundant peripherals and sensors. The AZ3166 can be used for the development of IoT and smart hardware prototypes, [...]

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SAE J1939 Gateway Module With Updated JCOM1939 Monitor Software

The following is an update on the development (firmware plus supporting Windows monitoring tool) of our newest product, the SAE J1939 Gateway Module With USB Port, RTC, MicroSD Memory Card as shown here to the left.  The JCOM.J939.USB-X SAE J1939 Processor board is an extended version of our popular JCOM.J9139.USB-B SAE J1939 ECU Simulator Board With USB [...]

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Raspberry Pi 4 Step-By-Step Guides To Innovative Linux Projects

RASPBERRY PI 4 COMPLETE MANUAL: A Step-by-Step Guide to the New Raspberry Pi 4 and Set Up Innovative ProjectsThe Raspberry Pi 4 can accomplish a remarkable variety of embedded applications. Amateur technology enthusiasts use Raspberry Pi boards as media centers, file servers, retro games consoles, routers, and network-level ad-blockers, for starters. However, that is just [...]

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