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Modular Keyboard Concept With CAN Bus And SAE J1939 Connection Reduces Vehicle Dashboard Wiring
The KeyCan product line by ama Instruments represents a new concept of modular keyboard that allows customization of dashboard and driver control panels in accordance with customer needs.Each switch of the keyboard is equipped with three red-green-blue LEDs showing their individual status. The brightness of the seven colors is configurable. The icon in the middle of each [...]
Arduino Introduces WAN Connectivity And Global 2G/3G Communications Capability
Arduino introduced their Arduino MKR WAN 1300 (LoRa) and the Arduino MKR GSM 1400, two boards that are designed to offer a practical solution for developers, makers and enterprises, enabling them to add connectivity to their projects and develop battery-powered IoT edge applications.The Arduino MKR WAN 1300 delivers LoRa low-power WAN connectivity, and the Arduino MKR GSM [...]
In-Vehicle IP65-rated Box Computer Supports CAN Bus, OBD-II, SAE J1939, And SAE J1708
The MVS series of electronic control units (ECU) by Nexcom features CAN connectivity, and it provides up to four slots for mini-PCIe modules. The modular vehicle computers are equipped with Intel’s 6th generation Core processors on the MVS 5600-IPK or with the Atom processor on the MVS 2620-IPK. The MVS series can aggregate real-time vehicle information from micro-controller [...]
Truck Blind Spot Detection System Connects To SAE J1939 Bus
Preco Electronics announced their PreView Side Defender, an advanced side collision avoidance solution that has been developed specifically for the over-the-road (OTR) markets including trucking, municipalities, waste and recycling.The system warns operators of objects in the vehicle’s side blind zones, including pedestrians, bicyclists and vehicles, in order to reduce the incidence of side collisions. It can [...]
Multi-Core Microcontroller (MCU) With Up To Eight CAN FD Ports Aimed At Automotive Applications
The SPC58 product family by STMicroelectronics is the latest in the line enhancing the scalability, connectivity, and security of automotive applications, including standalone, integrated, and smart gateways, firmware updates over-the-air, electric-vehicle battery management, access control, lighting and body control units, domain controllers, and advanced park maneuver assistance. Premium vehicles today typically have around 130 electronic control units (ECUs). These [...]
CAN FD Controller Board With High-Speed CAN Transceiver And SPI interface
Microchip announced their MCP2517FD, a stand-alone CAN FD controller, which allows designers a simplified path to upgrade from standard CAN to CAN FD. The CAN FD controller provides an SPI interface to link it to the host controller. The CAN FD protocol offers higher data rates and payloads up to 64 byte. The MCP2517FD can be used [...]
Open Source, Fully Programmable OBD-II Adapter Compatible with Particle Photon and Particle Electron
This is the ultimate programmable OBD-II dongle. Completely open source with a growing community! When you combine Carloop with Particle Photon or Particle Electron, you can access all CAN signals on your vehicle and send data to the cloud. You can create your own applications that read data from your car in real-time. You car has [...]
Arduino-Compatible, Wi-Fi-Enabled, Cloud-Powered ARM Cortex M3 hardware Platform For Rapid IoT Development
Particle’s mission focusses on making connections to the web easy as part of IoT projects and products. Their Photon Kit is an Arduino-compatible, Wi-Fi enabled, cloud-powered development platform that makes creating internet-connected hardware a breeze. Whether you are building a product prototype, scaling up to thousands of devices, or working on a project at home, the [...]
Complete Python Bootcamp: Learn To Program With Python like a Professional
Python is a widely used high-level programming language for general-purpose programming, created by Guido van Rossum and first released in 1991. An interpreted language, Python has a design philosophy that emphasizes code readability (notably using whitespace indentation to delimit code blocks rather than curly brackets or keywords), and a syntax that allows programmers to express concepts [...]
SAE J1939 To NMEA 2000 Gateway For Marine Engine Applications
Maretron introduced their J2K100 gateway, which attaches directly to SAE J1939 networks of compatible engines and transmissions and converts the SAE J1939 engine data to the NMEA 2000 marine digital interface. Critical engine, transmission, and genset data are distributed throughout the vessel over a single cable, which any NMEA 2000® compatible display can monitor. All the information [...]