Site Information

 Loading... Please wait...

Blog

PiCAN2, PiCAN3, and PiCAN-M Driver Installation for Raspberry Pi

This post provides you a brief overview on the steps required to install the software driver on the Raspberry Pi for use with the PiCAN2, PiCAN3, and PiCAN-M CAN Bus HATs, including the dual-port and SMPS versions. Please refer also to the board's user manual. Start by creating a new SD card image with the Raspberry Pi [...]

Read More »


NMEA 2000 Powered Computer System With Raspberry Pi 4, NMEA 2000 HAT, Pre-Installed OpenPlotter And Signal K

Copperhill Technologies offers various  NMEA 2000 compatible embedded systems, including HATs for the Raspberry Pi and the Arduino-compatible line of Teensy modules. The NMEA 2000 standard defines a low-cost, modest capacity, bi-directional, multi-transmitter, multi-receiver instrument network. The hardware layer utilizes the CAN (Controller Area Network) technology. Typical data on an NMEA 2000 network include: Position latitude and longitude GPS [...]

Read More »


Industrial PC Based On Raspberry Pi Platform Supports A Broad Range Of Connectivity Options And Functions

The Revolution Pi series, from  KUNBUS GmbH, is a cost-effective industrial PC based on the well-established Raspberry Pi platform. The RevPi series, for short, represents controllers composed of open hardware and software, meeting the EN 61131-2 standard. The operating system is a specially adapted Raspbian version with an RT patch. The RevPi Compact from KUNBUS is a [...]

Read More »


Embedded System With Two CAN-FD Interfaces Based On Raspberry Pi CPU

Emcomo (Germany) introduced its EM-RPI-Box passive-cooled embedded system with two CAN FD interfaces. The fanless embedded system with two CAN FD interfaces is based on a Raspberry Pi CPU board, and it comes with several mounting options. Target applications are industrial automation and automotive. The product comes with a Broadcom BCM2711, quad-core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC [...]

Read More »


Compact Controller Based On Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3+ Supports Modbus RTC And Modbus TCP Programming

The new  RevPi Compact from KUNBUS is the latest addition to the RevPi product suite of industrial PCs. It represents a robust and cost-effective compact controller based on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3+, and it comes with a wide range of connectivity options and functions.The Raspberry Pi Compute Mode 3+ The  Compute Module 3+ (CM3+) is a [...]

Read More »


Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 Comes With PCIe Support And Multimedia Interfaces

Newark, a global distributor of electronic components, products, and solutions, introduced the new Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4). The CM4 module delivers the power of the Raspberry Pi 4 to the compute module family. It is supplemented by two accessories, the Compute Module 4 I/O (CM4IO) board and the Compute Module 4 Antenna Kit. The CM4 [...]

Read More »


Design Concept: Raspberry Pi System With Four Isolated CAN Bus Interfaces

Copperhill Technologies currently develops their  JCOM.CAN.QUAD product, a galvanically isolated four-channel CAN-to-USB gateway board. More precisely, two of the interfaces support Classical CAN, while another two operate as CAN FD (Flexible Data Rate) ports.  The board comes with two UART ports, which allow the use of external LIN Bus breakout boards, such as our Isolated LIN Bus Breakout [...]

Read More »


PiCAN FD Functionality Test - CAN Bus FD Duo Board with Real Time Clock for Raspberry Pi

CAN FD (CAN with Flexible Data-Rate) is an updated version of the CAN 2.0B protocol. It takes into account the requirement of the automotive industry to make Classical CAN faster. To achieve that, two principles have been introduced: Faster transfer of the data frame – the Arbitration Field (ID and Acknowledgement) remain unchanged so that the arbitration [...]

Read More »


Sensor Networks with XBee, Raspberry Pi, and Arduino: Sensing the World with Python and MicroPython

This book explains how to build sensor networks with Python and MicroPython using XBee radio modules, Raspberry Pi, and Arduino boards. This revised and updated edition will put all of these technologies together to form a sensor network and show you how to turn your Raspberry Pi into a MySQL database server to save sensor data. The reader [...]

Read More »


Eight Channel RTD Data Acquisition HAT for Raspberry Pi

Sequent Microsystems introduced its Mega-RTD eight channel RTD data acquisition hat for the Raspberry Pi. The Mega-RTD HAT is a stackable expansion card for the Raspberry Pi. It offers a compact and inexpensive solution for reading and storing data from up to 64 RTD-100 thermocouples. The HAT represents an open-source design, including schematics. There are eight channels [...]

Read More »