Specification

Electrical

  • Device supply

    • Wide voltage supply range: +5.0 V to +26 V

    • Reverse voltage protection[1]

    • Transient voltage event protection on supply lines[2]

Input channels

  • Configurable input range: 0-10 V, 0-5 V, 0-2.5 V, 0-1.25 V, 0-0.625 V[13]

  • 8 input channels each generating the following measurement data:

    • Analog, 10-bit, 1 kHz

    • Digital, 1 kHz

    • Pulse frequency/counting, 16 kHz[9]

  • Configurable digital high/low thresholds with optional dead-zone (hysteresis)

  • Pulse count either:

    • Accumulate (accumulating pulse count)

    • Reset (pulse count with reset / frequency[10])

  • Pulse mode either:

    • Normal (individual pulse count on each channel)

    • Encoder (dual channel combined[11] pulse count with direction)[12]

  • Dedicated excitation signals for each channel (~3.3 V, shared max 100 mA)

  • Input impedance: 136 kΩ

  • Over and undervoltage protection on all channels

Signals

  • Digital, channel 1-8 (high, low, current)

  • Analog, 10-bit, channel 1-4

  • Analog, 10-bit, channel 5-8

  • Analog, 10-bit, channel 1-8 (CAN FD[14])

  • Pulse, 8bit[15], channel 1-8

  • Pulse, 16bit[16], channel 1-4

  • Pulse, 16bit[16], channel 5-8

  • Pulse, 32bit[17], channel 1-2

  • Pulse, 32bit[17], channel 3-4

  • Pulse, 32bit[17], channel 5-6

  • Pulse, 32bit[17], channel 7-8

  • Pulse, 32bit[17], channel 1-8 (CAN FD[14])

CAN-bus

  • Physical

    • One physical CAN-bus interface

    • Industry standard DB9 (D-sub9) connector

  • Transceiver

    • Compliant with CAN Protocol Version 2.0 Part A, B and ISO 11898-2

    • Compliant with ISO CAN FD

    • Protection: ±25 kV HBM ESD, ±12 kV IEC ESD, ±14 V bus fault, short circuit

    • Common mode input voltage: ±12 V

    • TXD dominant timeout (prevents network blocking in the event of a failure)

    • Data rates up to 5 Mbps

  • Controller

    • Based on MCAN IP from Bosch

    • Bit-rate: Configurable from list[3] or advanced (custom bit-timing)

  • Application

    • Broadcast of sensor outputs

    • Configurable signal output trigger mode (push/poll)

    • Configurable signal output frequency (push mode)

    • Configurable RTR request ID (poll mode)

    • Configurable signal ID and ID format (standard/extended)

Mechanical

  • Status indicated using external LEDs

  • Robust aluminium enclosure

  • Dimensions: 48 x 70 x 24 mm (L x W x H)

  • Operating temperature: -25 °C to +70 °C

  • Weight: 75 g