NI PCI-8512

Description

NI PCI-8512 is a CAN interface device from National Instruments (NI). Here are the key parameters, specifications, features, and applications of NI PCI-8512 in English:

Series:
NI PCI-8512 belongs to the PCI series of data acquisition cards or interface modules from National Instruments.

Parameters and Specifications:

• Communication: Allows a PC to connect to a Controller Area Network (CAN) bus for communication¹².
• Data Rates: Supports high-speed/flexible data rates, low-speed/fault-tolerant, and/or single-wire CAN communication using an on-board transceiver or any external transceiver¹².
• Driver: Based on the NI-XNET driver, which enables creating applications requiring real-time high-speed manipulation of hundreds of CAN frames and signals¹².
• Database Integration: Can import, edit, and use signals from Fieldbus Exchange Format (FIBEX) and Database Container (DBC) files in an integrated CAN database¹².
• DMA Engine: The NI-XNET device driver’s DMA engine enables the on-board processor to move CAN frames and signals between the interface and user programs without CPU interrupts, minimizing message delays and freeing up the host processor time

Features:

• Flexibility: Can use either an on-board transceiver or any external transceiver for communication¹⁷.
• High Performance: Based on the NI-XNET driver, enabling real-time high-speed manipulation of CAN frames and signals¹⁷.
• Ease of Integration: Integration with CAN databases and signal manipulation capabilities

Applications:

• Industrial Automation: Used in industrial automation systems requiring CAN communication¹².
• Real-time Data Acquisition: Where high-speed, real-time data acquisition and manipulation of CAN frames and signals are needed¹².
• Testing and Simulation: For creating test and simulation applications requiring CAN communication