NI provides real-time performance to CAN users

National Instruments expanded functionality of its controller area network (CAN) communication hardware with the July 20 release of NI-CAN 1.5 driver software. With the new driver, engineers can use LabView Real-Time to develop applications that analyze, simulate, and control CAN devices.

By Staff August 1, 2001

National Instruments expanded functionality of its controller area network (CAN) communication hardware with the July 20 release of NI-CAN 1.5 driver software. With the new driver, engineers can use LabView Real-Time to develop applications that analyze, simulate, and control CAN devices. They can synchronize CAN, DAQ, and motion measurements across a real-time platform. Because the new software works with LabView Real-Time, engineers get the benefits of a real-time environment, such as deterministic, closed-loop performance and increased reliability, without having to learn the details of an RTOS.