DAQ and CAN

[mkapler1]

Hi I am working on a project that involves LabVIEW communicating with a CAN bus. I was wondering if the NI PCMCIA-CAN/DS Series 2 needs to be hooked up to the DAQ to allow for communication between LabVIEW and CAN?

[Kodester]

 Hi Mkaplar,

According to NI's sales website, it looks like the ends of the this CAN card plug into your CAN devices and an NI connector block. That connector block can then connect into a variety of different NI devices, including USB devices, cDAQs, or PCI cards. It needs to be connected to something if you want to drive it with LabVIEW. You might reach out to their sales team if you need to see how it could possibly interact with any DAQ devices you currently have. 

PCMCIA-CAN/DS Sales Page: http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/3340

Sales line: http://us.ni.com/contacts

[stockson]

Hi mkapler1,

this device will not need any additional hardware to communicate via CAN.

Keep in mind that PCMCIA port is no longer commonly found in laptops, and the card itself is supported only on Windows 2000/NT/XP/Me/9x.

If you want something more modern and universal I would suggest the USB interfaces:

http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/203382