The FlexCard PMC II is a bus interface device for automotive bus systems in PMC design. 8 bus interfaces with Physical Layer (FlexTiny II) slots allow several configurations of bus Communication Controllers.

 

 

Benefits

• 8 x exchangeable bus interfaces
• Physical Layer available for CAN, FlexRay, Ethernet and BroadR-Reach
• Synchron timestampgeneration for all of the 8 bus interfaces
  (resolution 1 us)
• PMC-Adapter available for: PCI, PCIe, PXI
• High performance driver available for: Windows, Linux, LabVIEW
• Numerous triggering capabilities
• Switchable on-board bus termination
• Analysis software included

New: Ethernet

• Synchronous hardware timestamps for all bus interfaces
  (CAN, FlexRay, Ethernet)
• Resolution of the timestamp 1 us (32-bit)
• FlexCard PMC II with Ethernet will be detected as standard
  Ethernet interface
• Access to the Ethernet packets by NDIS driver (raw sockets possible)
• Special WinPcap version allows access to the hardwaretimestamps
  of the Ethernet packets
• Access to the CAN and FlexRay packets by standard FlexCard API
• 100 Mbit Ethernet Physical Layer and BroadR-Reach Physical Layer
  available soon
• External synchronization by trigger input possible

FlexRay

• Asynchronous monitoring mode allows listening without FlexRay synchronicity
• Combined asynchronous and synchronous monitoring mode (the procedure of a bus start-up can be monitored and registered exactly)
• Configurable Tx-acknowledges
• Network synchronicity will be reported immediately (with timestamp)
• Chronological correlation of bus messages with one timestamp base
• Firmware update directly at the user PC possible
• Extensive filter configuration available
• Significant bus error messages
• Triggering on the precise slot, cycle, channel and on various error states
• Start-up communication controller
• Socket FlexRay support

CAN

• Silent mode useable for listening without bus interference
• Transmit FIFO up to 512 messages
• Configurable Tx-acknowledges
• Significant bus error messages
• Socket CAN support

PC interfaces

• Native mezzanine PC interface (PMC)
• PCI Adapter available
• PCIe Adapter available
• PXI Adapter available

Drivers

• Uniform FlexCard API
• Short latency times (read/write-cycle in 50 us)
• CPU load reduction through DMA
• rt_preemt patch for realtime Linux available
• Different threads/processes can access single Communication
  Controllers
• Driver Windows 32-bit (Windows XP, Vista, 7)
• Driver Windows 64-bit (Windows 7)
• Driver LabVIEW 32-bit (8.6)
• Driver Linux 32-bit (2.6.25 – 3.x)
• Driver Linux 64-bit (3.x)

Physical Layer FlexTiny II

You can use the following FlexTiny II combinations with FlexCard PMC II:

Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3	Slot 4
FlexRay*	-	-	-
FlexRay*	Dual-CAN	-	-
FlexRay*	Dual-CAN	Dual-CAN	-
FlexRay*	Dual-CAN	Dual-CAN	Dual-CAN
FlexRay	FlexRay	-	-
FlexRay	FlexRay	Dual-CAN	-
FlexRay	FlexRay	Dual-CAN	Dual-CAN
FlexRay**	FlexRay**	FlexRay	-
FlexRay	FlexRay	FlexRay	Dual-CAN
FlexRay	FlexRay	FlexRay	FlexRay
Dual-CAN	-	-	-
Dual-CAN	Dual-CAN	-	-
Dual-CAN	Dual-CAN	Dual-CAN	-
Dual-CAN	Dual-CAN	Dual-CAN	Dual-CAN

*=FlexRay is self-sync capable
**=Two independent FlexRay networks can be synchronized.

Scope of delivery:

• FlexCard PMC II
• Documentation
• FlexCard API
• FlexAlyzer
• Demos
• Tools