CAN Interface to Gigabit Ethernet

MBS’ ÆSyBus product range has Full Duplex Gigabit Ethernet/IP interfacing to various Avionics and Industrial data buses. ÆSyBus-CAN provides this convenient high speed distributed interfacing capability for accessing four CAN bus channels with support for Discrete I/O.

  • Four Independent CAN Channels operating at full bus load
  • 11/29 bit Identifier
  • Four Transmit modes: Queued, Scheduled, Responsive and Direct
  • 1000 Mb/s Networked interface supporting up to 10 simultaneous applications on the same or separate computers
  • 40-bit Time Stamping with 1 microsecond resolution
  • Discrete IO
  • Hardware and Software independent interface
  • 3U Eurocard Version with VME I/O connector for I/O and power input (Part Ref. EC)
  • Stand-alone Module Version with Power over Ethernet (PoE)

MBS’ ÆSyBus product range has Full Duplex Gigabit Ethernet/IP interfacing to various Avionics and Industrial data buses. ÆSyBus-CAN provides this convenient high speed distributed interfacing capability for accessing four CAN bus channels with support for Discrete I/O.
 

A separate document provides more details on the ÆSyBus concept and how its unique architecture can be exploited to provide a cost effective, distributed interface and processing system with outstanding performance. Many new products are planned to expand this flexible, easy to program family.
 

Item Feature Benefit
Ethernet-Interface Full Duplex Gigabit Ethernet. Automatic speed negotiation and downshift for 100Base-TX, and 1000Base-T data rates. Automatic detect and MDI Crossover Low cost, available, high speed, networked data bus 1000 times faster than CAN and supported by almost all computers.
Communication Protocols Ethernet with MAC flow control protocol. UDP/IP, ARP and ICMP. UDP is a fast low latency protocol and part of the TCP/IP family, supported by almost all operating systems.
Multi-user Interface Up to 10 separate applications can logon to the module and access and control the resources. System design can be simplified by dividing it into separate applications, which can be developed independently and run on the same or separate computers
System Control and Status Management System tasks performed in parallel by dedicated logic implemented in a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). Avoids processing bottlenecks, which can occur with the sequential processing of microprocessors.
CAN Controller NXP SJA 1000 Highly popular, well proven silicon
CAN Channels 4 Sufficient for most needs.
Identifier 11/29 bit Support for CAN-2A and CAN-2B Modes
Timestamp 40 bit counter with 1 µs resolution under hardware control. Each message is time-stamped on the leading edge of each message Ample resolution 1 Mb/s CAN bus and the counter will not rollover for 12 days.
Queued Transmissions Asynchronous FIFO transmit facility with storage for more than 42 messages Offloads processing effort: Transfer and Forget, sequential message queue.
Scheduled Transmissions Individually configured periodic message scheduler with a repetition rate programmable from 1 ms to 16 seconds Offloads processing effort: Configure once and update message data, only when necessary.
Reception Response Transmissions Individually configured to send messages in response to specific receive Identity. Receive messages can be optionally filtered by ID (11 or 29 bit) and RTR. Offloads processing effort: Configure and forget, or occasionally update data.
High Priority Transmissions Asynchronous transmission facility where messages are sent immediately avoiding the Transmit Queue, except where arbitration dictates that it should wait for a more dominant message to be sent. Allows high priority messages to be transmitted without delay The Queued Transmission port can then be filled with many messages without concern for the delay it may cause, when a high priority message must be sent.
Transmit Arbitration Arbitration between different transmission sources gives priority to the most dominant Identity. Allows messages to be sent in the order of priority.
Message Data Transfer Arbitration Data transfer to the Transmit Message Buffer is arbitrated. Ensures Message Fidelity. Arbitration avoids message corruption.
Data Transfer Latency From Application Software to CAN operation: 50 µs (Typical) From CAN operation to Application response: 80 µs (Typical) All measurements include the Host Test Computer response time of 40 µs. Note that all high priority tasks are perf Low latency is an essential requirement for many applications, particularly those involving feed back control. The latency in transferring data to and from the module is in the order of the time it takes the CAN bus to transfer a message when operating at 1 Mb/s.
Message Monitoring and Reception Status information can be captured for all interrupt events which include: Reception, Transmission and Bus Errors. Additional status information is captured when operating in CAN-2B mode. Message Data is captured for all Receive messages. It is also possible to capture Transmit Data. Offloads processing effort: Status and Data are transferred automatically Cyclic Buffers without any direct processor support.
Application Status and Data access Status and Data are automatically transferred to Cyclic Buffers, which can be automatically transferred to the host application at regular intervals. Offloads processing effort: The processes of capturing and transferring information to host applications is highly automated.


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