NI CAN Product Compatibility and Feature Table

Overview

This document compares the hardware features, software support, and toolkit compatibility for NI controller area network (CAN) PCI, PXI, USB, PCMCIA, and CompactRIO interfaces.
Feature SupportNI-XNET 
PCI, PXI, and C Series CAN
NI USB-847x
CAN
PXI and PCI 
Series 2 CAN
PCMCIA
Series 2 CAN
NI 985x
C Series CAN
 
Hardware Features
Electrical Isolation (500 V)60500606060
Hardware Timestamping (1 µs)
Hardware Clock Sync✓ [1]Optional
(USB-8473s, USB-8472s)
Optional
(Extra Cable)

 [1]

Device-Driven DMA
Front-Panel LEDs
External Trigger Lines✓ (8513, 8517)Optional
(USB-8473s,
USB-8472s)
Optional
(Extra Cable)
Hardware-Accelerated Periodic CAN Frames192/port49/module49/moduleVaries
Firmware Field Updatesn/a
TransceiversTJA1041,
TJA1054A,
AU5790
TJA1041,
TJA1054A
TJA1041,
TJA1054A,
AU5790
TJA1041,
TJA1054A
TJA1041,
TJA1054A
CAN ControllerD_CANSJA1000SJA1000SJA1000SJA1000
Primary Driver
NI-XNET
NI-CAN
LabVIEW FPGA
Driver Feature Support
NI-CAN Bus Monitor Utility
NI-CAN Test Panels[2]
NI-XNET Database Editor
NI-XNET Bus Monitor
LabVIEW Project Integration
API Support
NI-XNET API (Frame/Signal)
NI-CAN Frame API[2]Partial
(KB kA00Z000000kIMHSA2)

NI-CAN Channel API[2]Add-On
(KB kA00Z0000004AgKSAU)

FPGA Elemental I/O
OS Support
Windows Vista/XP/2000
Windows 7
Windows 8
LabVIEW Real-Time (PharLap: PXI, cRIO-900x, cRIO-908x)
LabVIEW Real-Time (VxWorks: cRIO-901x, cRIO-907x)

(NI 986x supported in cRIO-901x and cRIO-902x)


LabVIEW Real-Time (Linux RT: cRIO-9068)
Toolkits and Libraries
CANopen Library[2]Limited
(Example)
Limited
ECU Measurement and Calibration ToolkitLimited
Automotive Diagnostic Command Set[2]

[1]NI 985x C Series CAN modules automatically sync to all NI CompactRIO modules on the backplane with a shared timebase. The NI 986x C Series CAN modules automatically sync to NI CompactRIO and NI CompactDAQ modules with a shared timebase from the backplane. External sync requires a digital module.

[2]NI-XNET devices are backward compatible with existing NI-CAN Channel and Frame API code and NI toolkits with the NI-XNET Compatibility Library. Learn more about the compatibility library. 

Additional Resources

Product Documentation: Preventing Software Compatibility Issues for CompactRIO Systems

 

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