The latest version 3.3 of IXXAT’s Virtual CAN Interface (VCI) now also supports 32 and 64 bit Windows 7 operating systems.

The VCI CAN driver supports all CAN interfaces offered by IXXAT and enables the development of customer-specific PC based applications as well as the operation of IXXAT’s CAN tools.

Customer specific applications can be programmed using the included .Net or C API. At this, the common application interface of the driver allows to easily switch between the interfaces without any adaptation or the customer application. Furthermore, the integration into LabView is directly supported by LabView VIs.

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IXXAT Automation GmbH enables the rapid and cost-effective connection of your hardware to SERCOS III

Specially for the implementation of a SERCOS III interface on systems with limited space or with specific form factor requirements, IXXAT offers the Industrial Ethernet Module (IEM) as design-in solution. The design-in of the IEM is based on the cost-effective Cyclone III FPGA from Altera and offers for SERCOS III a communication interface as complete Generic IO Device.

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New Consortium Speeds IEEE 1588 Testing

The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, announced that the organization will host an industry plugfest, providing participants the opportunity to perform interoperability testing of devices in compliance with the Precision Time Protocol IEEE 1588-2008 standard. The Precision Time Protocol Interoperability plugfest, which will take place September 27 – September 29 at the UNH-IOL’s 32,000+ square foot facility in Durham, N.H., will be held in association with the 2010 International IEEE Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization (ISPCS) for Measurement, Control and Communication. The Symposium immediately follows the plugfest on September 29 – October 1 in Portsmouth, N.H., and is a forum for researchers and practitioners from industry, academia, and government involved in the area of Precision Clock Synchronization.

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