CAN bus on PocketPC

Hello
i m serching interface for PocketPC that are for CAN bus...i already find
CompactFlash RS232 card and RS232<->CAN bus card..but i ll prefer use only
one card like CompactFlash <-> CAN bus if this solution exist of course. i
ther someone who knows if it exists and the manufacturer
Thanks


Benoît Raynaud
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Dick
Mon Apr 04 10:27:43 CDT 2005

Hi,

I have not seen anything like that. AFAIK, you will need to use two
adapters.

The problem here, I'd think, is that the market for such a device is VERY
small -- and the development effort would not be.

Dick

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Remco
Mon Apr 04 14:12:09 CDT 2005

Btw, you are doing crossposting -- most groups don't like that.

As far as I know, those devices do not exist and have searched high and
low for what is available. There are not a whole lot of people out
there using CAN and CE so that's a very limited market.

For me that is not a huge problem because both kernel and hardware are
under my control and am currently in the process of putting a CAN
hardware, driver and stack in.
Suspect you may need to do something similar if you want to fly with
CAN..

Remco

Andrew
Thu Apr 07 04:19:42 CDT 2005

I looked into this a while back. There are several USB to CAN adapters
out there. There are also one or two CompactFlash USB host adapter
cards. That would give you the right hardware to get a CAN port on your
PocketPC, but getting drivers to work might be another matter (didn't
try it).
Another option might be via Bluetooth or WLAN. Kvaser make a bluetooth
to CAN adapter which we trialled a while ago (maybe still in beta).
Worked well. There are probably others who make similar by now.

Andrew

In article <ucx2MrSOFHA.2604@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>,
dick_grierNOSPAM@msn.com says...
> Hi,
>
> I have not seen anything like that. AFAIK, you will need to use two
> adapters.
>
> The problem here, I'd think, is that the market for such a device is VERY
> small -- and the development effort would not be.