Peak-System has expanded the functional range of its development platform PCAN-GPRS Link. The device has two CAN channels, one RS232 interface, a serial Tx input for DTCO data, GPRS data transfer, GPS, and discrete inputs and outputs. The internal memory (SD card) can be used as a data logger. The unit's core is a programmable microcontroller. The base libraries and the API allow access to the different hardware resources and the interpretation of incoming data, e.g. FMS or DTCO data. Furthermore, libraries for OBD-2 and CiA 447 are available now. CiA 447 is a standardised bus for additional peripherals in special-purpose vehicles (taxi, police, fire brigade). The CiA 447 sample application initialises devices attached to the CiA 447 bus. Furthermore, the vehicle-side data objects from OBD-2 and DTCO, and the data of the digital inputs are transferred to the CiA 447 bus. The ECE type approval E1 is claimed to ensure ease of integration into a vehicle.
