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PROTON-VGRAB

PROTON-VGRAB

… a hybrid data recorder/player easily integrable in rough field automotive and industrial applications using CAN bus networks and FPD-Link II LVDS channels where optical supervision is needed for data analisys and system behaviour verification.

Powered by a nominal 12VDC, logs continously or on trigger event 5 different CAN bus channels, 1 Analog video input and a National Semiconductor LVDS 1Gbps datastream into a 320GB solid state storage module. Measurement session configuration files are stored in the embedded non volatile memory so the user can recall/select different setups without the need of an extra portable computer. It includes visualisation functionality on user interface display of analog video input signal.

PROTON-VGRAB integrates a player functionality that allows to reproduce the same field environment in the laboratory by means of driving all 5 CAN channels and the FPD-Link II LVDS transmitter with their corresponding  recorded data stream, and the DVI out with the recorded analog video along with statistics on the CAN bus activity and graphical representation (monochrome icons) of user defined CAN signals. It can be used as a stand alone visualisation and verification tool connected to a DVI monitor, or linked to common PC applications for more complex data analysis.

 

 

Features

 

  • 5 Channel CAN Data logger. Default configuration 3 high speed channels + 2 low speed channels.
  • LVDS raw-data logger, 24 bits per LVDS clock.
  • During recording sessions LVDS is configured in transparent mode, i.e. RX to TX bypass.
  • Analog video logger (Luminance from Composite or components)
  • 1us resolution time stamping on logging channels.
  • CAN data player (Bus-Simulation).
  • Raw-data LVDS player.
  • Trigger-controlled data recording with configurable pre and post-trigger.
  • Embedded GUI.
  • Integrated flash-based mass storage modules with 1Gb/s R/W data rate with 320GBytes capacity.
  • S-Video/Composite analog camera connection.
  • Output of S-Video analog signal on the RGB or DVI standard outputs.
  • Three types of trigger signals : USB mouse right click, user interface push button and CAN message.
  • Up to ten different/parallel user programmable FPGA-based CAN signal decoder blocks.
  • Monochrome 100×100 pixel ICON assigned to every CAN signal during data playing and recording.
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