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[post_content] => [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Kvaser will be attending the AUVSI's Unmanned Systems 2014 Conference in Orlando, FL on May 13 - 14. We will be sharing a booth with AutonomouStuff, a Kvaser Technical Associate specializing in unmanned systems.
Please drop us a line if you'll be attending the show: Jesse Paliotto; [email protected].[/vc_column_text][vc_separator_raket][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
AutonomouStuff
AutonomouStuff is the world’s leader in supplying components commonly used within autonomy systems. Our goal is to make customers successful by making it easy to source all of the perception, computing, GPS, and interface components necessary for their projects. Our daily work is driven by the ambition to provide the best supplier resource, providing technology products related to autonomous driving, AGV, UAV, obstacle detection, collision avoidance, intersection safety, tolling, and terrain mapping.
Website: www.autonomoustuff.com[/vc_column_text][vc_separator_raket][vc_column_text]
AUVSI's Unmanned Systems 2014
With more than 8,000 attendees and 550+ exhibitors from more than 40 countries, AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems is recognized as the leading event for the unmanned systems marketplace.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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[post_content] => [vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_header_raket header_type="h4" header_size="h1" header_align="left" header="Positive outcomes from Kvaser's first Protocol Stack meeting"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]‘Enlightening’ and ‘extremely useful’ were a couple of the comments made by attendees of Kvaser’s Protocol Day on 27th January 2014.
Held at Frankfurt Airport, the event assembled 15 people from 13 different companies to discuss the development and maintenance status of stacks for CANopen, J1939 and NMEA2000, including how to market them.
Among the presenters was Chris Quigley of UK-based Warwick Control Technologies (WCT), which offers ready to buy stacks for CAN, J1939, LIN, CANopen, Zigbee and FleyRay. WCT has comprehensive stack integration experience, having distributed Noregon’s J1939 stacks in Europe until they were discontinued in 2011 (and taken on Kvaser’s stack since then), realized CAN and Zigbee stacks for the EV Blue Project, a FlexRay stack for a Hardware In the Loop (HIL) application, and implemented Port’s CANopen stack in several customer projects.
Timo Kesti, CEO of Finnish Technical Associate TK Engineering (TKE), explained how his company took on Kvaser’s CANopen stack development in 2009 and has since developed it into a broad offering that can be ported to any system. With 8bit, 16bit and Android compatibility for CANopen, plus developments such as a custom driver for Kvaser’s interfaces on Android, TKE now seeks support global partners for its products.
Alexander Philipp from Port explained how the company offers ready-to-use stacks for Ethernet POWERLINK, EtherCAT and CANopen, as well as small stacks for regular I/O tasks in PROFINET and EtherNet/IP. Port’s approach is to offer a complete package that consists of the Library, the Driver Package and the Design Tool. Meanwhile, Torsten Gedenk from emtas said that a similar package solution is offered with emtas’ CANopen Master and Slave stacks. Licenses include emtas’ CANopen DeviceDesigner and CAN/CPU driver adaption for one target, with the company capable of adapting targets from all the major semiconductor vendors.
Chinese technical associate Hirain Technologies was represented by two delegates, Yang Zheng and Kunsheng Chen. Chen explained the company’s experience developing CAN, LIN, FlexRay and Ethernet. It offers both off-the-shelf ‘one-time buy’ or ‘royalty free’ licenses for its stacks for in-vehicle networks, as well as custom stack development.
Asked about take-aways from the event, Chris Quigley said that WCT have had post-meeting discussions with TKE, with a view to working together to support a wider variety of microcontroller platforms. WCT’s goal is to be able to cater more fully to CANopen, J1939 and NMEA2000. “My intention for the future is that if we get a sales enquiry for a microcontroller that we have not worked with (e.g. Renesas M16C), I will look to licensing the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL - required to interface the stack to the target microcontroller) from TKE.”
Confirms Timo Kesti: “We at TKE feel the very same way as WCT does about selling the protocol stacks. It´s not about the price of the stack itself ... It´s the work around it, to fit into the customer’s environment. Co-operating with HALs is one good step forward!” Kesti concludes: “Such meetings are a very good point for discussions, After all, we seem to ‘suffer’ the same kind of problems.”
It’s Kvaser’s intention to make this a regular event in the calendar. Please feel free to register your interest and/or seek further information by contacting Michael Odälv at [email protected][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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[post_content] => [vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="1482"][vc_column_text]Update: Kvaser has released the updated Kvaser Memorator Light HS v2. For more information, click here.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s a fact of life that technology that starts out in cars is invariably applied to motorbikes and vice versa, and it is certainly the case for CAN. However, whilst automotive datalogging for road and race applications is well developed, the size and lack of flexibility of most CAN interfaces mean that they haven’t lent themselves to motorbike datalogging, until now.
Dorna Sports, an international sports management, marketing and media company that holds the media rights for the FIM RoadRacing World Championship Grand Prix (MotoGP™), uses CAN to control an on-bike camera system. Kvaser’s Memorator Light interface is then used to log data from the camera system, as well as data from the bike’s ECU such as engine RPM, gear selected, bike speed etc. This is then analysed by Dorna Engineers during pre-race testing and if it is correct, the camera system relays live race data via RF so that it can be broadcast directly. Explains Gerard Navarro, Dorna Sports’ On-Board Manager within its TV Production Department: “We were using the I2C protocol and standard serial communication before, but CAN has much more data capacity and is more reliable.”
There are few places that are as space-constrained as a MotoGP bike such as Valentino Rossi’s. However, space is not the only design limitation. Says Navarro: “There are high vibration levels, high working temperatures and dynamics, as the bikes can reach up to 340 km/h on some tracks. We need to design and install equipment that is robust enough to give us the best possible performance in a very small space.”
Dorna chose Kvaser’s Memorator Light for its robustness, small size and lightweight design, as well as its huge data storage capacity. The interface, which was modified slightly in order to guarantee its vibration resistance, passed its first test with flying colours at the Jerez circuit in Spain and has been used during subsequent test sessions to great effect, particularly when it is not convenient and cost effective to fit the whole RF infrastructure, only to obtain test data.
Commented Navarro: “The logger has been working fine and is correctly collecting data during test sessions that can last up to 4 hours. It is proving extremely useful to us.”
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_header_raket header_type="h4" header="Product information"][vc_column_text]With no preconfiguration or software setup required, the Memorator Light is an easy-to-use tool for logging serial data that works straight out of the box. The device’s inbuilt autobaud function automatically determines the bit rate, so the user can just focus on data recording on the 1GByte of built-in memory. Once enough data has been gathered, Memorator Light is connected to a PC via its USB 2.0 interface and the Memorator Light Extraction Software, which comes as part of the package, provides easy access to the data in multiple file formats. Find out more here.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="38877"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_class="default" eq_heights="1"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Related articles:
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[post_title] => Moto GP calls for the Memorator Light
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[post_content] => [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Electric RaceAbout (ERA), an engineering project run by Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in collaboration with the prestigious Institute of Design, Lahti Polytechnic, is using Kvaser’s Eagle CAN interface and datalogger in the Battery Management System of its Electric sports car.
The ERA car is a ground-up design that adopts the latest technology in electric powertrain and battery systems, as well as light-weight manufacturing expertise. The object of the exercise is to create a state-of-the-art battery driven electric-vehicle that drives like a full-blooded sports car but has extremely low energy consumption and no emissions.
The ERA team installed a new Lithium Polymer battery pack in the car earlier this year, including a new Battery Management System (BMS) that was developed by Joonas Sainio as his Bachelor of Engineering thesis. According to Sainio: “During the development phase, we realised that we would need an external CAN-bus controlled non-volatile memory device to store values such as charged/discharged energy (kWh) and charged/discharged Ahs (AmpHours). This would allow us to keep track of how much energy and AmpHours had been used during the battery´s life, and during the project in general. Kvaser’s Eagle was a great solution for this purpose.”
The Kvaser Eagle was housed under the dashboard inside the ERA car and an external CAN datalogger was used to graphically present the information stored in the Kvaser Eagle, as well as store data from the car’s multiple CAN bus. Notably, the RaceAbout car has four CAN-bus: one for motor control; one for different kinds of sensors, chargers, vehicle control units, instrument panel; one for the car’s low voltage system; and one for the BMS-system. Some of the devices are also connected to two different CAN-bus at the same time. For example, the BMS-master uses an internal CAN-bus to monitor the battery and at the same time reports data to another CAN-bus to let other system devices know how the battery is doing.
Sainio used Eagle’s t programming language to control how the Eagle interacted with the battery management system, and a custom-built graphical user interface to help make sense of the collected data. The image below shows battery information stored within the Kvaser Eagle´s memory.
Explains Sainio: “The Kvaser Eagle acts as the system’s CAN-bus controlled memory. When the vehicle is “turned on”, the BMS-master requests all previous energy and charge data (shown in the image above) from memory. The data received during start up can be seen at the right side of the picture. Every 15 seconds the BMS-master sends refreshed values into the CAN-bus where the Kvaser Eagle captures and stores them.” He adds: “The Kvaser Eagle was an obvious choice because of the t-script capabilities of the device. This enables users to tailor the device to function exactly as they want. Previous experience of Kvaser’s USBcan II also meant that Kvaser was a natural choice for us.”
One of the many functions of the BMS is to tell the team to what degree they have charged or discharged the battery. More interesting still is the information on how many AmpHours and energy (kWh) the battery has processed in entirety. This is because, in future, these values indicate how much energy/charge was processed before a loss of battery performance was noticed, for example. From the total energy used it is also possible to calculate how much the discharged energy has cost. In the future, the can-bus controlled external memory will be able to store even more information, such as an odometer.
During the 2012-2013 season, the team installed many new components with the goal of setting a new record for street legal electric cars at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Limited time on the track and slow battery cooling after hard driving sessions meant that the fastest lap they recorded was 08.23 minutes, but the team and the driver believe they could lap at under 8 minutes with minimal changes to the car. The new lap time is 20 seconds faster than Electric RaceAbout’s previous record, and just 27 seconds behind the fastest electric car in the same series (the Mercedes SLS-AMG Electric Drive), which is a real achievement. Congratulations and good luck to the ERA team for the 2013-2014 season.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_class="default" eq_heights="1"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_raket_product post_id="4602"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_header_raket header_type="h4" header="Related articles:"][vc_column_text]Memorator Pro records battery data from electric go-karts
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[post_content] => [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Chris Whiteford is a man on a complex mission. He has just started to build an advanced aerodynamic sensing network that, coupled with data from computer models from CFD / wind tunnel and real world testing, will optimise aerofoil positioning on race cars for maximum efficiency, completely automatically.
The PhD project, which Whiteford is carrying out at Cranfield University, well-known as the UK’s number 1 centre of automotive and motorsport training and research, seeks to investigate exactly what drivers require from the aerofoils. For example, is it optimum downforce that is needed, or is straight-line speed the priority? And, when various manoeuvres are being undertaken, such as overtaking another vehicle or drafting, how is the ideal efficiency of the system affected?
Solution: CAN Datalogger
Kvaser’s Memorator CAN datalogger and interface is being used to build Whiteford’s sensing network, assisting in programming and the structuring of the system. All the systems are interconnected using CAN bus, with all of the sensors running on CAN bus extenders from Microchip. These include independent Pitot-Static sensors, which will provide a pressure comparison across the length of the vehicle, and front mounted sensors, which allow the system to analyse the airflow directly ahead of the car. Various hardware devices within the car, such as the car’s fuel / cooling management system, the power steering system and 4WD controller, will also contribute data.
Once assembled, the sensor system will be integrated into MATLAB and used to generate an aero model on the controlling PC. A combination of computational fluid dynamics / wind tunnel and real world testing will help generate a model of the aerodynamic behaviour of the car under varying conditions, which will then be used to program the car’s core CPU. The car’s aero system will then interact with the target model to determine the most efficient aerofoil position.
Explains Whiteford: “During testing, Memorator will be used to interface to the CAN bus and log the data offline, so it can be examined later. Having two distinct HS channels also allows me to use multiple CAN busses and log them simultaneously, meaning I can build two separate CAN networks to keep the timing essential transactions separate to the bulk data network.”
Notably, due to the complexity of the system and importance of the response times, the CAN data and error handling is extremely critical.
The end goal of this project is a system that runs almost entirely unaided and identifies requirements on the fly. We’ll provide an update when the project nears completion but for more information on the project or to help in any way, please contact Chris at [email protected]
Whiteford is in need of certain pieces of lab equipment and computing devices, so any sponsorship opportunities and/or loan of equipment is gratefully received.
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[post_content] => [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On 12th November 2013, Kvaser presented CAN EF (Controller Area Network - Enhanced Format) to attendees of the 14th International CAN Conference in Paris, France. CAN-EF proposes an intermediate step between CAN and the new high performance CAN with Flexible Data Rate (CAN FD) solution that is in the process of being integrated within ISO 11898-1. The proposal was put forward for industry discussion within the context of Hardware Development Manager Kent Lennartsson’s paper entitled 'How to implement and utilize high bit-rate in your system'.
CAN FD provides a highly efficient method of increasing CAN data throughput, by increasing the number of bytes in each CAN-frame (from 8 to 64 bytes), whilst making the CAN-frames shorter. However, this technology cannot be used with existing CAN controllers. In contrast, CAN EF offers higher data-rate communication than CAN by packing the extra bits into the CAN-frames in such way that they can be received by legacy CAN controllers, ensuring full backwards compatibility with existing CAN infrastructure.
Commented Lars-Berno Fredriksson, president of Kvaser AB: “On the one hand, CAN FD provides a high bit rate, but on the other hand, it is not backwards compatible with the current version of CAN. Systems and modules have to be redesigned to take advantage of CAN FD. We see that CAN EF could facilitate the industry’s move to CAN FD. The reality is that it will take time for the industry to switch to what is an entirely new communications standard; CAN EF could give CAN users quicker and simpler access to greater data rates in the meantime.”
The performance of CAN EF would be within the range of 50-90% of CAN FD in similar circumstances. Kent Lennartsson, Kvaser’s Hardware Development Manager, says: “From a silicon vendor’s point of view, a great deal of the logic would be common across CAN, CAN EF and CAN FD, making it possible to combine all logic into one unit with a minor increase in gate count compared to CAN FD.”
CAN EF works by hiding the high-speed data from the legacy CAN modules, allowing CAN EF modules to be installed into any system to communicate at a higher bit-rate without interfering with any connected CAN-module in use today. This would allow users to replace modules gradually to achieve a progressive increase in data throughput, rather than suddenly render all existing CAN modules and service tools obsolete. For example, in truck applications where J1939 is employed at 250 kBit/s, CAN EF would facilitate an increase in data throughput, without altering the basic bit rate.
CAN EF requires no physical layer modification, but like CAN FD, certain physical architectures will limit its highest usable bit-rate. CAN EF communication could co-exist with CAN FD, potentially allowing CAN EF to act as a technically compatible bridge technology between the existing CAN standard and the future high performance CAN FD protocol.
For further technical information, please contact Kent Lennartsson at [email protected]. The paper presented at the ICC is available from the CAN in Automation (CAN-CiA) head office. Please visit www.can-cia.org for more details.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_header_raket header_type="h4" header="Related articles:"][vc_column_text]Kvaser participates in CAN-FD Technical Day[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]
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[post_content] => [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Kvaser Mini PCI Express HS is a highly integrated CAN add-on board that adds a single, high speed controller area network (CAN) channel to any standard computer board with mini PCI Express capability. Offering silent mode, error frame detection and an on-board buffer, the small form factor board is ideal for any embedded data acquisition systems, but is particularly envisaged for fleet management.
Commented Michael Odälv, Director Marketing & Sales at Kvaser AB: “This piggyback CAN board is our smallest form factor yet, measuring a mere 30 mm x 51 mm. Many fleet management applications require a single CAN channel to monitor key parameters such as fuel economy, engine speed, braking and accelerator pressure, and gearshift patterns. However, other applications such as industrial control systems and robotics will also benefit from this.”
The Kvaser Mini PCI Express HS board has a low profile connector that complies with the mini PCI Express standard, which connects via a cable to a DSUB connector (or other type) at the computer housing. With just the CAN communication link itself exposed, this arrangement protects total system EMC performance because all the electronics remain inside the computer housing. In car or truck applications, this can be particularly important. Notably, this add-on board complies with EN 61000-6-2:2005, specifying EMC immunity for industrial environments and also operates over the industrial temperature range of -40 to +85 °C.
Other features of this device include a bit rate from 40 to 1000 kbit/s and a CAN transfer rate up to 20000 messages/s. The time stamp accuracy is 25 µs. Kvaser’s free of charge CANLIB SDK can be used to develop software for the Mini PCI Express HS board. Programs written in CANlib will be fully compatible with present and future hardware from Kvaser. Support for Linux, in the form of drivers and a dedicated SDK, are available as a separate download.
For more information on Kvaser’s range of PCI/PCI-X/PCI Express boards, please click the following link: https://www.kvaser.com/product/kvaser-mini-pci-express-hs/
Support and Availability
The Kvaser Mini PCI Express HS is available now with free software, free software updates and free support.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_raket_product post_id="4637"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_video link="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcWKM_GlATo"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
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[post_title] => Kvaser launches Mini PCI Express CAN board
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[post_content] => [vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="1459" img_size="full"][vc_column_text]Kvaser AB is pleased to announce the BlackBird v2 HS CAN 2.0 to WLAN interface. An upgrade to Kvaser’s original BlackBird CAN to WLAN interface, the BlackBird v2 incorporates a new radio chip that gives it up to 75% better range. In addition, a new REST-based application programming interface (API) means that the Blackbird v2 can now be accessed from any tablet PC or smartphone.
The BlackBird v2’s ability to leverage existing wireless infrastructure makes it ideal for replacing cumbersome cables, accessing hard-to-reach CAN networks, or for monitoring a CANbus while in motion. Based on a radio chip that is Wi-Fi certified and meets CE and FCC standards, it works in both Ad Hoc and Infrastructure mode.
“The Blackbird name is synonymous with speed; with any wireless link, data throughput depends on the attributes of the network itself, but the Blackbird v2 allows customers to relay CAN messages further and faster than previously possible using a Blackbird, thanks to additional 802.11n compatibility,” commented Lars-Berno Fredriksson, president of Kvaser AB. He added: “Some of our automotive customers use the Blackbird to monitor engine parameters wirelessly during on-track testing and race events; this will allow them to do so more consistently and efficiently than ever.”
Additional features of the BlackBird v2 include galvanic isolation and more onboard memory, which helps the interface overcome potential interruptions to the connection during wireless disturbance. The maximum message rate for this device is 15,000/s, with a timestamp resolution of 25µs.
A special feature of the Blackbird v2 is its REST based API. Catering to increased market demand for iOS and Android-based applications, this is a flexible, device independent development environment that lowers the bar for customers wishing to develop applications for the Blackbird v2. Notably, example frameworks for simple applications, such as a CAN monitor, are already available in the Kvaser REST API for Blackbird v2 documentation area – see Kvaser’s website (www.kvaser.com) for details.
For more information on Kvaser’s range of Blackbird CAN to WLAN interfaces, please click through to: www.kvaser.com/products/blackbirdv2
Support and Availability
The Blackbird v2 is available now with free software, free software updates and free support.
About Kvaser:
With over 25 years of CAN development experience and more than 60 CAN-related products to their name, Kvaser AB (www.kvaser.com) is the CAN expert, bringing its deep knowledge in the field of CAN to industries that include Automotive, Avionics, Building Automation, Domestic Appliances, Hydraulic Equipment, Industrial Automation, Maritime, Medical, Military, Railway, Telecoms and Textiles.
Kvaser is headquartered in Mölndal, Sweden, with regional offices in Mission Viejo, CA in the United States, and in Shanghai, China. Kvaser AB also has a global network of highly knowledgeable Qualified Sales Representatives and Technical Associates. To find the nearest Kvaser supplier to you, please visit www.kvaser.com[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raket_product list_style="list" post_id="5398"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
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[post_content] => [vc_row el_class="default"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Washington, USA-based Phytools has become a Qualified Sales Representative (QSR) for Kvaser, offering our entire line of CAN solutions. A one-stop shop for state-of-the-art industrial networking solutions, Phytools has 14 years of experience supporting customers in North America with their CAN project development.
Commented Jesse Paliotto, Business Development Manager at Kvaser: "We're very excited to begin this cooperation with Phytools. By working together, we look forward to making a wide range of high quality CAN interfaces easily available to the industrial networking community."
"Introducing the complete line of Kvaser's feature-rich CAN products to Phytools' existing portfolio of industrial networking solutions will provide our customers with an even wider selection improving the one-stop shopping experience," said Rene Hackl, Managing Director at Phytools. "Phytools has 14 years of experience supporting customers in North America with their CAN development needs - industrial, automotive, medical, automation, just to name a few. We are dedicated to offering outstanding customer support all the way from initial project specification to serial production delivery."[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_raket_qsr post_id="4751"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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[post_content] => [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Kvaser became the first independent third-party supplier of CAN FD modules to present a solution communicating with a Bosch CAN FD evaluation board last week. After setting the bit-timing registers, Kvaser’s hardware manager Kent Lennartsson got Kvaser’s fpga implementation to work with Bosch’s demonstrator first time.
The demonstration took place at the first CAN FD Technical Day, held in Detroit, Michigan. CAN FD is an update to the CAN standard that will extend bandwidth well beyond its current limits of 1 MBit/s and 8 bytes per frame. A first draft of the specification was only published in March 2012. As one of the first companies to support the CAN ecosystem when the original specification was first published in 1986, Kvaser is committed to supporting CAN FD, a development that will ensure CAN’s future as a communications protocol for several more decades and beyond.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_header_raket header_type="h4" header="Related articles:"][vc_column_text]Kvaser puts forward technical proposal that could facilitate a switch to CAN FD[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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[post_content] => [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Kvaser will be attending the AUVSI's Unmanned Systems 2014 Conference in Orlando, FL on May 13 - 14. We will be sharing a booth with AutonomouStuff, a Kvaser Technical Associate specializing in unmanned systems.
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AutonomouStuff is the world’s leader in supplying components commonly used within autonomy systems. Our goal is to make customers successful by making it easy to source all of the perception, computing, GPS, and interface components necessary for their projects. Our daily work is driven by the ambition to provide the best supplier resource, providing technology products related to autonomous driving, AGV, UAV, obstacle detection, collision avoidance, intersection safety, tolling, and terrain mapping.
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