January 23 , 2008

After long time of testing our new DLL driver (versions 0.0.15 through 0.0.17) we have now made it official with some more changes from 0.0.17. Fom version 0.0.14 there are many new functions to support multiple CANUSB's on same PC's (or even many programs to use the same CANUSB!), blocked calls, callback functions, driver performance has been increased and much more. You find the new drivers and istallation instructions in the Downloads section.

October 20 , 2006

Long time since any news, mostly beacuse the drivers work good. However we are now using the new USB drivers from FTDI (CDM - Combined Driver Model). With this new driver you can use the D2XX and the VCP from same installation file and they can co-excist on the same PC at the same time, though not be used at the same time. You find the new drivers and istallation instructions in the Downloads section.

We plan soon to release a new CANUSB driver DLL (it's being BETA tested by some users) which have many new functions and extended samples. We plan to release this in November.

January 30, 2006

Customers who have downloaded the 0.0.14 driver package (dated January 19:th) please download it again, since we discovered that the driver DLL inside this package was an older preliminary version of 0.0.14. We are sorry for this. We also updated the VB6 program to include the new functions of the 0.0.14 driver. See the Downloads section.

January 27, 2006

Added a LabView 8 sample program including source code. See the Downloads section.

January 20, 2006

Updated CANUSB API DLL & ActiveX (version 0.0.14). Bugfix of driver crashing on rare conditions when sending a lot of data. We recommend users to download and use this version of the DLL. Also optimized sending routine to increase send thoughput. The Visual C++ sample program updated. See the Downloads section.

December 9, 2005

Updated CANUSB API DLL & ActiveX (version 0.0.13). Added a new function can_Flush() which either wait until outbuffer is empty or flush it right away (good to use before exit a program). Also added Borland C++ samples. See the Downloads section.

December 2, 2005

Updated CANUSB API DLL & ActiveX (version 0.0.12). Bugfix of driver hanging if CANUSB goes BUSOFF and frames are still trying to be sent without closing and opening the CANUSB (which is needed when the CANUSB goes BUSOFF). Optimized responce time for Status function plus added 2 new functions ReadFirst() and ReadFirstEx(). These new functions works as the normal Read(), but makes it possible to look for a certain message ID in the queue and read the first instance of that message out of the queue. This is good for e.g. having multiple instances of the ReadFirst() functions in the program and only read out an ID that is needed for that function or to read out more important messages out of the queue before reading out the normal FIFO queue. The message that is read out through the ReadFirst() function is removed from the FIFO queue. The Visual C++ sample program demonstrates this new function. See the Downloads section.

November 16, 2005

Updated CANUSB API DLL (version 0.0.11). Bugfix of Status return value plus some optimizations. See the Downloads section.

October 14, 2005

Updated CANUSB API DLL (version 0.0.9) and CANUSB Firmware V1011. Bugfix of RTR frames not being set correctly sometimes plus extended the string of firmware version, serial# and driver DLL version to include a 10 character custom string (default value is LAWICEL AB). This info is particulary usefull for those companies making software and wants to protect their software to be used with CANUSB only sold from the company making the Software (i.e. so software isn't copied and used together with other CANUSB's). See the Downloads section. Contact us if you need more information about this copy protection string.

September 14, 2005

Updated CANUSB API DLL (version 0.0.8). Bugfix of FIFO queues when sending many frames (after 20480 sent messages caused the application to crash) plus a bugfix for Extended ID's. We also added 2 new functions for reading/writing CAN frames to make it easier to interface with LABview etc. that cannot handle structures very well. See the Downloads section.

June 23, 2005

Updated CANUSB API DLL (version 0.0.6). Bugfix of handle not being NULL when no CANUSB could be found. See the Downloads section.

June 21, 2005

Added a Delphi 2005 project (with source code) for the CANUSB API DLL. See the Downloads section.

June 20, 2005

WGSoft has contributed with a nice CAN Monitor for CANUSB using D2XX and the CANUSB DLL. Source isn't included, but it is a very heplful tool for those who only wants to use a ready program and log CAN frames. See the Projects section.

June 14, 2005

BETA 0.0.5 of the CANUSB API DLL is now availible for download. In this release we have added a the first version of the ActiveX controller and a VB6 application to test it. See the Downloads section.

June 9, 2005

BETA 0.0.4 of the CANUSB API DLL is now availible for download. We have added a C# sample in this package as well as corrected a few bugs. Driver is pretty stable now. See the Downloads section.

June 8, 2005

BETA 0.0.1 of the CANUSB API DLL is now availible for download. It is a complete package with sample programs in Visual C++ (version 6 & 7 works) & VB6. It also includes a DLL for Borland C++. This threaded DLL is fast and initial tests shows we can receive more than 5000 frames per socond using this DLL compared to 1000 frames per second for the VCP driver. See the Downloads section.

June 1 , 2005

CANUSB is now availible.

May 24, 2005

Manuals and USB Drivers added in the Downloads section.

May 17, 2005

CANUSB site created and info moved from the CAN232 site.

February 17, 2005

Pre announcing the new CANUSB product at www.can232.com for more speed and throughput (bandwidth). CANUSB will be availible for delivery in late May 2005, for more information look under products. Visit us at Embedded World in Nürnberg to see this new CANUSB. We are in the Elektronikladen booth 12/503.