Marathon provides a family of CAN interfaces for PCs. Besides CAN-USB interface for mobile applications, a collection of plug-in boards with different interfaces is supplied.
Marathon CAN-USB
Marathon CAN-USB interface for USB ports is based on ARM7 micro-controller. Two CAN controllers with galvanic isolation are supported.
Marathon PCI
Marathon PCI is a passive CAN interface board for PCI slots. Two SJA1000 CAN controllers with galvanic isolation are implemented.
Marathon PCIe
Marathon PCIe is a passive CAN interface board for PCI Express single-line (x1) slots. Two SJA1000 CAN controllers with galvanic isolation are supported.
Marathon PC104
Marathon PC104 is a passive CAN interface for PC/104 controllers, designed for industrial automation and mobile applications. Two SJA1000 CAN controllers with galvanic isolation are supported. The interface operating temperature is −40 °C to +85 °C
Software drivers and tools
- Uniformed device driver CHAI for Windows XP/Vista/7
- Uniformed device driver CHAI for Linux (except CAN-USB interface)
- CANwise datalink layer monitor for Linux and Windows XP/Vista/7
The tool kit is available at no cost for any Marathon interface device. Linux driver includes source code for C/C++.
Dedicated software tools
CANopen Testing Interface (COTI) is available for CAN-PCI, CAN-PCIe and CAN-USB interfaces.