STW’s CAN Bus controllers have been especially designed for the harsh environments of off-highway work. Our controllers are widely used in a variety of applications ranging from agricultural and military vehicles to oil and gas and mining equipment. Though rugged and highly reliable, our controllers are freely programmable with a unique architecture that allows you to easily expand I/O, CAN bus connectivity and memory.

Our freely programmable controllers are designed with a base configuration for I/O and CAN bus, but their unique ‘babyboard’ (expansion board) architecture allows them to be tailored to your requirements for very specific configurations of I/O.  This allows you to minimize unused capacity and maximize cost efficiency.

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Benefits

• Reliable – the Mean Time Between Failure is 50 years
• Completely updated, reflecting the latest in technology
• Flexible – easily expandable I/O (Input/Output), CAN bus and memory to suit your requirements
• Safe – certified to international safety standards
• Low cost of ownership – our reliability, durability and easy tailoring to your applications makes our products a great value.

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Features

• Rugged standard controllers
• Freely programmable
• TÜV certified to SIL (Safety Integrity Level ) 2
• Internal diagnostics, protection against voltage overload and protection against short circuiting to ground or to supply voltage for all I/O’s
• Extensively tested for highly demanding operating environments

Operating environment

•  EMC shielded, 200 V/m
•  Protection against vibration and shock
• Temperature range of  – 40°C to + 85°C  (- 40° F to + 185° F)
•  Sealed enclosure protects against moisture & humidity to IP65 (Ingress Protection Rating)  optional to IP67 (breathable Gore-Tex filter)

 

Types of CAN Bus Controllers

Freely programmable controllers: can be programmed independently with programming languages C or CoDeSys or (ESX-3XL) with Matlab/Simulink

I/O Module CAN bus Controllers: slave modules that communicate with the CANOpen communication protocol

 We can also work with you to customize the controller to your needs. Click here to learn more.

We also provide a wide range of hardware and software tools to help you in implementation as well as a range of services.

Example Applications 

• Agricultural Vehicles
• Military Vehicles
• Oil and Gas Service Equipment
• Vehicle Tracking
• Hybrid Vehicles
• Fire Fighting Equipment
• Emergency Platforms
• Electro-hydraulic steering systems (steer by wire)
• Hydrostatic drive control (drive by wire)
• All control functions of the working hydraulics
• Automatic leveling and positioning of platforms
• Engine management
• Transmission control

Learn more about how are products are used in different industries here.

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