Vehicle Network Toolbox
Communicate with in-vehicle networks using CAN, J1939, and XCP protocols
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Vehicle Network Toolbox provides MATLAB functions and Simulink blocks for sending, receiving, encoding, and decoding CAN, CAN FD, J1939, and XCP messages. The toolbox lets you identify and parse specific signals using industry-standard CAN database files and then visualize the decoded signals using the CAN Explorer and CAN FD Explorer apps. Using A2L description files, you can connect to an ECU via XCP on CAN or Ethernet. You can access messages and measurement data stored in MDF files.
The toolbox simplifies communication with in-vehicle networks and lets you monitor, filter, and analyze live CAN bus data or log and record messages for later analysis and replay. You can simulate message traffic on a virtual CAN bus or connect to a live network or ECU. Vehicle Network Toolbox supports CAN interface devices from Vector, Kvaser, PEAK-System, and NI®.
CAN Communication
Configure and establish connections to a CAN bus using CAN or CAN FD protocols then send, receive, encode and decode CAN messages. These messages can be logged for offline analysis and replayed in another Simulink model.
XCP Protocol
Communicate with ECUs using the XCP protocol via CAN, CAN FD, or Ethernet. Read and write data to specific memory locations within the ECU, and link A2L files to perform calibration and measurement tasks. Access and analyze data in ASAM calibration data format (CDFX).
J1939 Protocol
Set up communication via the J1939 protocol, including associating a database file, specifying CAN interface hardware, transmitting and receiving J1939 parameter groups, and encoding and decoding signal data.
CAN and CAN FD Apps
Use the CAN Explorer and CAN FD Explorer apps to visualize active traffic on a specific CAN channel, decode messages and display them in engineering units.
A2L Description Files
Use A2L (ASAP2) description files to communicate with ECUs over XCP protocol from MATLAB or Simulink. These files contain information about memory address, data type, and rules for converting stored values into physical units, simplifying calibration and measurement tasks.
MDF Files
Easily import and export MDF files, view basic properties, create MDF files, and write timetable data to existing MDF files. You can read in subsets of MDF files and create a datastore to work with large files.
Virtual Channels
Use virtual CAN and CAN FD channels to simulate network communications in a loopback configuration without physical hardware. Use MathWorks virtual channels or those from third-party vendors like Vector and Kvaser.
DBC and ARXML Files
Associate Vector CAN database files (DBC) with CAN channels or messages in MATLAB or Simulink to decode and encode CAN messages using application-specific names and scaled engineering units. Use definitions in ASAM ARXML files to encode and decode CAN and CAN FD messages in Simulink and to decode CAN messages in MATLAB.
LIN Bus Data Decoding
Identify LIN data in MDF or BLF files and use LIN Description Files (LDF) in MATLAB to decode LIN bus data contained in MDF or BLF files.
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