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Intrepid is proud to announce the FlexRay Evaluation Board - a product that breaks the financial barriers to FlexRay experimentation and learning.The FlexRay Evaluation board includes everything you need to get a FlexRay Network up and running.

Low Cost Experimentation with FlexRay Technology

The Intrepid Control Systems, Inc. FlexRay Evaluation Board (EVB) enables quick setup and monitoring of a complete FlexRay network. This USB powered board includes two complete FlexRay nodes, each with channel A and B physical layers.

Benefits

• Experiment with FlexRay technology at a low cost.
• Rest Bus simulation of FlexRay networks.
• Interact with the Bosch ERAY FlexRay Core using Windows Development tools, such as Microsoft Visual Studio.
• Use as a SPI peripheral to other micro controller development boards.
• Develop FlexRay / Handler ECU code on the PC.
• Reconfigure FlexRay networks without using device programmers.

Features

• Two FUJITSU ASSP MB88121C FlexRay Controllers allow full network startup.
• Four ELMOS E910.54B FlexRay physical layer transceivers.
• USB powered – no other cables needed.
• FlexRay test points for hooking up an oscilloscope.
• Xilinx Spartan 3A FPGA connected to FlexRay signals for monitoring.
• USB 2.0 High Speed interface to the FlexRay board allow SPI configuration of FlexRay controllers, Transceivers, and FPGA.
• SPI Connector for connecting additional external board.
• Windows software for configuration of the board includes both a DLL and a GUI application.
• Vehicle Spy Professional for FlexRay 90 day trial version included with upgrade option to Vehicle Spy Professional.
• Upgrade path to professional tool with CAN bus, galvanic isolation, and rugged enclosure.
• DB9 FlexRay connector allows FlexRay tool connection or daisy chaining of multiple FlexRay EVBs without cabling.
• Example C code for configuring the FlexRay network.

FlexRay EVB Block Diagram

Multiple FlexRay evaluation boards can be “daisy-chained” to create larger networks. An 8 node FlexRay network is pictured below.

Visit the FlexRay EVB Video Library

Watch these easy to follow and informative tutorials to learn FlexRay EVB basics fast.