FSI-CAN is a sigle-axis inclination sensor with CanBus interface. The sensor can be used for measuring the angular tilt in reference to gravity. It can operate in the measurement range of 360°. Inclination measuring is based on the high accuracy accelerometer IC and a microprocessor which processes the data. Each inclination sensor is factory calibrated at 25 °C to guarantee high accuracy. Hardware and software filters are applied in order to reduce interference of vibrations. The inclination sensor has hardware and software filters to reduce interference.

Features

Its compact and robust design, its high protection class (IP67) and its ease mounting makes the FSI-CAN sensor a suitable angle measurement device for different industry and automotive applications. FSI-CAN has also reverse battery protection and over voltage peak protection. The inclination sensor is supplied with M12 male connector. On request also the M12 female connector is supplied. The inclination value is written cyclically (interval adjustable) to the bus. The inclination sensor are not terminated internally. The CAN bus complies with CAN specification version 2.0b and protocol is CANopen compatible. 

Setting FSI-CAN

sensor is factory preconfigured accordingly to the custom request. Using CAN bus messages, it is possible to make the inclination sensor suitable for diverse application solutions by changing its configuration, in particular: - baud rate (up to 500kb/s) - Node-ID - transmission interval and other parameters. Once modified, FSI-CAN sensor configuration is stored permanently in the internal device memory. More informations about utilized protocol are given in a separate document.

FSI-CAN sensor should be mounted on a vertical surface. Positive changes in the angle measure are obtained by rotating FSI-CAN sensor clockwise (configurable) along X-Axis. Below there are reported some measurement example (when offset is set zero).