ViewTool Ginkgo USB To CAN Interface Adapter Support Windows/Linux/MAC/Android/Raspberry Pi USB-CAN Analyzer 2500VRMS isolation CANopen SAE J1939 DeviceNET

Bought this mainly because of the API as I wanted to decode and re-implement a proprietary CAN protocol. Its cost was about 1/30th of the cost of getting the hardware and API software I really wanted.I found the API quite easy to get to grips with and soon got it up and running. The documentation was a bit sparse, but together with various examples (lots of implementations are available), it is not too uphill - it just lacks a bit of detail. My implementation was in Delphi, I am very happy with it, and it has far exceeded my expectations.The hardware/firmware is okay, I found it a bit susceptible to noise causing the whole thing to keep locking up for 20 seconds at a time, so it might not be suitable for data logging in an electrically noisy environment (anyone else experience these issues?), but in a quiet environment it is flawless in my extended tests (20 million messages over 48h).The application software is okay, useful for taking a peek at what is going on and to verify that the unit works - i.e. an alternative way to set the registers you might want to set using the API, but it does not do anything else. One really annoying thing about it is that the settings you see on the screen are not always the settings in the device - so if you are pulling your hair out wondering why you are not seeing what you expect, it is probable just that you need to force the settings into the hardware. The Windows application software also crashes randomly (looks like a screen update issue with the main message grid). Also note the software is about as far from a CAN version of WireShark as you can possibly get. But you can always write your own!It is not perfect, but considering its low total cost and the flexibility it offers, I am very happy with the unit and the API, and the application software and is acceptable. For my needs it is an absolute bargain and I am sure I will use it for many years to come.

not impressed with it at all , the paper work that is provided directs you to a website to download the software. it asks which one you have and the product doesn't have the part number on it , so thats first problem , I managed to navigate to a all around software , it's kind of like a software bundle which includes many different models I think , again it's not very clear. , it claims it runs on 32x systems which it doesn't , I have installed it on 3 separate systems with xp and none of work , it claims that various dlls are missing and try to install again. I finally by any chance found the classic software which seems to work on my 64bit laptop , I have no idea if this is going to work , I have wasted best part of 3hours trying to make it run , total waste of time , if this doesn't work I'm sending it back for a refund.

I bought this because I lost my CAN Komodo module. It works but the drivers aren't really suitable for Windows 10. To install them you'll need to permanently turn off the driver certification check, which isn't something I really want to do. The software works fine but it's not intuitive, feels like there's some translation issues. I guess you get what you pay for.

Does not work with 'socketcan' and the GUI interface will crash when there are too many messages coming in (like the K-CAN bus in the BMW cars), I haven't tried the API's yet.

This works, the seems to be an issue a full 1mb speed which hangs the software but when this happens just have to restart the software. Its a good cheap tool for looking at what is going on on the CANopen network