ZD Box 2i

The ZD Box 2i is a versatile bus interface product designed by ZD for electrical architectures based on domain controllers. The ZD Box 2i supports all current standard in-vehicle bus interfaces, meeting diverse bus requirements while offering the advantage of high port density in a single device. It extensively covers a wide range of business needs in the automotive industry, from research and development to testing. This includes the simulation and monitoring needs for Automotive Ethernet communication between domain controllers, as well as communication based on CAN/CAN FD and LIN between domain controllers and their sub-controllers.

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Features

Multi-Bus System Support

A single device fully supports general bus systems, including CAN/CAN FD, LIN, and Automotive Ethernet standards.

Standard Interface Expansion

Equipped with a standard gigabit Ethernet interface, it connects to a host computer via a USB 3.0 Type-C interface as a bus interface device and provides a hardware upgrade interface.

High Adaptability in Multiple Scenarios

The device features automotive-grade wide voltage and temperature range design, meeting various environmental requirements from laboratory to real vehicle testing. Customers can easily configure the working mode of the Automotive Ethernet via DIP switches.

Comprehensive Solutions with ZD Hardware and Software Products

－ Combined with the desktop bus tool software VBT (Vehicle Bus Tool), it can simulate and monitor CAN/CAN FD, LIN, 100/1000Base-T1 signals, and supports upper-layer protocols such as UDS, CCP, SOME/IP.

－ Integrated with ZD's automated testing service package, it can be rapidly deployed into automated testing environments as a bus interface, supporting signal-level bus data simulation, monitoring, and automated testing services with assertions.

In conjunction with ZD Datalogger 3's dynamic port forwarding function, it allows for lossless data recording and graphical monitoring of focused bus data.

Application Scenario

Scenario 1

The ZD Box 2i supports heterogeneous bus simulation services for CAN/CANFD, LIN, and 100/1000Base-T1 via high-bandwidth communication with the host computer. Combined with the efficient API provided by VBT, the RTOS-running host computer can precisely control the timing and cycle of multiple bus signals. In the development and testing of controllers integrating heterogeneous buses, such as gateways or body domain controllers, the ZD Box 2i can offer clients a minimized hardware implementation.

Scenario 2

Using the desktop VBT software, users can conduct signal-level functional and diagnostic testing of in-vehicle controllers. Additionally, through node simulation, the software can create the necessary bus environment for the operation of the controllers being tested.