diagnostics controller

Rigel VCi3 Hand Held Vehicle Tester

News Release from: Sorion Electronics Limted
13/02/2008

Sorion has launched the Rigel VCi3 the latest self contained diagnostics controller. This is a low cost, powerful, yet easy to use tool ideally suited for use in the assembly and diagnostics of automotive vehicles and sub-assemblies.

The Sorion Rigel VCi3 (Versatile Communications Interface) is a micro-processor based system that is specifically designed for the communicating, controlling and testing of bus based vehicle systems and sub-systems. Having CAN, LIN, K Line and RS232 interfaces coupled with analogue and isolated digital I/O the Rigel VCi3 can operate as a standalone unit, or as a peripheral to a PC/PLC based system.

The unit (housed in a purposed designed rugged handheld enclosure with rubber hand grips) incorporates a graphics LCD, eight user configurable pushbuttons and three status LEDs. Power is taken from either the vehicle (or sub-system) being tested or via the USB interface, operating in the range of 8 - 30v and taking typically less than 100mA. The Rigel VCi3 is ready to use within one second of being switched on, removing the need and complexity of a battery sub-system.

To program the Rigel VCi3 you simply connect to a PC via the opto-isolated USB interface and run the supplied Integrated Development Environment (RConsole). If you appreciate elegance and simplicity of design then you will enjoy using Venom-SC, the powerful language built into the Rigel VCi3. Venom-SC is a full-featured, high level programming language designed for writing embedded control applications. On board Flash, Battery backed and optional SD Card memory means results / responses / logs are retained after power-down and are available for recall or analysis.