Optimising Control System Development with New Eagle Raptor and Kvaser CAN Tools
Most general-purpose controllers force a trade-off: enough I/O to be useful, or fast enough development to hit a program timeline, rarely both. The New Eagle GCM48 is built to avoid that trade-off — a rugged, production-grade control module with 6 CAN buses and 17 configurable I/O, developed through a MATLAB/Simulink workflow designed to get an application from model to running hardware quickly. As New Eagle's exclusive UK and EU partner, EMB Power supplies the GCM48 and does the engineering work — system design, embedded controls, harness and integration support — that turns the hardware into a working vehicle system.
What the GCM48-2104 actually does
The GCM48-2104 (P/N GCM-5605B-048-2104) is one of New Eagle's Raptor™ rugged production controllers — built for automotive, off-highway and marine environments, not just the bench. It's a general-purpose module: 12 analog inputs, 4 frequency/digital inputs, a wake input, seven low-side driver outputs, a dedicated fuel-level actuation output, and an H-bridge driver, alongside 6 CAN 2.0 channels and 3 LIN channels (2 master, 1 slave). That breadth of I/O is what makes it "general-purpose" in practice — one module covering sensor inputs, relay/solenoid drives, and multi-network communication rather than needing several point-solution controllers.
- Aluminum construction, IP6k7 environmental rating, and a −40°C to 105°C operating range built for under-hood and marine conditions.
- Development on Raptor-Dev with MATLAB/Simulink, using automatic integration and code generation rather than hand-written embedded C.
- Wake-on-CAN2 and wake-on-LIN2 for low-power sleep management in a vehicle electrical system.
Why the development workflow matters as much as the hardware
The hardware spec is only half the story. What makes the GCM48 genuinely useful on a real programme is that it's designed around Raptor-Dev's Simulink-based development process: model the control logic, auto-generate and integrate the code, then test it in simulation before it ever touches the vehicle. That's where EMB Power's own engineering work sits — taking a control module like this and building the actual application software, electrical architecture and integration around it for a specific platform, rather than treating it as an off-the-shelf plug-and-play part.
Technical specification
| Parameter | Specification |
| Processor | NXP MPC5605B, 64 MHz |
| Memory | 512 KB application flash, 16 KB EEPROM, 64 KB internal RAM |
| Operating voltage | 8–16 V nominal (jump start to 17 V for up to 5 min; reverse polarity protected to −13.8 V for up to 5 min) |
| Inputs | 12 analog inputs, 4 frequency/digital inputs, 1 wake input |
| Outputs | 7 low-side drivers (PWM), 1 dedicated fuel-level output (PWM), 1 H-bridge driver (5 A cont. / 8 A max) |
| Communication | 6× CAN 2.0B (wake on CAN2), 3× LIN (2 master, 1 slave; wake on LIN2) |
| Environmental | −40°C to 105°C operating, IP6k7 compliant, aluminium construction |
| Weight | 0.6 lb (0.3 kg) |
| Development toolchain | MATLAB/Simulink with Raptor 2021a_1.0 or newer; S32DS for Power Architecture (compiler) |
Get pricing from EMB Power
EMB Power is the exclusive UK and EU partner for New Eagle, so the GCM48 — and the Raptor-Dev toolchain behind it — is sourced through us for customers in this region, alongside the system design, embedded controls and integration support to get it running in your application. Contact the EMB Power team for pricing and availability on the GCM48.
