BeagleBone RS485 CAN Bus Cape

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Explore the high-performance, low-power world with the tiny, affordable, open-source BeagleBone boards. Putting Android, Ubuntu and other Linux flavors at your fingertips, the Beagle family revs as high as 1GHz with flexible peripheral interfaces and a proven ecosystem of feature-rich "Cape" plug-in boards such as our BeagleBone RS485 CAN Bus Cape.

This BeagleBone Serial Cape is the most flexible way to connect to other devices with a serial connection. This cape allows for simultaneous use of one RS485 port and one Controller Area Network (CAN) Bus interface.

1. BB Black connector : for connecting BB Black
2. CAN pin header
3. CAN screw terminal
4. RS485 pin header
5. RS485 screw terminal
6. DEBUG interface : for debugging BB Black OR other connected modules
7. Power expansion pinheader : for connecting external power supply
8. BB Black BOOT selection button
9. CAN transceiver
10. RS485 transceiver
11. Power indicator
12. BB Black UART TXD selection jumper
13. BB Black UART RXD selection jumper
14. RS485 transceiver enable jumper

Resources:

• RS485 CAN Bus Cape Wiki
• Schematics

A Comprehensible Guide to Controller Area Network by Wilfried Voss represents the most thoroughly researched and most complete work on CAN available in the marketplace.

Controller Area Network (CAN) is a serial network technology that was originally designed for the automotive industry, especially for European cars, but has also become a popular bus in industrial automation as well as other applications.

The CAN bus is primarily used in embedded systems, and as its name implies, is a network technology that provides fast communication among microcontrollers up to real-time requirements, eliminating the need for the much more expensive and complex technology of a Dual-Ported RAM.

 This book provides complete information on all CAN features and aspects combined with a high level of readability. 

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