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CAN Bus Tutorial - Benefits of Using the CAN Bus
The following is an excerpt from A Comprehensible Controller Area Network by Wilfried Voss. Like any field-bus system based on serial communication, Controller Area Network will reduce wiring, which was initially considered an advantageous side effect. Distributed control, i.e., the use of a multi-processor system, will consequently result in increased performance. The vastly reduced costs of microcontroller [...]
SAE J1939 Data Recorder - Programming And Data Retrieval
The following is an update on our activities regarding our development of an SAE J1939 data recorder. The development affects two of our devices, the SAE J1939 Gateway Module With USB Port, RTC, MicroSD Memory Card and the SAE J1939 Gateway And Data Logger With Real-Time Clock. Both gateways are supported by our free-of-charge jCOM1939 Monitor, an SAE J1939 [...]
CAN Bus Tutorial - CAN Bus Main Characteristics
The following is an excerpt from A Comprehensible Controller Area Network by Wilfried Voss. Everything that has to do with Controller Area Network (CAN) is based on maximum reliability with the maximum possible performance in mind. After all, CAN was initially designed for automobiles, definitely a very demanding environment for microprocessors, not only regarding required electrical robustness [...]
CAN Bus Tutorial - Typical CAN Bus Applications
The following is an excerpt from A Comprehensible Controller Area Network by Wilfried Voss. One frequently asked question is regarding any other field of application, besides automobiles, where CAN is successfully used. There is not just one answer, but many. There is no particular niche for CAN; its use is universal from any industrial application, space, aviation, maritime, [...]
CAN Bus Tutorial - What is CAN?
The following is an excerpt from A Comprehensible Controller Area Network by Wilfried Voss. 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 and other applications. The CAN bus is primarily used in embedded systems, [...]
CAN Bus Tutorial - A Brief History of CAN
The following is an excerpt from A Comprehensible Controller Area Network by Wilfried Voss. The idea of Controller Area Network (CAN) was hatched by engineers at the Robert Bosch GmbH in Germany in the early 1980s. They investigated the market for a suitable field-bus technology for use in automobiles that would enable them to add additional functionality. [...]
CAN FD To Ethernet Gateway With Linux Operating System
The PCAN-Gateway series from PEAK System supports the transmission of CAN Bus data frames over IP networks. The PCAN-Ethernet Gateway FD DR supports CAN FD in addition to the Classical CAN Bus Standard. Both CAN Bus interfaces are CAN FD compliant with data bit-rates of up to 10 Mbit/s. An AM5716 Sitara processor provides the required performance for [...]
Testing The SAE J1939 to RS232 & USB Gateway By Copperhill Technologies
In this post, I will demonstrate the test setup of our SAE J1939 to RS232 & USB Gateway. The JCOM.J1939.SER gateway is a high-performance, low-latency, serial vehicle network adapter for SAE J1939 applications. It allows any host device with an RS232 or USB port to monitor SAE J1939 data traffic and communicate with the SAE J1939 vehicle [...]
Contactless Monitoring Of CAN Bus, SAE J1939, FMS, OBD-II, And SAE J1708 Data Traffic
Copperhill Technologies offers the CANCrocodile product line of contactless CAN Bus monitoring devices for vehicle telematics, GPS tracking systems, and various CAN Bus data frames.The CANCrocodile product line was designed for secure and reliable data reading from any CAN Bus network. The contactless reader is specifically suitable for vehicle telematics, GPS tracking systems and for [...]
Computer On Module With NXP i.MX 8M Mini CPU Supports Two CAN FD Ports, FreeRTOS, Linux
F&S Elektronik Systeme extended their product line of Picocore modules, which integrate up to two CAN (FD) Bus interfaces.The Picocore MX8M module utilizes the NXP i.MX 8M Mini CPU with one, two, or four ARM Cortex-A53 cores operating at 1.8 GHz plus a Cortex-M4 processor for real-time processing at 400 MHz. The boards use an adapted [...]