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BeagleBone Wireless Internet-Of-Things (IoT) Developer Prototyping Kit for Google Cloud Platform
Since the arrival of the Internet of Things (IoT), many developers feel the urge to build a thing or two to introduce the IoT capabilities into their business or operating environment. Unfortunately, the lack of available hardware elements and reliable development platforms has long been an issue.Seeed Studio has worked with Google and BeagleBoard.org to provide a [...]
Local Interconnect Network (LIN) To Controller Area Network (CAN Bus) Converter
The LIN (Local Interconnect Network) bus is an inexpensive serial communications protocol, which effectively supports remote application within a car's network. It is particularly intended for mechatronic nodes in distributed automotive applications, but is equally suited to industrial applications. It is intended to complement the existing CAN network leading to hierarchical networks within cars.Controller Area Network [...]
CAN Bus Prototyping With Arduino Uno - Extended CAN Bus Shield Test
This post is part of a series about Controller Area Network (CAN Bus) Prototyping With the Arduino Uno.In this next, extended example, we use the same program as shown in the previous chapter but add a CAN receiving routine to it. The result, i.e. the received messages, will be displayed through the Arduino serial monitor.// Simple CAN Shield Test#include [...]
CAN Bus Prototyping With Arduino Uno - Simple CAN Bus Shield Test
This post is part of a series about Controller Area Network (CAN Bus) Prototyping With the Arduino Uno.The most exciting part about this project is when it comes to the point where two CAN nodes communicate with each other. I started off with writing a simple program that sent messages that were received by my USB-to-CAN gateway and its [...]
CAN Bus Prototyping With Arduino Uno - The MCP2515 Library
This post is part of a series about Controller Area Network (CAN Bus) Prototyping With the Arduino Uno.As with any serial networking controller, the essential functions are: InitializationRead DataWrite DataCheck StatusIn case of the MCP2515 library, these functions are represented by: Initialization: CAN0.beginRead Data: CAN0.readMsgBuf incl. CAN0.checkReceive, CAN0.getCanIdWrite Data: CAN0.sendMsgBufCheck Status: CAN0.checkErrorFunction CallsFunction: CAN0.beginPurpose: Initializes the CAN controller and [...]
CAN Bus Prototyping With Arduino Uno - Arduino CAN Sketches
This post is part of a series about Controller Area Network (CAN Bus) Prototyping With the Arduino Uno.The implementation of either one of the introduced CAN Bus Shields and the corresponding CAN Bus sketches went surprisingly smooth when paired with the right library software. I found several source codes for accessing the MCP2515 CAN controller, but most of [...]
CAN Bus Prototyping With Arduino Uno - Arduino CAN Shields
This post is part of a series about Controller Area Network (CAN Bus) Prototyping With the Arduino Uno. Since Controller Area Network (CAN) is predominantly targeted at industrial solutions (versus the vastly more popular USB for non-industrial use such as home and lab), there aren’t too many choices available in the market. Through some research (i.e. browsing) I found two very similar [...]
CAN Bus Prototyping With Arduino Uno - Prototyping Hardware
This post is part of a series about Controller Area Network (CAN Bus) Prototyping With the Arduino Uno. As I had mentioned earlier, it is assumed that you have some basic knowledge of the Arduino, Arduino Sketches, and Arduino Shields. I will nevertheless take the opportunity of mentioning the prototyping hardware and its variants. It is important to know that the [...]
CAN Bus Repeater With Four ISO 11898 Ports
The compact CAN Bus Repeater CRep S4 by EMS Wuensche (Germany) transmits and amplifies signals transparent to the CAN Bus protocol. Each of the four CAN Bus connections has the physical behavior of a single bus node. The repeater module permits a flexible design of the network topology but offers special support for star-structured networks. In addition, tree structures and [...]
CAN-to-CAN Bridge/Router with CAN FD Support Plus CAN Bus To Ethernet interface For Cloud Connectivity
HMS/IXXAT announced their Service Pack 1 (SP1) for the Ixxat CANbridge NT and CAN@net NT. This includes added features such as configurable and event-triggered Action Rules, and straight-forward cloud connectivity via MQTT. SP1 introduced Action Rules for CANbridge NT and CAN@net NT, allowing users to define a variety of actions to be performed automatically in response to received [...]