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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Safe Wireless CAN Bus Bridge For Machine To Machine Communication Also Supports SAE J1939

The CAN-Sync wireless CAN Bus bridge from Humanistic Robotics (HRI) allows the user to transmit CAN data wirelessly over a transparent point-to-point bridge, without modifying the data. Higher-Layer Protocols such as SAE J1939 and CANopen are also supported.The product provides a wireless link between two CAN Bus interfaces with HRI’s Safetysense technology which is designed to guarantee that critical control [...]

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SAE J1939 - Serial Control And Communications Vehicle Network

The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Truck and Bus Control and Communications Subcommittee has developed a family of standards concerning the design and use of devices that transmit electronic signals and control information among vehicle components. SAE J1939 and its companion documents have quickly become the accepted industry standard and the Controller Area Network [...]

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Controller Area Network (CAN Bus) - Serial Network Technology For Embedded Systems

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 [...]

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Monitoring SAE J1939 Data Using The Raspberry Pi Plus PiCAN2 CAN Bus Interface Board

During the past years, we have received multiple inquiries in regards to creating an Electronic Logging Device (ELD) using the Raspberry Pi in combination with our PiCAN2 CAN Bus interface board, where the PiCAN is being used to monitor SAE J1939 data.The mere monitoring of SAE J1939 data (Parameter Group Numbers - PGN) is fairly easy, [...]

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Isolated CANopen I/O system With Eight Digital Inputs And Eight Digital Outputs

The Hipecs-CIO103 module from Frenzel + Berg (Germany) is a CANopen I/O system with eight digital inputs and eight digital outputs. The CAN Bus network is galvanically isolated. According to the manufacturer, the product’s output technology differs significantly from other I/O modules in the marketplace, since the power drivers of the module can drive up to 2 Amps on [...]

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SAE International Released A New Version Of The J1939 Digital Annex Spreadsheet

SAE International has released a new version of the J1939DA spreadsheet containing Parameter Group Numbers (PGN) and Suspect Parameter (SPN) definitions.The SAE J1939 committee updates the digital annex periodically. The J1939DA supplements the document series specifying the CAN Bus network for use in heavy-duty vehicles. It provides definitions for the physical, the transport, and the application layer. Additional [...]

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SAE J1939 Compatible Joystick For Heavy-Duty And Off-Road Use

The TRY54 multifunction joystick from Megatron (Germany) was developed for operation of heavy-duty applications. It was designed for up to 10 million movement cycles. According to Megatron, the handling minimizes the risk of operating errors, and, due to its installation depth of less than 60 mm, the joystick can be integrated into construction machines or forklifts, where space [...]

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