CAN Bus Communications
CP2793
Four fully programmable CAN nodes are included in the solution, along with circuit boards which mimic the functions of indicator lamps, switches and sensors. A CAN bus analyser and message generator are also included. An 80 page teacher’s manual contains a range of exercises for automotive technicians upwards and is available to download from our website, see resources tab above.
Learning objectives/experiments:
- CAN technology, wiring topology and networks
- CAN message structure and physical layer transmission
- Understanding CAN bus protocols
- Using buffers in CAN systems
- Using CAN transmit and receive messages
- Errors in CAN systems
- Programming techniques in CAN systems
- Masks and filters in CAN systems
- Higher level protocols
- Development of complete CAN systems based on microcontrollers
