Copperhill Media offers a variety of literature on the Controller Area Network (CAN), CANopen and SAE J1939 Protocol Standards. All books are available as paperback, but can also be downloaded in eBook (PDF) form.
The MilCAN standard has been defined by a group of interested companies and government bodies associated with the specification, manufacture and test of military vehicles. MilCAN is primarily used in British Army vehicles, such as the TITAN©, TROJAN©, and TERRIER©, as part of the UK Ministry of Defence’s Future Rapid Effect System (FRES) initiative.
A feature of the CAN protocol is that the bit rate, bit sample point and number of samples in a bit period are user programmable. This gives the user the freedom to optimize the performance of the network for his given application.
Providing a detailed look at both CAN and CANopen, this book examines those technologies in the context of embedded networks. There is an overview of general embedded networking and an introduction to the primary functionality provided by CANopen. Everything one needs to know to configure and operate a CANopen network using off-the-shelf components is described, along with details for those designers who want to build their own CANopen nodes. The wide variety of applications for CAN and CANopen is discussed, and instructions in developing embedded networks based on the protocol are included. In addition, references and examples using MicroCANopen, PCANopen Magic, and Vector’s high-end development tools are provided.
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.
