Controller Area Network Prototyping with Arduino - Softcover

Voss, Wilfried

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1938581164 ISBN 13: 9781938581168

Publisher: Copperhill Media Corporation, 2014

Synopsis

While the Arduino is not widely considered an industrial-strength solution, it provides, due to its low price and ease of programming, the perfect prototyping platform for all kinds of Controller Area Network (CAN) applications.
This book, written by a leading expert on CAN technologies, guides the reader through the process of acquiring all necessary hardware and software components, the implementation of the CAN driver, and the implementation of programs (Arduino Sketches) to read, send, process, and display data from and to a CAN network. The collection of programming examples cumulates into a full-fledged USB-to-CAN Gateway communicating with a Windows/Linux PC. 
This book will enable you to achieve CAN functionality literally within only a few hours. 
The topics include: 
* Introduction to Controller Area Network

* Prototyping Hardware and its Variants

* Arduino CAN Shields

* CAN Driver Implementation and Library Functions

* Simple CAN Test Programs

* CAN Network Monitoring, Simulation, and Diagnostics Program

* CAN Data Display via Windows/Linux GUI

About this title

From the Author

It seems like a million years since I had a soldering iron in my hand and that I have been engaging in my most favorite programming activity, namely programming of embedded systems. In the past, I did shy away from the expenses that came with embedded programming, but with the emergence of inexpensive prototyping systems such as the Arduino or Raspberry Pi this concern doesn't exist anymore.
 
Add to this a virtually non-existing learning curve. With my Arduino Uno I ordered a book explaining Arduino Sketches, and I read it for about 30 minutes to scan through the most important information. Then it took maybe another 30 minutes to get my first application running. 
 
I know, I am joining the enormous club of Arduino users who made and expressed the same experience, but that doesn't change the fact that the Arduino is the perfect environment for prototyping of embedded computer systems.
 
Naturally, with my knowledge of all kinds of Controller Area Network topics, I was eager to convert that knowledge into the real thing, namely a working CAN application. That CAN application will be the basics of a USB-to-CAN Gateway with CAN network monitoring and diagnostic features as explained in this book. From here on, with the knowledge gained through this project, I encourage you to let your mind flow and extend the application. The possibilities are plenty. Enjoy!

About the Author

Wilfried Voss is the author of the "Comprehensible Guide" series of technical literature covering topics like Controller Area Network (CAN), SAE J1939, Industrial Ethernet, and Servo Motor Sizing. Mr. Voss has worked in the CAN industry since 1997 and before that was a motion control engineer in the paper manufacturing industry. He has a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Wuppertal in Germany. During the past years, Mr. Voss conducted numerous seminars on industrial fieldbus systems such as CAN, CANopen, SAE J1939, Industrial Ethernet, and more during various Real Time Embedded And Computing Conferences (RTECC), ISA (Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society) conferences and various other events all over the United States and Canada.

Edition details

• Publisher: Copperhill Media Corporation
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1938581164
• ISBN 13: 9781938581168
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 44