Controller Area Network Explained

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Jan 17, 2006 | 02:25 AM

SpartanDieselTech

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Controller Area Network Explained

While searching for a solution to some networking problems encountered with these stupid Motorola/Freescale processors used in the 6.0 Powerstroke (and pretty much any Ford vehicle) I ran across a couple of interesting and informative documents on the basics of Controller Area Network functions; which is the primary communications protocol utilized in the 6.0/Torqshift powertrain.

http://www.algonet.se/~staffann/developer/CAN.htm
http://www.parallax.com/dl/docs/prod...k%20work?'

Just thought I would share.

Jan 17, 2006 | 06:44 AM

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Those are some good links - I shall put them in the tech folder.

Jan 17, 2006 | 06:48 AM

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Beat you too it...hehe

Jan 17, 2006 | 11:21 AM

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Yeah Matt, great post.

Would be really great if I knew what the ding, dang, heck...it was talking about in the first place

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So much for shade tree mechanics.

Jan 17, 2006 | 06:36 PM

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What a coincident, a long haul Digital Microwave system that I put in in '01 had numerous problems once we commissioned it. It also had an imbedded CAN system. The problem was with the Mot... chip. We had to have a couple of flashes to correct.

Thought you all would find that interesting.

Sep 15, 2024 | 08:35 AM

txsam556

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links dead ??

Sep 15, 2024 | 12:04 PM

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It was 18 years ago....

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@txsam556 , I too come from the future! Using our futuristic Wayback Machine, here are the documents you seek:
https://web.archive.org/web/20060115...eloper/CAN.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20060315...anTechOvew.pdf

p.s - Tell your kids to never post anything stupid or incriminating on the interwebs. It never goes away.