Controller Area Network(CAN)

Name: Controller Area Network(CAN)
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Automotive communication protocol CAN

Created byVenkatesh Mane, Reshma Mane

Last updated 1/2022

English

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What you'll learn

Gain in depth knowledge in CAN protocol

Course content

2 sections • 11 lectures • 1h 22m total length

Course and author introduction1:20
the lecture introduces the fundamentals of the controller area network, its invention, and its industry relevance, while the author shares 15 years of experience and enthusiasm for learning.
Need for ECU Communication3:26
Discover how the controller area network communication protocol enables ECU-to-ECU data exchange among brakes, steering, suspension, and airbags, guided by rules for efficient interdependent control.
Electronic control unit (ECU)4:15
Explore how an electronic control unit combines microcontrollers, external can controllers, sensors, and ASICs to enable CAN communication across vehicle subsystems, including the anti-lock braking system.
Challenges in ECU communication5:26
Explore how the CAN bus enables ECU communication, comparing wired versus wireless options, addressing noise, safety-critical data, and scalable protocols.

CAN communication protocol features4:54
CAN is a two-wire serial bus linking microcontrollers in a message-based, multi-master network with identifier-based messages and no addresses; no clock exists and speed decreases with longer bus length.
Outstanding Features of CAN protocol29:19
Explore the features of the can protocol, including multi-master bus access, priority-based arbitration with dominant and recessive bits, standard and extended frame formats, and robust data handling with acknowledgements.
Standard and Extended frame formats6:03
Compare the standard and extended CAN frame formats, noting that the standard uses a single dominant bit and an 11-bit identifier, while the extended format adds extra identifier bits.
Arbitration process8:14
Explains how the CAN bus arbitration resolves simultaneous transmissions among multiple masters using dominant and recessive bits, ensuring a non-destructive, priority-based win where lower-priority messages listen.
Error frame and overload frames11:45
Examine how the bus detects errors using error frames during arbitration, causing message abortion and node shutdown. Learn message-level crc and ack errors and bit-level stuffing and dominant bit rules.
Fault confinement in CAN communication2:33
Explain how CAN fault confinement uses error counters to handle transmission and decoding failures, isolating faulty nodes to preserve bus communication.
CAN node interfacing4:53
Learn how to interface a microcontroller with a CAN bus, understand CAN nodes and dominant bit signaling, and ISO-standard bus termination for reliable low and high-speed CAN.

Requirements

Basics of Automotive and electronics

Description

CAN protocol overview: Introduction to the CAN protocol, Overview of Reasons for the development of CAN Comparison of CAN with other serial communication protocols, ISO-OSI layers of CAN, CAN vehicle network Architecture, Features of CAN protocol, Frame formats of CAN
CAN physical layer: CAN nodes, CAN Bus voltage levels and node interfacing techniques, CAN bit timings and baud rate settings
CAN data link layer: CAN Bus arbitration, CAN Bus Fault Confinement

Who this course is for:

Anyone who like to have career in Automotive domain ( or who are currently working), validation engineers, test engineers, embedded programmers, with applications using CAN

Controller Area Network(CAN)

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Course content

Fundamentals of Controller Area Network4 lectures • 14min

CAN Protocol basics7 lectures • 1hr 8min

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