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Mastering CAN, CAN-FD, CAN TP & UDS Auto Comms & Diagnostics
Rating: 4.4 out of 5(53 ratings)
332 students
Created byTechy chariots
Last updated 6/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • Understand how CAN and CAN FD work, including frame formats, bit timing, arbitration, and error handling for reliable in-vehicle communication.
  • Learn how CAN TP enables multi-frame communication over CAN using flow control, sequence numbers, and efficient data transfer mechanisms.
  • Explore UDS diagnostics over CAN, including ECU sessions, reading data, DTC handling, and interpreting negative responses accurately.
  • Analyze CAN log files to trace communication, detect errors, and validate diagnostic interactions in real automotive networks.

Course content

9 sections51 lectures3h 32m total length
  • Course introduction3:54
  • Introduction to communication protocl2:33
  • Overview of automotive communication protocols2:04
  • Challenges of automotive comm protocols2:05
  • Future trends in automotive communication2:33

    Explore future automotive networking trends, including V2X communication, 5G, and Automotive Ethernet, and how real-time data from sensors enables autonomous driving and safer roadways.

Requirements

  • Basic knowledge of Digital electronics

Description

Are you looking to build a solid understanding of in-vehicle communication protocols used in modern automotive systems? This course, "Mastering CAN, CAN-FD, CAN TP & UDS Auto Comms & Diagnostics", is designed to give you a complete, hands-on understanding of the core communication technologies that power automotive diagnostics, ECUs, and real-time data exchange.


You’ll begin by learning the foundational CAN (Controller Area Network) protocol – its frame structure, error handling, bus topology, and timing concepts. Then, we’ll dive deeper into CAN FD (Flexible Data Rate) to explore how it improves performance by enabling faster and more flexible communication.


Next, you’ll explore the CAN Transport Protocol (CAN-TP) to understand how large diagnostic messages are segmented and reassembled. You’ll learn how flow control, sequence numbering, and timing mechanisms work behind the scenes in real-world diagnostics and flashing operations.


Finally, we’ll unlock UDS (Unified Diagnostic Services) – the most widely used diagnostic protocol in modern vehicles. You’ll master key UDS services like ECU Reset, Tester Present, Security Access, and how diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) are managed.


This course is perfect for embedded developers, automotive engineers, diagnostics tool developers, or anyone eager to understand the inner workings of vehicle communication systems.


No hardware is required — we’ll use simulation tools and step-by-step explanations to help you visualize each concept.

Coupon code: F92A0968E1E93A597353

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone with interest