This book details the use of the Arduino Uno and the Raspberry Pi 4 in practical CAN bus based
projects. Using either the Arduino Uno or the Raspberry Pi with off-the-shelf CAN bus interface
modules considerably ease developing debugging and testing CAN bus based projects. This book
is written for students practicing engineers enthusiasts and for everyone else wanting to
learn more about the CAN bus and its applications. The book assumes that the reader has some
knowledge of basic electronics. Knowledge of the C and Python programming languages and
programming the Arduino Uno using its IDE and Raspberry Pi will be useful especially if the
reader intends to develop microcontroller-based projects using the CAN bus. The book should be
a useful source of reference material for anyone interested in finding answers to questions
such as: What bus systems are available for the automotive industry? What are the principles of
the CAN bus? How can I create a physical CAN bus? What types of frames (or data packets) are
available in a CAN bus system? How can errors be detected in a CAN bus system and how
dependable is a CAN bus system? What types of CAN bus controllers exist? How do I use the
MCP2515 CAN bus controller? How do I create 2-node Arduino Uno-based CAN bus projects? How do I
create 3-node Arduino Uno-based CAN bus projects? How do I set the acceptance masks and
acceptance filters? How do I analyze data on the CAN bus? How do I create 2-node Raspberry
Pi-based CAN bus projects? How do I create 3-node Raspberry Pi-based CAN bus projects? The full
program listings of all the projects discussed in the book may be downloaded free of charge
from the Elektor website www.elektor.com 20405.
