can-bus

Robust and easy to implement serial bus (automotive application)

What serial communication bus would you use in a automotive embedded system if your main selection criteria were: * Electrically robust * Slow speed (32 kb/s) * Easy to program * Easy to interface with microcontrollers It won't be transferring much data, but it will need to be transferred periodically at high speed (100 - 500 Hz). I f...

Talking to a motor driver through a CAN-BUS

I have a motor, connected to a motor driver, connected a windows XP computer by a CAN-BUS (through USB I believe). I want to "talk" to the motor driver and have some questions: Does the USB appear as a COM port? What protocol do I use or how do I find out what protocol to use? Or how do I talk to it? Does anyone ha...

Talking to a motor driver through USB

I have a motor, connected to a motor driver, connected a windows XP computer by a CAN-BUS (throught USB). I want to "talk" to the motor driver and have some questions: Does the USB appear as a COM port? What protocol do I use or how do I find out what protocol to use? Does anyone have or know of any public implementations of a similar...