CAN Controller (MCP2515) - VTAstrobotics/Documentation GitHub Wiki


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Prerequisites

To understand the content in this page, you should know

  • CAN Overview

Pinout

The pinout for the standalone MCP2515 Can controller is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15g4ckPgvybDOT7JvcMFHstUzHLNLbC9C/view?usp=sharing

The model is also manufactured in a CAN BUS module, which contains both the CAN controller and the CAN transceiver on a single device. Here is a graphic for the module: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QW2-qUw1hqJ49Gi0WRMyxUurAjkPLBpL/view?usp=sharing

Example Arduino sketch: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c7R2yeWNLHg-uY0JV8uYLcs4-znU-HZY/view?usp=sharing

Github for the programming the module: github.com/autowp/arduino-mcp2515

The module uses SPI interfacing