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CHAPTER 21 CAN CONTROLLER
21.1 Features of CAN Controller
The CAN (Controller Area Network) is the standard protocol for serial communication
between automobile controllers and is widely used in industrial applications.
■ Features of CAN Controller
• Conforms to CAN Specification Version 2.0 Part A and B
Supports transmission/reception in standard frame and extended frame formats
• Supports transmitting of data frames by receiving remote frames
• 16 transmitting/receiving message buffers
- 29-bit ID and 8 bytes data
- Multi-level message buffer configuration
• Supports full-bit comparison, full-bit mask and partial bit mask filtering
Two acceptance mask registers in either standard frame format or extended frame formats
• Bit rate programmable from 10 Kbps to 1 Mbps (Minimum 8 MHz machine clock is required at using 1
Mbps.)