Controller area network (CAN) is a proven, robust communication protocol for networks requiring high reliability, low cost of entry, and sufficient bandwidth for embedded controller applications. A defacto standard in automotive and aftermarket applications, CAN has been also adopted in other applications from factory automation, to environmental monitoring systems, building automation, personal electric vehicles, mobile medication dispensing carts, robotics, and more.
Many LPC microcontroller families incorporate a complete on-chip CAN solution suitable for many types of embedded systems. Key features include:
(Select MCU family for more information)
[1] Mailboxes allow each object to be configured as transmit or receive (Bosch C_CAN)
[2] RX/TX buffers provide message reception and transmission handling (Bosch B_CAN)
