Difference between revisions of "CAN Protocol"

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CAN Communication

Baud-Rate

The CAN communication baud-rate is 1Mbps.

Non-Periodic Communication

Messages can be sent to initialize or stop CAN communication.

Periodic Communication

The Allegro Hand control software attempts to communicate with the real or simulated hand at a regular control interval. Every 3 milliseconds the joint torques are calculated and the joint angles are updated.

CAN Frames

Standard CAN Packet

The standard CAN packet used for communication contains 8 bytes.

typedef struct{ 
	unsigned char STD_EXT; 
	unsigned long msg_id;		//message identifier 
	unsigned char data_length;	// 
	char           data[8];		// data array 
} can_msg;

ID (Message Identifier)

The 4 byte integer CAN message is split into the command ID (26 bits), destination ID (3bits) and source ID (3 bits).

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Command Identifiers

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Source and Destination Identifiers

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Case-study: Softing CAN

In this chapter, sample code demonstrating the implementation of the CAN communication interface is provide. This is the foundation for Softing PCI CAN.

Opening the CAN Communication Channel

CAN Initialization

Starting Periodic CAN Communication

Stopping Periodic CAN Communication

Transmitting Control Torques

Receiving Joint Angles