New Guide to Controller Area Network (CAN) Technology
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January 6, 2006 - A Comprehensible Guide to Controller Area Network, by Wilfred Voss, has recently been published by Copperhill Technologies Corporation, Amherst, MA. This book is the most thoroughly researched and most complete work on Controller Area Network (CAN) technology available today.
CAN, a serial network technology that was originally designed for the automotive industry, is now a popular bus in industrial automation and other applications. The CAN bus is used primarily in embedded systems, and is a network technology that offers fast communication among microcontrollers up to real-time requirements. It eliminates the need for the much more expensive and complex technology of a dual-ported RAM.
Besides an overview of CAN, its main characteristics and the benefits of using CAN, the book delves into technical subjects such as the detailed architecture of message frames; the message broadcasting mechanism in a CAN network; the bus arbitration principle as it applies to a CAN network; data transfer synchronization mechanisms between nodes; error detection and fault containment; the CAN bus medium, topology, level, connections and length considerations; and higher layer protocols and why they are necessary.
Wilfred Voss is president of esd electronics, Inc. of Greenfield, Mass, a firm specializing in CAN technology. He has worked in the CAN industry since 1997 and has conducted numerous seminars on CAN and CANopen at RTECC (Real Time Embedded and Computing Conferences) and ISA (Instrument Society of America) meetings throughout the U.S. and Canada.
A Comprehensible Guide to Controller Area Network is available for $20 plus shipping and handling. To order the book, or for more information, please contact esd electronics, Inc., 525 Bernardston Road, Suite 1, Greenfield, MA 01301, phone 413-772-3170, fax 413-772-3171, e-mail us-sales@esd-electronics.com, or go directly to Copperhill Technology's website, copperhilltech.com/BuytheCANbook.html.
For more information, contact:
Mr. Wilfred Voss
esd electronics, Inc.
413-772-3170, x 201
