CAN-FD SHIELD

CAN-BUS is a common industrial bus because of its long travel distance, medium communication speed and high reliability. It is commonly found on modern machine tools, such as an automotive diagnostic bus.

This CAN-FD Shield adopts MCP2517 CAN Bus controller with SPI interface and MCP2542 CAN transceiver to give your Arduino CAN-BUS(CAN-FD) capability. With an OBD-II converter cable added on and the OBD-II library imported, you are ready to build an onboard diagnostic device or data logger.

Note

For transportation considerations, the plug-in components of the kit are not soldered by default. After you receive the kit, you need to do some soldering work. If necessary, you can also contact info@longan-labs.cc after purchasing the board, then we can send it to you after the board is soldered well.

CAN BUS PRODUCTS LIST OF LONGAN LABS¶

We have made a lot of can bus products, you can get more information through the following list, so as to choose a product suitable for you.

PRODUCT NAME	LINK	PRICE	MCU	CHIP	PROTOCOL
Serial CAN Bus Module	LINK	$19.9	ATMEGA168PA	MCP2515	CAN2.0
I2C CAN Bus Module	LINK	$19.9	ATMEGA168PA	MCP2515	CAN2.0
OBD-II Serial CAN Bus Dev Kit	LINK	$20.9	ATMEGA168PA	MCP2515	CAN2.0
OBD-II CAN Bus GPS Dev Kit	LINK	$29.9	ATMEGA32U4	MCP2515	CAN2.0
OBD-II CAN Bus Basic Dev Kit	LINK	$24.9	ATMEGA32U4	MCP2515	CAN2.0
CAN-FD Shield	LINK	$19.9	NO MCU	MCP2517FD	CAN-FD
CAN Bus Shield	LINK	$9.9	NO MCU	MCP2515	CAN2.0
CANBed	LINK	$24.9	ATMEGA32U4	MCP2515	CAN2.0
CANBed-FD	LINK	$29.9	ATMEGA32U4	MCP2517FD	CAN-FD
CANBed M4	LINK	$49.9	ATSAME51	-	CAN-FD
OBD-II RF Dev Kit	LINK	$19.9	ATmega168PA	MCP2515	CAN2.0

Note

The above price may not be the latest price, please refer to the price on the product page.

Features¶

Work at CAN-FD and CAN 2.0
Industrial standard 9 pin sub-D connector
OBD-II and CAN standard pinout selectable.
Changeable chip select pin
Changeable CS pin for TF card slot
Changeable INT pin
Arduino Uno pin headers
2 Grove connectors (I2C and A0/A1)
SPI Interface up to 10 MHz

Note

CAN-FD Shield Work well with Arduino UNO (ATmega328), Arduino Mega (ATmega1280/2560) as well as Arduino Leonardo (ATmega32U4).

Hardware Overview¶

DB9 Interface - to connect to OBDII Interface via a DBG-OBD Cable.
V_OBD - It gets power from OBDII Interface (from DB9)
Led Indicator:
- PWR: power
- TX: blink when the data is sending
- RX: blink when there's data receiving
- INT: data interrupt
Terminal - CAN_H and CAN_L
Arduino UNO R3 pin out
A0/A1 Grove connector
I2C Grove connector
ICSP pins
IC - MCP2542FD, a high-speed CAN-FD transceiver (datasheet)
IC - MCP2517FD, stand-alone CAN controller with SPI interface (datasheet)
SD card slot
120Ω terminal resistor switch

DB9 connector¶

The DB9 interface of CAN Bus has two different protocols, OBD and CAN Open. Their definition is as follows,

pin#	OBD(default)	CAN OPEN
1	GND	N.C
2	GND	CAN_L
3	CANH	GND
4	N.C	N.C
5	CANL	GND
6	N.C	N.C
7	N.C	CAN_H
8	N.C	N.C
9	CAN_V+	CAN_V+

If you want to use the OBD protocol, you don't need to make any changes to the hardware.

If you need to use the CAN Open protocol, first we look at the back side of the PCB board, you can see the Pads below,

Note

The picture shows another board, but it doesn't matter, the operation method is the same.

These pads are connected to the OBD side by default. We have to prepare a knife to disconnect the OBD side, and then use an electric soldering iron to solder the CAN Open side of the pads.

Pin map¶

Note

The FREE pin is available for the other usages.

Dimensions

Getting Started¶

Here's a simple example to show you how CAN-BUS Shield works. In this example we need 2 pieces of CAN-BUS Shields as well as Longan Core 01.

Note

This example is built under Arduino IDE version 1.8.10.

STEP1: What do we need

Name	Function	Qty	Link
CAN-FD Shield	CAN Bus communication	2	GET ONE NOW
Longan Core 01	Controller	2	GET ONE NOW

STEP2: Hardware Connection

Insert each CAN-BUS Shield into Longan Core 01, and connect the 2 CAN-BUS Shield together via 2 jumper wires. Shown as below images.

Note

CAN_H to CAN_H, CAN_L to CAN_L

STEP3: Software

Please follow how to install an arduino library procedures to install CAN BUS shield library.

Click CAN-FD Library for Arduino to download the library.

Install the library to your Arduino IDE when it is downloaded.

One of the node (a node means Longan Core 01 + CAN_BUS Shield) acts as master, the other acts as slaver. The master will send data to slaver constantly.

Note

Each node can act as master before the code being uploaded.

Open the CANFD_Send example (File > Examples > Longan_CANFD > CANFD_Send) and upload to the master.

Open the CANFD_RECV_INT example (File > Examples > Longan_CANFD > CANFD_RECV_INT) and upload to the slaver.

STEP4: View Result

Open the Serial Monitor of Arduino IDE(slaver), you will get the data sent from the master.

Get data from a Vehicle¶

We can use CANFD Shield to get data from a vehicle, we take the vehicle speed for an example here.

You can use our products to read data from cars. Here we provide a simple example by which you can read the speed and revs from a car. This is the OBD-based PIDs protocol. Regarding the deeper technology of OBD, we can't provide support at present. You may need to have some understanding of the car's protocol. After all, we are more of a hardware supplier.

The interface of OBD is as follows,

There're 4 pins we need to connect.

OBD Pin	CANFD Shield
5. Signal Ground	GND
6. CAN(J-2234) High	CANH
14. CAN(J-2234) Low	CANL
16. Battery Power	VIN

You can also use our OBD-II to DB9 Cable, which is very convenient to connect to OBD.

Upload the following code to the development board, then open the serial monitor, you get the speed from the car now.

#include <SPI.h>
#include "mcp2518fd_can.h"

// pin for CAN-FD Shield
const int SPI_CS_PIN = 9;
const int CAN_INT_PIN = 2;

// pin for CANBed FD
//const int SPI_CS_PIN = 17;
//const int CAN_INT_PIN = 7;

mcp2518fd CAN(SPI_CS_PIN); // Set CS pin

#define PID_ENGIN_PRM       0x0C
#define PID_VEHICLE_SPEED   0x0D
#define PID_COOLANT_TEMP    0x05

#define CAN_ID_PID          0x7DF

unsigned char PID_INPUT;
unsigned char getPid    = 0;

void set_mask_filt() {
    CAN.init_Filt_Mask(0, 0, 0x7E8, 0x7FC);
}

void sendPid(unsigned char __pid) {
    unsigned char tmp[8] = {0x02, 0x01, __pid, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
    CAN.sendMsgBuf(CAN_ID_PID, 0, 8, tmp);
}

bool getSpeed(int *s)
{
    sendPid(PID_VEHICLE_SPEED);
    unsigned long __timeout = millis();

    while(millis()-__timeout < 1000)      // 1s time out
    {
        unsigned char len = 0;
        unsigned char buf[8];

        if (CAN_MSGAVAIL == CAN.checkReceive()) {                // check if get data
            CAN.readMsgBuf(&len, buf);    // read data,  len: data length, buf: data buf

            if(buf[1] == 0x41)
            {
                *s = buf[3];
                return 1;
            }
        }
    }

    return 0;
}

void setup() {
    Serial.begin(115200);
    while(!Serial);

    while (CAN_OK != CAN.begin(CANFD_500KBPS)) {             // init can bus : baudrate = 500k
        Serial.println("CAN init fail, retry...");
        delay(100);
    }
    Serial.println("CAN init ok!");
    set_mask_filt();
}

void loop() {

    int __speed = 0;
    int ret = getSpeed(&__speed);
    if(ret)
    {
        Serial.print("Vehicle Speed: ");
        Serial.print(__speed);
        Serial.println(" kmh");
    }
    delay(500);
}

// END FILE

If you want to get other data by PIDs, you can refer to the above example, and refer to this link

FAQ¶

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CAN-FD SHIELD

CAN BUS PRODUCTS LIST OF LONGAN LABS¶

Features¶

Hardware Overview¶

DB9 connector¶

Pin map¶

Getting Started¶

Get data from a Vehicle¶

FAQ¶

Schematic Online Viewer¶

Resources¶