At 08:41 AM 02/11/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>I have decided that I want to learn about networking PIC's ( 18F258 or 
>18F458 depending my total IO needs) via a Computer Area Network (CAN).  
>I looked at the Microchip site and the app notes, but they are not meant 
>as introductory material.  A 'GOOGLE' search did not turn up anything 
>either.
>
>Does anyone know of a tutorial or introduction to CAN?  With a PIC would 
>be a bonus.  :)

Hi
Not explicitly tutorials, but I found these to contain reasonable intro
material. Unfortunately did not record all the URLs.


http://ams.cern.ch/AMS/Dataformats/node2.html


AN247 A CAN Bootloader for PIC18F CAN Microcontrollers


APPLICATION NOTE (Philips)
Determination of Bit Timing Parameters for the
CAN Controller SJA 1000
AN97046


Parallel or Serial CAN Connection Using External CAN
Standalone CAN Controllers with the Motorola
M68HC908 Embedded FLASH Microcontrollers
Designer Reference Manual


For a full technical introduction to Controller Area Networking, see
http://www.hitex.co.uk/can  
The full Softing CAN Products Catalogue can be found
here(http://www.hitex.co.uk/softing/IC_CA_01E.pdf) (1.9MB PDF)


Regards
Roland Jollivet

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