On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Olin Lathrop <olin_piclist@embedinc.com> wr=
ote:
> RS-485 is a separate electrical spec that has nothing to do with CAN.
> However, CAN usually uses differential signaling just like RS-485, so the
> same twisted pair of wires will usually work for either. =A0One pair of a=
 CAT5
> cable will work fine for CAN, but you have to terminate the two ends.

I don't understand what you mean by "terminate" the two ends. I tried
to google for it, but searching for phrases involving "CAN" are
difficult.

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