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	Controller Area Network (CAN)

Controller Area Network (CAN)

Formal	A Controller Area Network (CAN) is a robust vehicle bus standard designed to allow microcontrollers and devices to communicate with each others' applications without a host computer. Read More
Practical	ECUs can be subsystems such as airbags, transmission, antilock brakes, or most importantly, engine control. The standard consists of ISO 11898-1 and ISO 11898-2. Read More
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Formal

A Controller Area Network (CAN) is a robust vehicle bus standard designed to allow microcontrollers and devices to communicate with each others' applications without a host computer.

Practical

ECUs can be subsystems such as airbags, transmission, antilock brakes, or most importantly, engine control. The standard consists of ISO 11898-1 and ISO 11898-2.

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Controller Area Network (CAN)