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ABC of electronics terms

Networks

CAN

Controller Area Network

It's also sometimes refered to as CANbus. It's a layer 2 network.

See the magazine Circuit Cellar Ink of May and June 1995.

A very good coverage of theory and hardware applications.

local	the CAN chips on this site
www.can-cia.de/	The CiA (CAN in Automation) workgroup is THE standardisation group for CAN network protocols, network layouts, physical interfaces, etc. It has diffent workgroups working on different subjects.
www.can-cia.org/	User organization
www.canbus.us/	Dedicated to North American CAN users and developers
www.candip.com/candip-505.htm	modules
www.esacademy.com/automation/docs/canintro/	explaining CAN
www.esacademy.com/automation/net.htm#CAN	At ES Academy
www.esacademy.com/faq/docs/canopen/	Article: Embedded Networking with CANopen
www.esacademy.com/faq/progs/can.htm	examples
www.esacademy.com/myacademy/classdescription.php?classid=14	Online training: Introduction to CAN
www.keil.com/can/	examples
www.kvaser.se/can/protocol/	explaining CAN
www.microcontroller.com/Learn-Embedded/CAN1_sie/CAN1big.htm	online training
www.mjschofield.com/canworks.htm	explaining CAN
www.mjschofield.com/	other pages with links
www.phytec.com/canprod.html	modules
www.tno.nl/m3s/	M3S is a project based on the CAN bus
groups.yahoo.com/group/canbus/	Egroup (mailing list) at Yahoo

CANopen

local	the CAN chips on this site
www.canopen.us/	Dedicated to North American CANopen users and developers
www.canopenia.com/	CAN Open modules and chips
www.canopen.org/canopen/	Official, international CANopen web page by CiA
www.canopen.org/	User organization
www.canopen.us/applications.htm	CANopen Application Examples (formerly www.embeddedlinks.com/canopen/)
www.canopen.us/companies.htm	Listing of US Companies offering CANopen products and services
www.canopen.us/faq/	Frequently Asked Questions on CANopen
www.canopen.us/	US CANopen web page maintained by Tutors of ESAcademy, with lots of additional information
www.ccontrols.com/pdf/CANopen%20Engine.pdf	CAN Open modules and chips
www.embeddedlinks.com/canopen/	CAN Open Application Examples
www.esacademy.com/faq/docs/canopen/	article
www.esacademy.com/myacademy/classes/descriptions/canopen.htm	Online training
www.esacademy.com/software/pcanopenmagic/	Free, easy to use software for accessing and controlling CANopen network nodes
www.microcanopen.com/	Minimal CANopen implementation
www.phytec.com/canopenslio.html	CAN Open modules and chips

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