CAN

ZSOM-Control and ZSOM-Mini feature a CAN (Controller Area Network) interface.

The CAN interface is controllable from FPGA and RT code.

Basic CANopen functions are avialable as RT VIs.

The ZSOM-Control features a dedicated CANopen micro controller connected to the same CAN bus and via digital interface directly to the FPGA.

In the SDK you can find the following Examples that show the basic CAN functionality:

• ZSOM-Control_CAN.lvproj
  • * CAN_NXP_Firmwareupdate_RT_main.vi This Example flashes a binary file to the NXP Chip on ZSOM Control. This is needed for the other examples to run.
  • CANraw_example.vi This Example requests a temperature value from the NXP microcontroller that is on the ZSOM For this process CAN is used. Because the microcontroller operates according to the CANopen standard the sent commands are formated accordingly.
  • CANopen_example.vi This Example requests a temperature value from the NXP microcontroller that is on the ZSOM. For this process CANopen is used.