CANduino v3 is the third revision of MassiveButDynamic’s CAN bus board with Arduino Nano form factor based on Microchip ATmega168PA 8-bit AVR microcontroller, Microchip MCP2515 CAN controller with an SPI interface, and Microchip MCP2551 CAN transceiver suitable for 12V and 24V systems.
The CANDuino v3 board is now slightly narrower in order to give access to two rows on each side when installed on a breadboard, comes with a USB Type-C port to reduce the number of cables needed, and the CAN bus function can be deactivated via a jumper in order to use the CANduino as a normal Arduino Nano.
CANDuino v3 specifications:
- MCU – Microchip ATmega168PA 8-bit AVR microcontroller @ up to 16 MHz with 16KB flash, 512 bytes EEPROM, 1 KB SRAM
- CAN Bus
- CAN L/H header and CAN bus termination
- Microchip MCP2515 CAN controller connected to the AVR microcontroller over SPI. Supports CAN V2.0B at 1 Mbps
- Microchip MCP2551 CAN transceiver compiant with the ISO-11898 standard, supporting 12V and 24V systems, and speeds of up to 1 Mbps.
- CAN controller power switch (jumper to deactivate the CAN bus)
- USB – USB Type-C port for power and programming (via CH340G USB to TTL chip)
- Expansion – Arduino Nano headers with 8x analog inputs, SPI, UART, up to 13x GPIOs, Reset, +5V, ARef, VIN, +3.3V, GND
- Debugging – 8-pin ISP header
- Misc – Reset button
- Power Supply – 5V via USB-C power, or VIN pin
- Dimensions – Arduino Nano form factor (about 43 x 18 mm)
The board is programmable in the Arduino IDE using the following board manager URL: https://mcudude.github.io/MiniCore/package_MCUdude_MiniCore_index.json. If you prefer having terminal blocks to connect the CAN Bus and I/Os there’s also a breakout board that does just that.
Both CANDuino v3 and the breakout board were designed in EasyEDA, and you’ll find the PDF schematics, JSON files for EasyEDA, Gerber files, and BoM on Github.
The Arduino Nano compatible CAN bus board is sold on Tindie for $39.99, and the optional breakout board adds $11.95.
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