Example Summary

This example demonstrates using the CAN driver to communicate with another SimpleLink™ device. To run this example successfully, another SimpleLink™ device running the canResponder example is required.

Peripherals & Pin Assignments

When this project is built, the SysConfig tool will generate the TI-Driver configurations into the ti_drivers_config.c and ti_drivers_config.h files. Information on pins and resources used is present in both generated files. Additionally, the System Configuration file (*.syscfg) present in the project may be opened with SysConfig’s graphical user interface to determine pins and resources used.

BoosterPacks, Board Resources & Jumper Settings

This example requires two LaunchPads with an integrated CAN controller and two external CAN transceiver boards to communicate on the CAN bus.

The transceiver should be connected to the LaunchPad as follows:

LaunchPad Pin	CAN Transceiver Pin
BP.31 (DIO18)	RXD
BP.32 (DIO17)	TXD

Initialization and configuration of the CAN transceiver is not handled by this example and must be performed independently.

Before running the example, the CANL and CANH bus signals should be connected between the canInitiator and canResponder transceivers with the appropriate CAN bus termination.

For board specific jumper settings, resources and BoosterPack modifications, refer to the Board.html file.

If you’re using an IDE such as Code Composer Studio (CCS) or IAR, please refer to Board.html in your project directory for resources used and board-specific jumper settings.

The Board.html can also be found in your SDK installation:

<SDK_INSTALL_DIR>/source/ti/boards/<BOARD>

Example Usage

• Open a serial session (e.g. PuTTY, etc.) to the appropriate COM port.
  • The COM port can be determined via Device Manager in Windows or via ls /dev/tty* in Linux.

The connection should have the following settings:

    Baud-rate:  115200
    Data bits:       8
    Stop bits:       1
    Parity:       None
    Flow Control: None

• Run the example. CONFIG_GPIO_LED_0 turns ON to indicate driver initialization is complete.

• Once both the canInitator and canResponder examples are running, CAN messages can be exchanged. From the canInitator, press either BTN-1 or BTN-2 to transmit a CAN message. CONFIG_GPIO_LED_1 turns ON when the button is pressed.

  LaunchPad Button	CAN Message Type
  BTN-1	CAN FD with BRS
  BTN-2	Classic CAN

• The canInitiator will then wait for the canResponder to reply with the same message with the ID and data bits flipped. CONFIG_GPIO_LED_1 turns OFF after the CAN message is received from the responder.

• The target will print the received CAN message details to the UART.

Sample UART output after pressing BTN-1 on the LaunchPad:

    CAN Initiator ready. Waiting for button press...

    > Tx Finished. Cnt = 1

    RxMsg Cnt: 1, RxEvt Cnt: 1
    Msg ID: 0xdcba987
    TS: 0x420f
    CAN FD: 1
    DLC: 15
    BRS: 1
    ESI: 0
    Data[64]: FF FE FD FC FB FA F9 F8 F7 F6 F5 F4 F3 F2 F1 F0 EF EE ED EC EB EA
    E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 E2 E1 E0 DF DE DD DC DB DA D9 D8 D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1
    D0 CF CE CD CC CB CA C9 C8 C7 C6 C5 C4 C3 C2 C1 C0

    => PASS: Received message matches expected.

Sample UART output after pressing BTN-2 on the LaunchPad:

    > Tx Finished. Cnt = 2

    RxMsg Cnt: 2, RxEvt Cnt: 2
    Msg ID: 0x255
    TS: 0x96f5
    CAN FD: 0
    DLC: 8
    BRS: 0
    ESI: 0
    Data[8]: FF FE FD FC FB FA F9 F8

    => PASS: Received message matches expected.

Application Design Details

FreeRTOS:

• Please view the FreeRTOSConfig.h header file for example configuration information.