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TCAN4550-Q1: SPI Master to CAN transceiver in one IC

Part Number: TCAN4550-Q1

Is there a similar IC to the TCAN4550-Q1 available which functions as a SPI master <-> CAN transceiver instead of a SPI slave <-> CAN transceiver?  We want to read an SPI slave device and send data to a remote controller via CAN bus.

  • Hi Joseph,

    No, I don't know of any device like this.  It would be pretty application-specific since it would need to be designed around the target slave device and its associated data (and map that appropriately into CAN frames and decide when to send data and at what rate).  In lieu of something like this, you may be best off either finding an MCU with CAN support or pairing TCAN4550-Q1 with a simple MCU capable of acting as a SPI host.

    Regards,
    Max