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Is there any IC available to convert sensor signal to CAN signal?

Chirag Gupta
Prodigy 10 points
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: TCAN4550-Q1, TCAN1042-Q1

I am working on a project where I need to convert my sensor signal into CAN signal, what is the simplest way to do this ?, Is there any IC available which will help me or there is compulsory a need of MCU for doing that ?
Thanks in Advance :D

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    TI__Guru 62920 points

    Hi Chirag,

    I don't believe you will find a solution that would directly convert a sensor signal into a CAN interface.  You would need some kind of intelligent device (MCU, etc.) that could decide things like how often to send data, with what identifier/priority level, how to represent the sensor data within the CAN frame formatting, etc.  So, for something like this the most straightforward approaches would seem to involve interfacing the sensor to an MCU.  Then, if the MCU supported the CAN protocol you could pair it with a transceiver device like TCAN1042-Q1.  If the MCU did not have CAN support you could connect it via SPI to a CAN controller device like TCAN4550-Q1 (which integrates a CAN/CAN-FD controller as well as a transceiver, LDO, and watchdog).

    Regards,
    Max