I am a student at Western Washington University and I could use some guidance....
For my senior project I wish to communicate between two or three boards using CAN protocol. One board will receive user input and place that information on the CAN bus. While one or two boards will interpret that information and react accordingly. This is an over simplification of my project, but the foundation which I am running into issues with.
Background:
I have been playing with the Stellaris LM4F120XL LaunchPad for the last few weeks. I have familiarization myself with CCS and some of the many features of this board. I realize that unlike the EK_M3S2965, this board is not a "Fully operational CAN Network-in-a-box". It does say that the launchPad can "Gluelessly attaches to an external CAN transceiver through the CANnTX and CANnRX signals".
My question:
If I can get free samples of the SN65HVDA542-5-Q1 (a CAN Transceiver) will I be able to achieve the same functionality as the EK_M3S2965 for a fraction of the price? I assume this has been done, is there any examples or material that I should be looking into?
I have only been programming off and on for three years, so please feel free to point out any obvious misunderstandings.
Thank you,
Jordan Mosher