External CAN controller provides CAN FD upgrade path
CAN FD offers many benefits over traditional CAN 2.0 including faster data rates and data byte message expansion. Since the adoption and transition to CAN FD is at an early stage, there is a limited number of CAN FD MCUs available today. MCP2517FD allows system designers to enable CAN FD functionality by adding only one external component while continuing to utilise the majority of their design. It also adds additional CAN FD channels, on top of those that may be available on an MCU.
The MCP251XFD CAN FD Motherboard (Part #ADM00576), together with the MCP2517FD Click Board (Part #MIKROE-2379), provides a simple, low-cost evaluation board for implementing a CAN FD design. In addition, a firmware API written in C is available for rapid application development.
The MCP2517FD-H/SL (14-lead SOIC package) is priced at $1.60 (10,000) and the MCP2517FD-H/JHA (14-lead VQFN package with wettable flanks) at $1.66 (10,000).
Microchip; www.microchip.com/MCP2517FD
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