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18. CAN Bus

Warren Gay1  
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St. Catharines, ON, Canada
 

The development of the CAN bus (controller area network) began in 1983 at Robert Bosch GmbH as a way to standardize communications between components. Prior to this, automotive ECUs (engine control units) each had their own proprietary systems, which required a lot of point-to-point wiring. In 1986, Bosch released the developed CAN protocol at the SAE Congress (Society of Automotive Engineers) (www.csselectronics.com/screen/page/simple-intro-to-can-bus/language/en). In 1991, the CAN 2.0 protocol was published by ...

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