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CAN bus accidentally swapped TX and RX is it possible to solve (in firmware) without board rework

I am interfacing an isolated can transceiver with my microcontroller. My schematic is given below. Accidently TXD is connected to RXD of microcontroller and RXD is connected to TXD of the ...
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CAN bus transceiver as I2C differential driver is not working

I am trying to make a differential I2C bus signal that is compatible with SparkFun's QWIIC. OK: convert the standard I2C's SDA and SCL to TX/RX lines using P82B96D NOT WORKING: convert TX/RX to ...
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Is there an antenna problem with CAN Bus selectable split termination header pin?

I am trying to implement a jumper-selectable CAN Bus termination with a SPLIT configuration, as shown in this Analog Devices example: https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/user-...
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What can this CAN bus like protocol be?

I am currently probing what seems to me the CAN bus twisted pair of my car. But the signals are not what I expect. One of the pair is like a typical CAN HI signal, however the idle state is a 0V and a ...
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Why common-mode choke on differential-signal serial lines?

I have 2 questions: Why using a common-mode choke on serial communication lines (like CAN, RS485) if the signal is differential? Wouldn't the common-mode noise simply be cancelled in the receiver? I ...
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MCP2551 sending with 4V differential voltage

I'm working on a CAN Bus Module with ATMEGA328P, MCP2515 and MCP2551. In my test setup, I have the module connected to a Raspberry Pi with a CAN hat. The communication works in general - both nodes ...
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CAN Split Termination Capacitor Calculation

I'm trying to use the split termination on a CAN bus, but I'm a bit confused about the calculation for the split termination capacitor. It is described in Figure 10 in the Texas Instruments app note ...
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How does a CAN transceiver work?

CAN Transceiver Transmit Mode I try to understand the transmit functionality of a CAN transceiver. I found this post a good starting point, but it doesn't completely answer my question. Block ...
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PCB Routing of CANH and CANL

Continuation from an earlier question: Current Consumption of CANbus (CANH and CANL) I understand how to specify my power supply for multiple CAN transceivers but I am now wondering about the details ...
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Current Consumption of CANbus (CANH and CANL)

I'm looking to use the SN65HVD230 CAN transceiver but had a question about the current consumption. Datasheet: http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/sn65hvd230.pdf In table 8.3 Recommended Operating ...
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Questions about CAN

I'm trying to build a network of interactive LED matrices which will communicate to each other. Each node will be a circular PCB containing an 8x8 RGB LED matrix that is connected through a vertical ...
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Detect if a CAN node is transmitting or receiving

I am not an electrical engineer or EE student; I'm a diagnostic technician. AFAIK, a CAN transceiver receives bits by measuring voltage between the network and its ground/low reference (high ...
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Differential bus transmission

I am working at a project which requires an application which has some devices connected through a bus (RS-485 || CAN), I haven't decided yet.The problem is that some of this devices are hot pluggable ...
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