Try To Use Can Communication; What Is Can; Figure 5-1 Example Of On-Board Can Application - Fujitsu FR Family FR60 Lite User Manual

5 Try to use CAN communication

Communication is to send/receive information. There are various types of communication such as
utterance/hearing of spoken words, writing/reading of written letters, and electrical transmission of
information.
Among them, there are various standards for communication based on electrical transmission. This
chapter describes a communication standard called CAN.
CAN is a global standard of the ISO (International Organization for Standardization).

What is CAN?

5.1
CAN stands for Controller Area Network, which is an on-board LAN specification proposed by Bosch in
Germany. It is the most popular on-board control LAN and used in various parts of a vehicle as shown in

"Figure 5-1 Example of on-board CAN application".

It is now also used not only in vehicles but also in many industries.
Air conditioner
Door
Door
Light
Engine
Fuel
Instrument panel
Power steering
Door
Door
Figure 5-1 Example of on-board CAN application
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CAN application
CAN bus