I'm converting a classic Mini to electric and as a way to save a few thousand bucks, I'm hoping to build a box that can adapt the Nissan Leaf parts to a "normal" system of 12v switches. Specifically ...

Since its emergence in the late 1980s as a burgeoning serial-data protocol for the automotive market, the controller area network (CAN) bus has been the go-to networking standard for vehicles ...

First off, let's establish the basics of how a CAN-Bus network operates. What CAN-Bus does is turn analog, switched voltage signals and sweeps into digital code. Let's take the speedometer, for ...

Today's passenger vehicles can utilize about 70 onboard computers (ECUs, actuators, and so forth). So let's consider this group an extended family, and just like any family, communication means a lot.

Why the CAN bus technology has lasted nearly 40 years. Why evolving requirements of automotive electronics are outstripping CAN’s capabilities. How automotive Ethernet was developed to support the ...