This course is about Automotive Communication Protocol - CAN Bus.

Controller Area Network or CAN Protocol is covered in great detail, starting from the story and background, then moving to the early protocols that existed before CAN, limitations of those early pre-CAN protocols, demands of automotive domain and eventual invention of CANBus.

Fundamental concepts of CAN like arbitration, broadcast mechanism, differential bus concept, noise cancellation, termination resistor, frame format & types etc are all discussed with thorough analysis.

We also cover challenges of working with CAN networks for CAN professionals, need for higher layer protocols for CAN and also overview of J1939, ARINC 825 Protocols.

Here both theory and practical parts are covered in depth.

The practical part is covered with the help of - CANProtocol Self Learning Kit- Which consists of CAN Bus Analyzer, Configurable CAN Nodes and applicable software.

I have conceptualized and developed this Kit for this specific purpose of providing a cost effective hands on learning platform for students and professionals.