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6172 CAN micro controller module


6172 Node CAN bus bit rates

The Can In Automation (CiA) workgroup recommends the following speeds and sample moments for the CAN bus (assuming a CAN controller with a 16 MHz clock, one time quantum is 2 clock cycles):
 

Bit Rate

Bit Time

Time quanta per bit

Time quantum length tq

Location of sample point

1 Mbit/s

1 µs

8

125 ns

6 tq (750 ns)

800 kbits/s
(unused in 6172)

1.25 µs

10

125 ns

8 tq (1 µs)

500 kbit/s

2 µs

16

125 ns

14 tq (1.75 µs)

250 kbit/s

4 µs

16

250 ns

14 tq (3.5 µs)

125 kbit/s

8 µs

16

500 ns

14 tq (7 µs)

50 kbit/s

20 µs

16

1.25 µs

14 tq (17.5 µs)

20 kbit/s

50 µs

16

3.125 µs

14 tq (43.75 µs)

10 kbit/s

100 µs

16

6.25 µs

14 tq (87.5 µs)
 


The CAN controller in the 6172 (Motorola MCAN08) is clocked with 30 MHz (one time quantum is 2 clock cycles, 800 kbits/s cannot be implemented), this reverts to the following speeds and sample moments:

Bit Rate

Bit Time

Time quanta per bit

Time quantum length tq

Location of sample point

1 Mbit/s

1 µs

15

66.7 ns

11 tq (733 ns)

500 kbit/s

2 µs

15

133.3 ns

13 tq (1.73 µs)

250 kbit/s

4 µs

15

266.7 ns

13 tq (3.47 µs)

125 kbit/s

8 µs

15

533 ns

13 tq (6.93 µs)

50 kbit/s

20 µs

15

1.33 µs

13 tq (17.3 µs)

20 kbit/s

50 µs

15

3.33 µs

13 tq (43.3 µs)

10 kbit/s

100 µs

10

10 µs

8 tq (80 µs)