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Keep CAN communication secure with MAX14882 and MK64FN1M0VDC12

Enhance the reliability and performance of the CAN bus in challenging environments

CAN Isolator 3 Click with Clicker 2 for Kinetis

Published Dec 09, 2023

Click board™

CAN Isolator 3 Click

Dev Board

Clicker 2 for Kinetis

Compiler

NECTO Studio

MCU

MK64FN1M0VDC12

Provide protection from overvoltage transients between the CAN bus cable network and the systems connected to it

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Hardware Overview

How does it work?

CAN Isolator 3 Click is based on MAX14882, an isolated CAN transceiver with an integrated transformer driver from Analog Devices. Its features include a wide supply voltage range for the CAN controller interface (3V – 5V), field bus polarity control (POL), an integrated transformer driver for power transfer to the bus side, and an integrated LDO for powering the CAN bus side. The CAN bus controller exceeds the ISO 11898 specifications requirement of -2V to +7V with ±25V receiver input common-mode range. Additionally, the CANH and CANL IOs are fault tolerant up to ±54V and protected from electronic discharge (ESD) up to ±15KV to GNDB on the bus side. CAN

Isolator 3 Click is equipped with CAN and VISO terminals, where the VISO terminal can be a bus-side power input or an LDO power output terminal. If used as an LDO power output, you can count up to 5V of VDDB voltage on this terminal. You can select the input/output direction over the VISO DIR jumper, where the isolated voltage as output (OUT) is set by default. In this default configuration, the reinforced insulation module can supply to the VISO terminal 3.3V or 5V, depending on the selected voltage on the VCC SEL jumper, as the 3.3V is selected by default. CAN Isolator 3 Click uses a standard UART serial interface to communicate with the host MCU over

commonly used UART RX and TX pins. The RX and TX are also available on a separate header for testing purposes. The polarity of the CAN controller can be set over the POL pin with a LOW logic state for normal CANH and CANL operation and HIGH to swap the functions of the CANH and CANL. This Click board™ can operate with either 3.3V or 5V logic voltage levels selected via the VCC SEL jumper. This way, both 3.3V and 5V capable MCUs can use the communication lines properly. Also, this Click board™ comes equipped with a library containing easy-to-use functions and an example code that can be used as a reference for further development.

CAN Isolator 3 Click hardware overview image

Features overview

Development board

Clicker 2 for Kinetis is a compact starter development board that brings the flexibility of add-on Click boards™ to your favorite microcontroller, making it a perfect starter kit for implementing your ideas. It comes with an onboard 32-bit ARM Cortex-M4F microcontroller, the MK64FN1M0VDC12 from NXP Semiconductors, two mikroBUS™ sockets for Click board™ connectivity, a USB connector, LED indicators, buttons, a JTAG programmer connector, and two 26-pin headers for interfacing with external electronics. Its compact design with clear and easily recognizable silkscreen markings allows you to build gadgets with unique functionalities and

features quickly. Each part of the Clicker 2 for Kinetis development kit contains the components necessary for the most efficient operation of the same board. In addition to the possibility of choosing the Clicker 2 for Kinetis programming method, using a USB HID mikroBootloader or an external mikroProg connector for Kinetis programmer, the Clicker 2 board also includes a clean and regulated power supply module for the development kit. It provides two ways of board-powering; through the USB Micro-B cable, where onboard voltage regulators provide the appropriate voltage levels to each component on the board, or

using a Li-Polymer battery via an onboard battery connector. All communication methods that mikroBUS™ itself supports are on this board, including the well-established mikroBUS™ socket, reset button, and several user-configurable buttons and LED indicators. Clicker 2 for Kinetis is an integral part of the Mikroe ecosystem, allowing you to create a new application in minutes. Natively supported by Mikroe software tools, it covers many aspects of prototyping thanks to a considerable number of different Click boards™ (over a thousand boards), the number of which is growing every day.

Clicker 2 for Kinetis dimensions image

Microcontroller Overview

MCU Card / MCU

default

Architecture

ARM Cortex-M4

MCU Memory (KB)

1024

Silicon Vendor

NXP

Pin count

121

RAM (Bytes)

262144

Used MCU Pins

mikroBUS™ mapper

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AN
NC
NC
RST
NC
NC
CS
NC
NC
SCK
NC
NC
MISO
NC
NC
MOSI
Power Supply
3.3V
3.3V
Ground
GND
GND
CAN Polarity
PA10
PWM
NC
NC
INT
UART TX
PD3
TX
UART RX
PD2
RX
NC
NC
SCL
NC
NC
SDA
Power Supply
5V
5V
Ground
GND
GND
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Schematic

CAN Isolator 3 Click Schematic schematic

Step by step

Project assembly

Clicker 2 for PIC32MZ front image hardware assembly

Start by selecting your development board and Click board™. Begin with the Clicker 2 for Kinetis as your development board.

Clicker 2 for PIC32MZ front image hardware assembly
GNSS2 Click front image hardware assembly
Prog-cut hardware assembly
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Micro B Connector Clicker 2 Access - upright/background hardware assembly
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Application Output via Debug Mode

1. Once the code example is loaded, pressing the "DEBUG" button initiates the build process, programs it on the created setup, and enters Debug mode.

2. After the programming is completed, a header with buttons for various actions within the IDE becomes visible. Clicking the green "PLAY" button starts reading the results achieved with the Click board™. The achieved results are displayed in the Application Output tab.

DEBUG_Application_Output

Software Support

Library Description

This library contains API for CAN Isolator 3 Click driver.

Key functions:

  • canisolator3_generic_write - CAN Isolator 3 data writing function.

  • canisolator3_generic_read - CAN Isolator 3 data reading function.

  • canisolator3_set_pol_pin - CAN Isolator 3 set polarity function.

Open Source

Code example

This example can be found in NECTO Studio. Feel free to download the code, or you can copy the code below.

/*!
 * @file main.c
 * @brief CAN Isolator 3 Click Example.
 *
 * # Description
 * This example writes and reads and processes data from CAN Isolator 3 Click.
 * The library also includes a function for selection of the output polarity.
 *
 * The demo application is composed of two sections :
 *
 * ## Application Init
 * Initializes the driver and performs the click default configuration.
 *
 * ## Application Task
 * This example contains Transmitter/Receiver task depending on uncommented code.
 * Receiver logs each received byte to the UART for data logging,
 * while the transmitter sends messages every 2 seconds.
 *
 * ## Additional Function
 * - static err_t canisolator3_process ( canisolator3_t *ctx )
 *
 * @author Stefan Ilic
 *
 */

#include "board.h"
#include "log.h"
#include "canisolator3.h"

#define PROCESS_BUFFER_SIZE 200
#define TX_MESSAGE "CAN Isolator 3 Click \r\n"

// Comment out the line below in order to switch the application mode to receiver.
#define DEMO_APP_TRANSMITTER

static canisolator3_t canisolator3;
static log_t logger;

static uint8_t app_buf[ PROCESS_BUFFER_SIZE ] = { 0 };
static int32_t app_buf_len = 0;

/**
 * @brief CAN Isolator 3 data reading function.
 * @details This function reads data from device and concatenates data to application buffer. 
 * @param[in] ctx : Click context object.
 * See #canisolator3_t object definition for detailed explanation.
 * @return @li @c  0 - Read some data.
 *         @li @c -1 - Nothing is read.
 * See #err_t definition for detailed explanation.
 * @note None.
 */
static err_t canisolator3_process ( canisolator3_t *ctx );

void application_init ( void ) 
{
    log_cfg_t log_cfg;  /**< Logger config object. */
    canisolator3_cfg_t canisolator3_cfg;  /**< Click config object. */

    /** 
     * Logger initialization.
     * Default baud rate: 115200
     * Default log level: LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG
     * @note If USB_UART_RX and USB_UART_TX 
     * are defined as HAL_PIN_NC, you will 
     * need to define them manually for log to work. 
     * See @b LOG_MAP_USB_UART macro definition for detailed explanation.
     */
    LOG_MAP_USB_UART( log_cfg );
    log_init( &logger, &log_cfg );
    log_info( &logger, " Application Init " );

    // Click initialization.
    canisolator3_cfg_setup( &canisolator3_cfg );
    CANISOLATOR3_MAP_MIKROBUS( canisolator3_cfg, MIKROBUS_1 );
    if ( UART_ERROR == canisolator3_init( &canisolator3, &canisolator3_cfg ) ) 
    {
        log_error( &logger, " Communication init." );
        for ( ; ; );
    }
    
    canisolator3_default_cfg ( &canisolator3 );
    
#ifdef DEMO_APP_TRANSMITTER
    log_info( &logger, "---- Transmitter mode ----" );
#else
    log_info( &logger, "---- Receiver mode ----" );
#endif 
    
    log_info( &logger, " Application Task " );
}

void application_task ( void ) 
{
#ifdef DEMO_APP_TRANSMITTER
    canisolator3_generic_write( &canisolator3, TX_MESSAGE, strlen( TX_MESSAGE ) );
    log_info( &logger, "---- Data sent ----" );
    Delay_ms( 2000 );
#else
    canisolator3_process( &canisolator3 );
#endif
}

int main ( void ) 
{
    application_init( );
    
    for ( ; ; ) 
    {
        application_task( );
    }

    return 0;
}

static err_t canisolator3_process ( canisolator3_t *ctx ) 
{
    uint32_t rx_size;
    char rx_buf[ PROCESS_BUFFER_SIZE ] = { 0 };
    rx_size = canisolator3_generic_read( &canisolator3, rx_buf, PROCESS_BUFFER_SIZE );
    if ( rx_size > 0 ) 
    {
        log_printf( &logger, "%s", rx_buf );
        return CANISOLATOR3_OK;
    }
    return CANISOLATOR3_ERROR;
}

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------ END

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