Utilize the bidirectional serial communication capability, compliant with the ISO9141 standard, to enable effective diagnostics in automotive systems
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Hardware Overview
How does it work?
ISO 9141 Click is based on the L9637, a monolithic bus driver designed to provide bidirectional serial communication in automotive diagnostic applications according to the specification "Diagnostic Systems ISO9141" from ST Microelectronics. The L9637 is also known as the K-Line Transceiver that provides a bidirectional link, called K, and a separate comparator, called L, to the related diagnosis bus that can be connected to a terminal labeled K and L on this Click board™. The K and L pins are protected against overvoltages and reverse battery conditions. All pins show high impedance characteristics during the lack of power supply or ground. The L9637 has a wide supply voltage range from 4.5V to 36V and several modes of operation like Standby Mode with low current consumption and overtemperature Shut-Down Mode. The overtemperature Shut-Down Mode switches OFF
the K output if the L9637's temperature increases above the thermal shut-down threshold. To reactivate K again, the temperature must decrease below the K switch ON temperature value. The outputs will be switched OFF and stay at high impedance to achieve no fault for the power supply undervoltage conditions. ISO 9141 Click communicates with MCU using the UART interface with the default baud rate of 9600bps and commonly used UART RX and TX pins for the data transfer. The UART input TX and output RX of K are associated with the logic voltage level from mikroBUS™ (VCC) with its integrated pull-up resistances. Also, the L comparator output pin LO has a pull-up resistance connected to VCC. All bus-defined inputs, L and K, have supply voltage-dependent thresholds and sufficient hysteresis to suppress line spikes. This Click board™ is easy to program because it does not require an
overly demanding configuration. Only what is necessary for the errorless work is the selection of the appropriate mode of operation, whether the Click board™ will work as a receiver or transmitter. In this way, the transmitter will send the data every 2 seconds while the receiving side will receive the data in a "byte-by-byte "format. This can also be seen in an example code that contains easy-to-use functions that may be used as a reference for further development. This Click board™ is designed to be operated with both 3.3V and 5V logic voltage levels that can be selected via VCC SEL jumper. This allows both 3.3V and 5V capable MCUs to use the UART 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.
Features overview
Development board
Nucleo-144 with STM32F413ZH MCU board offers an accessible and adaptable avenue for users to explore new ideas and construct prototypes. It allows users to tailor their experience by selecting from a range of performance and power consumption features offered by the STM32 microcontroller. With compatible boards, the
internal or external SMPS dramatically decreases power usage in Run mode. Including the ST Zio connector, expanding ARDUINO Uno V3 connectivity, and ST morpho headers facilitate easy expansion of the Nucleo open development platform. The integrated ST-LINK debugger/programmer enhances convenience by
eliminating the need for a separate probe. Moreover, the board is accompanied by comprehensive free software libraries and examples within the STM32Cube MCU Package, further enhancing its utility and value.
Microcontroller Overview
MCU Card / MCU

Architecture
ARM Cortex-M4
MCU Memory (KB)
1536
Silicon Vendor
STMicroelectronics
Pin count
144
RAM (Bytes)
327680
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Accessories
Click Shield for Nucleo-144 comes equipped with four mikroBUS™ sockets, with one in the form of a Shuttle connector, allowing all the Click board™ devices to be interfaced with the STM32 Nucleo-144 board with no effort. This way, MIKROE allows its users to add any functionality from our ever-growing range of Click boards™, such as WiFi, GSM, GPS, Bluetooth, ZigBee, environmental sensors, LEDs, speech recognition, motor control, movement sensors, and many more. Featuring an ARM Cortex-M microcontroller, 144 pins, and Arduino™ compatibility, the STM32 Nucleo-144 board offers limitless possibilities for prototyping and creating diverse applications. These boards are controlled and powered conveniently through a USB connection to program and efficiently debug the Nucleo-144 board out of the box, with an additional USB cable connected to the USB mini port on the board. Simplify your project development with the integrated ST-Link debugger and unleash creativity using the extensive I/O options and expansion capabilities. This Click Shield also has several switches that perform functions such as selecting the logic levels of analog signals on mikroBUS™ sockets and selecting logic voltage levels of the mikroBUS™ sockets themselves. Besides, the user is offered the possibility of using any Click board™ with the help of existing bidirectional level-shifting voltage translators, regardless of whether the Click board™ operates at a 3.3V or 5V logic voltage level. Once you connect the STM32 Nucleo-144 board with our Click Shield for Nucleo-144, you can access hundreds of Click boards™, working with 3.3V or 5V logic voltage levels.
Used MCU Pins
mikroBUS™ mapper
Take a closer look
Click board™ Schematic

Step by step
Project assembly
Software Support
Library Description
This library contains API for ISO 9141 Click driver.
Key functions:
iso9141_generic_write- This function writes a desired number of data bytes by using UART serial interfaceiso9141_generic_read- This function reads a desired number of data bytes by using UART serial interfaceiso9141_send_data- This function send data
Open Source
Code example
The complete application code and a ready-to-use project are available through the NECTO Studio Package Manager for direct installation in the NECTO Studio. The application code can also be found on the MIKROE GitHub account.
/*!
* @file main.c
* @brief ISO 9141 Click Example.
*
* # Description
* This example demonstrates the use of an ISO 9141 Click board by showing
* the communication between the two Click boards.
*
* The demo application is composed of two sections :
*
* ## Application Init
* Initalizes device and makes an initial log.
*
* ## Application Task
* Depending on the selected application mode, it reads all the received data or
* sends the desired text message once per second.
*
* @author MikroE Team
*
*/
#include "board.h"
#include "log.h"
#include "iso9141.h"
// Comment out the line below in order to switch the application mode to receiver
#define DEMO_APP_TRANSMITTER
// Text message to send in the transmitter application mode
#define DEMO_TEXT_MESSAGE "MIKROE - ISO 9141 Click board\r\n\0"
static iso9141_t iso9141;
static log_t logger;
void application_init ( void )
{
iso9141_cfg_t iso9141_cfg;
log_cfg_t logger_cfg;
/**
* 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( logger_cfg );
log_init( &logger, &logger_cfg );
log_info( &logger, " Application Init " );
// Click initialization.
iso9141_cfg_setup( &iso9141_cfg );
ISO9141_MAP_MIKROBUS( iso9141_cfg, MIKROBUS_1 );
if ( UART_ERROR == iso9141_init( &iso9141, &iso9141_cfg ) )
{
log_error( &logger, " Communication init." );
for ( ; ; );
}
#ifdef DEMO_APP_TRANSMITTER
log_printf( &logger, " Application Mode: Transmitter\r\n" );
#else
log_printf( &logger, " Application Mode: Receiver\r\n" );
#endif
log_info( &logger, " Application Task " );
}
void application_task ( void )
{
#ifdef DEMO_APP_TRANSMITTER
iso9141_generic_write( &iso9141, DEMO_TEXT_MESSAGE, strlen( DEMO_TEXT_MESSAGE ) );
log_printf( &logger, "%s", ( char * ) DEMO_TEXT_MESSAGE );
Delay_ms ( 1000 );
#else
uint8_t rx_byte = 0;
if ( 1 == iso9141_generic_read( &iso9141, &rx_byte, 1 ) )
{
log_printf( &logger, "%c", rx_byte );
}
#endif
}
int main ( void )
{
/* Do not remove this line or clock might not be set correctly. */
#ifdef PREINIT_SUPPORTED
preinit();
#endif
application_init( );
for ( ; ; )
{
application_task( );
}
return 0;
}
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------ END
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