DCAN FD

The DCAN FD is a standalone controller for the Controller Area Network (CAN), widely used in automotive and industrial applications. The DCAN FD was designed in accordance to ISO 11898-1:2015 and conforms to:

• Bosch CAN 2.0B specification (2.0B Active) and
• CAN FD (flexible data-rate).

Sophisticated error detection functions (which increase communication reliability) and unique fault confinement (which guarantees network-wide data consistency) have decided about CAN’s popularity. Because of its fundamental role in all aspects of security and safety, trustworthy implementations are crucial. That’s why Digital Core Design developed a unique IP Core, which delimits the highest quality standards. The improved protocol overcomes standard CAN limits: data can be transmitted faster than with 1 Mbit/s and the payload (data field) is up to 64 byte long and limited to 8 byte anymore. When only one node is transmitting, the bit-rate can be increased, because no nodes need to be synchronized. Of course, before the transmission of the ACK slot bit, the nodes need to be re-synchronized. The core has a simple CPU interface (8/16/32 bit configurable data width), with small or big endian addressing scheme. Hardware message filtering and 128 byte receive FIFO enable back-to-back message reception, with minimum CPU load. The DCAN FD is provided as HDL source code, allowing target use in FPGA and ASIC technologies.

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• Designed in accordance to ISO 11898-1:2015
• Supports CAN 2.0B and CAN FD frames
• Support up to 64 bytes data frames
• Flexible data-rates supported
• 8/16/32-bit CPU slave interface with small or big endianness
• Simple interface allows easy connection to CPU
• Supports both standard (11-bit identifier) and extended (29 bit identifier) frames
• Data rate up to 8 Mbps
• Hardware message filtering (dual/single filter)
• 128 byte receive FIFO and transmit buffer
• Overload frame is generated on FIFO overflow
• Normal & Listen Only Mode
• Transceiver Delay Compensation up to three data bit long
• Single Shot transmission
• Ability to abort transmission
• Readable error counters
• Last Error Code
• Fully synthesizable
• Static synchronous design with positive edge clocking and synchronous reset
• No internal tri-states
• Scan test ready
• Available system interface wrappers:
  • AMBA – APB Bus
  • Altera Avalon Bus
  • Xilinx OPB Bus