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Microchip MCP2515 CAN bus shields

Zephyr supports a couple of different shields carrying the Microchip MCP2515 Stand-Alone CAN Controller with SPI Interface.

DFRobot CAN BUS Shield V2.0

Overview

The DFRobot CAN BUS shield supports the Microchip MCP2515 stand-alone CAN controller and JTA1050 high speed CAN transceiver. The shield has an Arduino Uno R3 compatible hardware interface.

Hardware

MCP2515
- Stand-Alone CAN 2.0B Controller
- Up to 1Mb/s baud rate
- Standard and extended data and remote frames
- 3x Tx Buffers
- 2x Rx Buffers
- 6x 29-bit Filters
- 2x 29-bit Masks
- Interrupt output
- One shot mode
- High speed SPI interface (10 MHz)
TJA1050
- Fully compatible with the “ISO 11898” standard
- High speed (up to 1 Mbaud)
Connectivity
- Industrial standard DB9 terminal (CAN)
- Screw terminals (CAN)
- Integrated MicroSD socket for data storage (SPI)
- Arduino Uno R3 compatible (SPI)

Name	Function	Usage
A0	None
A1	None
A2	None
A3	None
A4	None
A5	None
D0	RX	Ext. header only
D1	TX	Ext. header only
D2	GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW	MCP2515 - INT
D3	None
D4	SPI-CS	MicroSD
D5	None
D6	None
D7	None
D8	None
D9	None
D10	SPI-CS	MCP2515
D11	SPI-MOSI	MCP2515 / MicroSD
D12	SPI-MISO	MCP2515 / MicroSD
D13	SPI-CLK	MCP2515 / MicroSD
D14	I2C-SDA	Ext. header only
D15	I2C_SCL	Ext. header only

Power Supply
- 3.3V ~ 5V
Components
- Power switch
- Power LED
- RX0BF LED
- RX1BF LED

For more information about the DFRobot CAN-BUS V2.0 shield:

Keyestudio CAN-BUS Shield (KS0411)

Overview

The Keyestudio CAN BUS shield supports the Microchip MCP2515 stand-alone CAN controller and MCP2551 high speed CAN transceiver. The shield has an Arduino Uno R3 compatible hardware interface.

Keyestudio CAN-BUS Shield (KS0411) (Credit: Keyestudio)

Hardware

MCP2515
- Stand-Alone CAN 2.0B Controller
- Up to 1Mb/s baud rate
- Standard and extended data and remote frames
- 3x Tx Buffers
- 2x Rx Buffers
- 6x 29-bit Filters
- 2x 29-bit Masks
- Interrupt output
- One shot mode
- High speed SPI interface (10 MHz)
MCP2551
- Fully compatible with the “ISO 11898” standard
- High speed (up to 1 Mbaud)
Connectivity
- Industrial standard DB9 terminal (CAN)
- Pin headers (CAN)
- Integrated MicroSD socket for data storage (SPI)
- Arduino Uno R3 compatible (SPI)

Name	Function	Usage
A0	None
A1	None
A2	None
A3	None
A4	None
A5	None
D0	RX	Ext. header only
D1	TX	Ext. header only
D2	None
D3	None
D4	None
D5	None
D6	None
D7	None
D8	GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW	MCP2515 - INT
D9	SPI-CS	MicroSD
D10	SPI-CS	MCP2515
D11	SPI-MOSI	MCP2515 / MicroSD
D12	SPI-MISO	MCP2515 / MicroSD
D13	SPI-CLK	MCP2515 / MicroSD
D14	I2C-SDA	Ext. header only
D15	I2C_SCL	Ext. header only

Power Supply
- 5.0VDC

For more information about the Keyestudio CAN-BUS shield:

Adafruit PiCowbell CAN Bus Shield for Pico

Overview

The Adafruit PiCowbell CAN Bus Shield uses the Microchip MCP2515 controller with an TJA1051/3 transceiver. This shield is built for the Raspberry Pi Pico and uses the SPI interface. It also contains a Qwiic connector to add support for a sensor.

Hardware

MCP2515
- Stand-Alone CAN 2.0B Controller
- Up to 1Mb/s baud rate
- Standard and extended data and remote frames
- 3x Tx Buffers
- 2x Rx Buffers
- 6x 29-bit Filters
- 2x 29-bit Masks
- Interrupt output
- One shot mode
- High speed SPI interface (10 MHz)
TJA1051
- Fully compatible with the “ISO 11898-2:2016”, “SAE J2284-1” & “SAE J2284-5” standards
- Supports CAN FD
- Fast data rates (up to 5 Mbit/s)
Connectivity
- Terminal Block - 3-pin 3.5mm (CAN)
- Raspberry Pi Pico compatible (SPI)

Name	Function	Usage
GP0	None
GP1	None
GP2	None
GP3	None
GP4	None
GP5	None
GP6	None
GP7	None
GP8	None
GP9	None
GP10	None
GP11	None
GP12	None
GP13	None
GP14	None
GP15	None
GP16	SPI-MISO	MCP2515
GP17	None
GP18	SPI-SCK	MCP2515
GP19	SPI-MOSI	MCP2515
GP20	SPI-CS	MCP2515
GP21	GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW	MCP2515 - INT
GP22	None
GP23	None
GP24	None
GP25	None
GP26	None
GP27	None
GP28	None

Power Supply
- 3.3V ~ 5V

For more information about the Adafruit PiCowbell CAN Bus shield:

Programming

Set --shield dfrobot_can_bus_v2_0 or --shield keyestudio_can_bus_ks0411 or --shield adafruit_can_picowbell when you invoke west build or cmake in your Zephyr application. For example:

Using west:

# From the root of the zephyr repository
west build -b nrf52dk/nrf52832 --shield dfrobot_can_bus_v2_0 samples/drivers/can/counter
west flash

Using CMake and ninja:

# From the root of the zephyr repository
# Use cmake to configure a Ninja-based buildsystem:
cmake -Bbuild -GNinja -DBOARD=nrf52dk/nrf52832 -DSHIELD="dfrobot_can_bus_v2_0" samples/drivers/can/counter

# Now run the build tool on the generated build system:
ninja -Cbuild
ninja -Cbuild flash

Using west:

# From the root of the zephyr repository
west build -b nrf52840dk/nrf52840 --shield keyestudio_can_bus_ks0411 samples/drivers/can/counter
west flash

Using CMake and ninja:

# From the root of the zephyr repository
# Use cmake to configure a Ninja-based buildsystem:
cmake -Bbuild -GNinja -DBOARD=nrf52840dk/nrf52840 -DSHIELD="keyestudio_can_bus_ks0411" samples/drivers/can/counter

# Now run the build tool on the generated build system:
ninja -Cbuild
ninja -Cbuild flash

Using west:

# From the root of the zephyr repository
west build -b rpi_pico --shield adafruit_can_picowbell samples/drivers/can/counter

Using CMake and ninja:

# From the root of the zephyr repository
# Use cmake to configure a Ninja-based buildsystem:
cmake -Bbuild -GNinja -DBOARD=rpi_pico -DSHIELD="adafruit_can_picowbell" samples/drivers/can/counter

# Now run the build tool on the generated build system:
ninja -Cbuild