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AC164130-2 CAN/LIN PICtail Plus Daughter Board

MCHPAC164130-2 CAN/LIN PICtail Plus Daughter Board

MPN: AC164130-2
Microchip Technology
MCP2021, MCP2551 PICtail™ Plus CANbus, ECAN LINbus Interface Evaluation Board
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Overview

The AC164130-2 is a specialized daughter board designed for evaluating CAN and LIN bus communications on Microchip development platforms. It features the MCP2551 CAN transceiver and the MCP2021 LIN transceiver, providing a complete hardware interface for automotive and industrial networking protocols.

Why Choose This Part

This board provides a plug-and-play solution for adding differential signaling and bus protection to existing Microchip Explorer development kits. It includes onboard headers for easy logic analyzer attachment and standard DB9 or screw terminal connections for physical bus wiring.

Applications

Automotive Networking
Prototyping vehicle bus systems including body control modules and powertrain diagnostics using CAN and LIN.
Industrial Control Systems
Implementing robust long-distance communication in noisy factory environments using the CAN 2.0B standard.
J2602 Protocol Development
Testing software stacks against the SAE J2602 specification for automotive LIN applications.
MCU Peripheral Validation
Verifying ECAN and LIN peripheral configurations on PIC24, dsPIC, and PIC32 microcontrollers.

Getting Started

Plug the AC164130-2 into a PICtail Plus slot on an Explorer 16/32 Development Board. Use MPLAB X IDE with the Microchip Code Configurator (MCC) to generate the necessary CAN or LIN drivers for your specific PIC microcontroller.

Categories

Interface ICs > CAN Bus
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