Establishing and managing of an industrial network based on controller area network protocol

ABSTRACTMaster ThesisESTABLISHING AND MANAGING OF AN INDUSTRIAL NETWORK BASED ONCONTROLLER AREA NETWORK PROTOCOLYunus SANTURFirat UniversityGraduate School of Natural and Applied SciencesDepartment of Computer Engineering2006, Page: 65Controller area network (CAN) is a communication protocol based on serial communicationwhich has multiple administrators, high security and carrier avoidance features. CAN has beendeveloped to use in internal vehicle communication in automotive industry. It is often used manyindustrial applications due to superior features. Vehicles, medical devices, industrial automationsystems and intelligent buildings are given as examples to others application areas.In this study, first various industry controller area network applications have been examined.Next an experimental setup has been designed and the control program has been developed. Then,various experiments have been preformed on the experimental setup.Key Words: Controller Area Network, Serial Communication, Industrial Network