Post by thread:Does anyone know if PICs with onboard CAN support

Hi, I am part of a project group from the University of Exeter (UK) researching the use of CAN in marine applications. We would like to impliment our project if possible with a PIC that supports the CAN protocol, rather than a seperate CAN controller such as the MCP2510. We have been told that the PIC18C658 and PIC18C858 support CAN, but we can't get any info on them, data sheets etc. Does anyone know if either of these (or any others) are actually available yet. Cheers, Dan Burgess University of Exeter

part 0 3043 bytes The 18CXXX series will probably not be available until around the end of 2nd quarter/beginning of 3rd quarter of this year according to a FAE I spoke to a while back.  Pretty vague I know..but that's how these guys seem to be with new part availability dates. Cheers Mike <UL> {Original Message removed}

As of yet these are not it production. You should talk to your local microchip representative, if they are close they may send you some pre-production parts. For now I would either choose a different micro which has CAN built in, or get a PIC and Microchip's stand-alone CAN interface chip. -Adam Dan wrote: {Quote hidden}> > Hi, > > I am part of a project group from the University of Exeter > (UK) researching the use of CAN in marine applications. We > would like to impliment our project if possible with a PIC > that supports the CAN protocol, rather than a seperate CAN > controller such as the MCP2510. We have been told that the > PIC18C658 and PIC18C858 support CAN, but we can't get any > info on them, data sheets etc. Does anyone know if either > of these (or any others) are actually available yet. > > Cheers, > > Dan Burgess > > University of Exeter