User manual

MCP2515 PICTAIL™ PLUS DAUGHTER

BOARD USER’S GUIDE

Chapter 1. Product Overview

1.1 OVERVIEW

This chapter provides an overview of the MCP2515 PICtail Plus Daughter Board and

covers the following topics:

•Overview

• What is the MCP2515 PICtail Plus Daughter Board?

• What the MCP2515 PICtail Plus Daughter Board kit includes.

1.2 WHAT IS THE MCP2515 PICTAIL PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD?

The MCP2515 PICtail Plus Daughter Board is a simple Controller Area Network (CAN)

board designed to be used with boards containing the PICtail Plus connector. The

board also has the PICkit Serial connector for interfacing to the PICkit Serial Analyzer

tool.

The CAN node consists of the MCP2515 Stand-Alone CAN controller and MCP2551

CAN transceiver. The PICkit Plus and PICkit Serial connectors allow the board to be

interfaced to a variety of PICmicros so that the user can develop a CAN node.

The board also contains headers or test points for most of the MCP2515 pins to allow

the external functions to be monitored/evaluated.

FIGURE 1-1: MCP2515 PICtail Plus Daughter Board.