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CAN Receive

Receive message from CAN network

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  • Library:

  • Simulink Support Package for Arduino Hardware / Common

Description

The CAN Receive block receives messages from a Controller Area Network (CAN) network by using the CAN shield connected to the hardware. The CAN shield is connected to the Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) pins on the hardware.

Click View pin map to open the Arduino Pin Mapping table .

To know how to assign pins for the block, see Arduino Pin Mapping for Timer Independent Blocks.

Specify the message type and its properties using the block parameters dialog box. Specify the CAN properties of the model in the Configuration Parameters dialog box.

This block supports only MCP2515-based CAN shields.

If you simulate a model that contains the CAN Receive block without connecting the hardware, the block outputs zeros. For more information, see Block Produces Zeros or Does Nothing in Simulation.

Ports

Output

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The block outputs messages in uint8 and CAN Msg format.

  • uint8 – To output the message as a uint8 vector array, select Data is output as as Raw data.

  • CAN Msg – To output the message in CAN message format, select Data is output as as CAN Msg. For more information, see Data to be output as.

Data Types: uint8 | CAN Msg

The port outputs the message received status. The status is 1 if the block receives new message and 0 if it does not.

Data Types: uint8

The port outputs error codes using which you can identify the type of error in the received message. For more information, see Output Error.

Dependencies

This port appears only when you select the Output Error parameter.

The port sends request for remote frames.

Dependencies

This port appears only when you select the Output Remote parameter.

Parameters

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Select a type to receive message.

  • Raw data – To receive message as a 1-by-N uint8 array, select Data to be output as as Raw data.

  • CAN Msg – To receive message in CAN message format, select Data to be output as as CAN Msg and then perform these steps:

    1. Add a CAN Unpack block from the Vehicle Network Toolbox™ to your model.

    2. Connect the output of the CAN Receive block to the input of the CAN Unpack block.

    3. Using the options in the Data to be output as list of the CAN Unpack block, specify if you want to create your messages or you want to upload a CAN database file. If you choose to upload a CAN database file, the CAN Unpack inherits the message properties from the uploaded file.

    Note

    To use the CAN Unpack block, you must have a Vehicle Network Toolbox license.

Message identifier, which is 11 bits long for the standard frame size or 29 bits long for the extended frame size, specified in decimal, binary, or hex. For binary and hex formats, use bin2dec(' ') and hex2dec(' '), respectively, to convert the entry. The message identifier is coded into a message that is sent to the CAN bus.

Dependencies

This parameter appears only when you select Data to be output as as Raw data. To output the identifier of the CAN Msg, select Output identifier of the CAN Unpack block.

The type of message identifier.

Dependencies

This parameter appears only when you select Data to be output as as Raw data.

The length of the message, in bytes.

Dependencies

This parameter appears only when you select Data to be output as as Raw data. To output the length of the CAN Msg, select Output length of the CAN Unpack block.

Specify how often the block receives message, in seconds. When you specify this parameter as -1, Simulink® determines the best sample time for the block based on the block context within the model.

When you select the Output Error parameter, the block configures an output port, Error. The port outputs the error code as a uint8 integer. Each bit in code corresponds to the type of error in the received message. An output of 0 indicates that the message is error-free. Any value other than 0 indicates that the message is an error frame.

Dependencies

This parameter appears only when you select Data to be output as as Raw data. To output the error in the CAN Msg, select Output error of the CAN Unpack block.

When you select the Output Remote parameter, the block configures an output port, Remote. The port outputs the message remote frame status.

Dependencies

This parameter appears only when you select Data to be output as as Raw data.

See Also

Topics

Simulink Support Package for Arduino Hardware Documentation

Support

Model-Based Design for Embedded Control Systems

Model-Based Design for Embedded Control Systems

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