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CAN Controller
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Overview

SmartDV’s CAN (Controller Area Network) Controller IP is a silicon-proven solution designed for reliable, real-time communication across automotive, industrial, and embedded systems. Fully compliant with ISO 11898 standards, the IP supports Classical CAN, CAN FD, and optionally CAN XL, enabling a scalable path from legacy networks to next-generation high-bandwidth automotive architectures.

Designed for flexibility, the IP core is highly configurable to meet specific design requirements, supporting both ASIC and FPGA implementations while optimizing for area, power, and performance.

SmartDV also offers ASIL-ready variants to meet ISO 26262 functional safety requirements, making this IP ideal for safety-critical automotive applications. With support for features such as advanced error handling, time-triggered transmission, message filtering, and flexible buffering, the CAN Controller IP ensures dependable communication across even the most demanding networks.

CAN Controller
Benefits
  • Full CAN transmit and receive functionality
  • Bit rate up to 1 Mbps for classic CAN
  • Bit rate up to 5 Mbps for CAN FD
  • Data, remote, error, and overload frames
  • 11-bit and 29-bit identifiers
  • Automatic response for remote frame
  • Bit, stuff, CRC, form, and acknowledgement error detection
  • Interrupt for each CAN bus error and arbitration lost with detailed bit position
  • Programmable clock output
  • Single-shot transmission
  • Self-reception of own messages
  • Message acceptance using single filter and double filter
  • TEC/REC error count registers with read/write access
Compliance and Compatibility
  • CAN 2.0 A/B ISO11898 and CAN FD 1.1 specifications
  • Original Bosch protocol and ISO specifications per ISO 1989 specification
  • Time-triggered operation (TTCAN) pre ISO 19898-4 specification
  • AUTOSAR and SAE J1939 specifications
  • All major EDA synthesis, simulation, and linting flows