Simon> In article , Simon> David Simon> G. Bell writes >> And I shudder to think what hardware there could be which would >> analyse that traffic -- does that data network have anywhere >> you could connect a sniffer, and what happens if it does, and >> the technician doesn't replace a terminator?
Simon> Guesses: the data rate won't be very high - kBaud at best, Simon> probably. You'd use the buses as locally as possible for
ISTR the CAN bus is 500Kb/s or so - and needs to be that fast to handle the data throughput. As I understand it, each time the engine RPM changes my a measurable amount, a CAN message is sent with the new value.
Simon> In this type of application, the data content of packets Simon> ought to be very small. They'll probably be using something Simon> similar to (but simpler than) token ring for robustness.
I was kind of assuming something similar to TR but with shorter packet lengths.
The data transfer itself is on two wires plus ground. One wire is
0V/1V and the other is 2.5V/1.5V for a signal (so both should carry the either 0V or 2.5V or 1V/1.5V at any instant in time). The wires are twisted together so any external interference should cancel out when the signals are added together at the end.
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