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Controller Area Network (CAN) Module
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(CANIFnCRQ) register. The whole message (including all arbitration bits, data-length code, and
eight data bytes) is stored in the message object. If the Identifier Mask (the MSK bits in the CAN IFn
Mask 1 and CAN IFn Mask 2 (CANIFnMSKn) registers) is used, the arbitration bits that are masked
to "don't care" may be overwritten in the message object.
The CPU may read or write each message at any time via the CAN Interface Registers. The message
handler guarantees data consistency in case of concurrent accesses.
The transmission of message objects is under the control of the software that is managing the CAN
hardware. These can be message objects used for one-time data transfers, or permanent message
objects used to respond in a more periodic manner. Permanent message objects have all arbitration
and control set up, and only the data bytes are updated. At the start of transmission, the appropriate
TXRQST bit in the CAN Transmission Request n (CANTXRQn) register and the NEWDAT bit in the
CAN New Data n (CANNWDAn) register are set. If several transmit messages are assigned to the
same message object (when the number of message objects is not sufficient), the whole message
object has to be configured before the transmission of this message is requested.
The transmission of any number of message objects may be requested at the same time; they are
transmitted according to their internal priority, which is based on the message identifier (MNUM) for
the message object, with 1 being the highest priority and 32 being the lowest priority. Messages
may be updated or set to not valid any time, even when their requested transmission is still pending.
The old data is discarded when a message is updated before its pending transmission has started.
Depending on the configuration of the message object, the transmission of a message may be
requested autonomously by the reception of a remote frame with a matching identifier.
Transmission can be automatically started by the reception of a matching remote frame. To enable
this mode, set the RMTEN bit in the CAN IFn Message Control (CANIFnMCTL) register. A matching
received remote frame causes the TXRQST bit to be set and the message object automatically
transfers its data or generates an interrupt indicating a remote frame was requested. This can be
strictly a single message identifier, or it can be a range of values specified in the message object.
The CAN mask registers, CANIFnMSKn, configure which groups of frames are identified as remote
frame requests. The UMASK bit in the CANIFnMCTL register enables the MSK bits in the
CANIFnMSKn register to filter which frames are identified as a remote frame request. The MXTD
bit in the CANIFnMSK2 register should be set if a remote frame request is expected to be triggered
by 29-bit extended identifiers.
Transmitting Message Objects
If the internal transmit shift register of the CAN module is ready for loading, and if there is no data
transfer occurring between the CAN Interface Registers and message RAM, the valid message
object with the highest priority that has a pending transmission request is loaded into the transmit
shift register by the message handler and the transmission is started. The message object's NEWDAT
bit in the CANNWDAn register is cleared. After a successful transmission, and if no new data was
written to the message object since the start of the transmission, the TXRQST bit in the CANTXRQn
register is cleared. If the CAN controller is set up to interrupt upon a successful transmission of a
message object, (the TXIE bit in the CAN IFn Message Control (CANIFnMCTL) register is set),
the INTPND bit in the CANIFnMCTL register is set after a successful transmission. If the CAN
module has lost the arbitration or if an error occurred during the transmission, the message is
re-transmitted as soon as the CAN bus is free again. If, meanwhile, the transmission of a message
with higher priority has been requested, the messages are transmitted in the order of their priority.
Configuring a Transmit Message Object
The following steps illustrate how to configure a transmit message object.
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