Android Canbus

VAR-SOM-MX6 - Android Nougat N7.1.1 Android Canbus

Hardware Setup

Connect 2 boards with the appropriate cable.
File:CAN Bus Connection.png

Board A CAN_H --- CAN_H Board B
Board A CAN_L --- CAN_L Board B

Android releases comes with the canutils pre-installed. Please use below commands either via serial terminal or via adb shell.

Set up the boards by running the following on each of them:

$ ip link set can0 up type can bitrate 125000

Then:
On board #A:

$ cansniffer can0

On board #B:

$ cansend can0 500#1E.10.10

- If you want the application to use the canbus, you must port the framework level changes - Port https://github.com/zhangjie201412/Flexcan to your android release.