ISO 11898:1993Withdrawn

Road vehicles — Interchange of digital information — Controller area network (CAN) for high-speed communication

Véhicules routiers — Échange d'information numérique — Gestionnaire de réseau de communication à vitesse élevée (CAN)

Abstract / scope

Describes the general architecture of CAN in terms of hierarchical layers according to the ISO reference model for OSI specified in ISO 7498. Contains detailed specifications of aspects of CAN belonging to the physical layer and the data link layer. Specifies characteristics of setting up an interchange of digital information between electron control units of road vehicles equipped with CAN at transmission rates above 125 kbit/s up to 1 Mbit/s. The CAN is a serial communication protocol which supports distributed real-time control and multiplexing.

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Amendments & corrigenda

ISO 11898:1993/Amd 1:1995WithdrawnRoad vehicles — Interchange of digital information — Controller area network (CAN) for high-speed communication — Amendment 1International Standard · Published 6 Apr 1995 · ISO/TC 22

Replaced by

ISO 11898-1:2003WithdrawnRoad vehicles — Controller area network (CAN) — Part 1: Data link layer and physical signallingInternational Standard · Published 19 Nov 2003 · ISO/TC 22/SC 31 ISO 11898-2:2003WithdrawnRoad vehicles — Controller area network (CAN) — Part 2: High-speed medium access unitInternational Standard · Published 19 Nov 2003 · ISO/TC 22/SC 31