The Target Group for Can Bus are:

  • Automotive Industry
  • Agriculture Industry
  • Electronic Equipment for Aviation and Navigation
  • Industrial Automation and Mechanical Control
  • And More


Examples within the automotive industry:

  • Used to help with auto start/stop by reading the from various sensor from the vehicle
  • The hill hold functionality uses the input from the vehicles tilt sensor and from the road sensor
  • Auto lane assist and collision avoidance by reading multiple sensor to detect and avoid obstacles
  • And generally to do communication between the various ECU's within a vehicle


Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN_bus

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  1. Joar Matias Bjørnsson Breivik

    Generally for Can Bus its applications are:

    • Passenger vehicles, trucks, buses
    • Agricultural equipment
    • Electronic equipment for aviation and navigation
    • Industrial automation and mechanical control
    • Elevators, escalators
    • Building automation
    • Medical instruments and equipment
    • And more

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